So, back to June of 2003…Dwaine applied for a job that he really, really hoped to get. In December 2003 he interviewed for and was hired by USAID, pending his “Top Secret Security Clearance” approval. We were sure we would be moving to Washington D.C. within a matter of months. We found out that the word “pending” is a tough one to get over. We waited and waited for that security clearance (due to a backlog of clearances for Iraq and Afghanistan; not because he was kicked out of 8th grade!). We were in a waiting stage for about 9 months. By September of 2004, we knew we could not continue to wait forever for the clearance… it was time to look for a job elsewhere. Thus, Dwaine accepted the position which brought us here to Kampala, Uganda.This is interesting, mostly because of the uncertain source of infection. Fujian is one of the “hotspots” in China, with H5 cases going back for years. And, there are many possible ways to be exposed to a vector.
This incident should help to remind us that the spread of H5 is a major global problem, even though we have a avoided a human pandemic. So far.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) Epidemic and Pandemic Alert
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How Cute Is This?? - Mom Spit No Rinse Cleaner…
MomspitI know what you are thinking…. “Ewwww Lianne!” no but seriously isn’t this the BEST idea?? Now, I haven’t tried this yet but I know how useful this could be. I am guilty of doing the momspit thing to my son (as my mother did to me) when I was little I was mortified, but I ended up doing it to my own so go figure.
Then out of the blue, there it was. The e-mail message we had longed for for such a long time. “Congratulations. We are pleased to advise that you have completed all of the necessary clearances to enter on duty May 16, 2005.” Notification that Dwaine was expected to report for work in D.C. We laughed out loud when we read it. Of course we wouldn’t take the job now. We were already here. We had made our choice…hadn’t we?
For the first time in our married life we were at the proverbial fork in the road. Before us lay two paths of seemingly equal value. Which way should we go? Do we stay in Kampala for the duration of Dwaine’s current project or leave earlier than expected? We talked, we prayed, we consulted those we hold in the highest respect. We decided to take the job.