Hey guys!! It's been a while since my last post and I am waiting for a studio session, so I thought this would be an ideal time to write about what has happened in the past few days. I almost missed my opportunity for an interview for the 2010 International Learning and Documentation Mission to Tanzania! I was contacted on March 3rd, regarding the interview to be held on March 5th. I was told they had sent me multiple emails trying to inform me of my interview for the past week. For some reason I was not receiving the emails. I thank Andrea Francheville (Administrative Assistant for Doug Barnes) for getting a hold of me for my interview. I almost missed an opportunity of a life time!

Anyways.. I was interviewed by Ashley Tobin (Manager of the International Learning Programs) and Shawn Connors (who subbed in for Doug Barnes). They were very nice but got right down to the point, I gave them all I had and tried in my best words to describe how much this opportunity would mean to me. They told me I would hear back from them regarding my acceptance or decline into the program within a day. Sure enough I came home from work last night(March5th) and there was the email Congratulating me and three other AANM students selected to document the mission in Tanzania!!!!

I am so pumped for this trip and tomorrow morning I am meeting in the Hub on Barrington for a 9 hour session to aid in the organization for the trip. It hasnt really set in at all that this has actually happened for me but I can't wait to be a part of this! A decision has been made and I am purchasing the 70-400 sal G-series telephoto lens for my A700 because I believe it will deliver the best all around results for my work in Africa. I will post on my blog from now on with details on the trip and my departure dates. Thanks for all your support and checking this out guys!!