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Tickets are booked & Lilly's Passport has arrived….

Posted in Africa, tagged , , , , on December 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

We officially have our “vision trip” booked.    Missy, Lillian & I will leave Dallas on January 7th.  We stop in Amsterdam – which is another way of saying that we are not stopping in Heathrow!  And that’s a big blessing because Heathrow is awful!  If you’re ever traveling overseas & can avoid London Heathrow – [...]

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About Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Posted in Africa, tagged , on December 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »

We’ll be living in a city called Dar es Salaam, located on the eastern coast of Tanzania.  Our friends over at Wikepedia have this to say about Dar: Dar es Salaam (Arabic: دار السلام‎ [translation: "house of Peace"]formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country’s richest city and a regionally [...]

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About Opportunity International

Posted in Opportunity International, tagged , , , on December 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »

As I mentioned in my other post Opportunity International is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the working poor. They provide small loans that allow poor entrepreneurs to start or expand a business, develop a steady income, provide for their families and create jobs for their neighbors. They also offer savings, microinsurance, business training and [...]

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How did we get here?

Posted in Africa, Family, Opportunity International, tagged , , , on December 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The idea of living overseas was not something that just came to us recently.  Missy & I have discussed this as a possibility for a while – in fact the last 18-24 months it’s been a repeated topic of conversation.  I remember pretty vividly about 15 months ago I came home from work and began [...]

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The Leventhals may be moving to Africa…

Posted in Africa, Family, tagged on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

There…I said it. You may be asking what exactly does “may be moving” mean? Good question. I’ll put it this way – at this point we’re far enough along for me to feel okay investing $10 in this goofy domain name & a couple hours of my time to start this blog. Keep reading for [...]

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