Living Abroad

 2014... what a year that was! I was working at Houston Community College on a 10 month contract (summers off) when I stumbled accidentally upon an opportunity to live and work in Rwanda *(yes like Hotel Rwanda). The job application was for a Clinical Nurse Educator which was my "dream job." The bottom of the application asks "if I'd be WILLING to live in Rwanda for 12 months." I thought to myself.... well I guess I'm willing, but wtf does that even mean.... submit! A lady named Dr. Benedict asks me for some identifying info, RN License etc. She calls me up one day and is like hey come see me. I dress in my traditional interview attire- all Black lol. Dr. Benedict literally hands me a green binder and says "you're moving to Rwanda!" I'm like "hold up wait a minute you not gonna ask me no interview questions or check my references first?!" Shes like "oh what do you wanna know?" I'm like this has got to be a joke 🤣🤣. I told my mom and she's like oh let's get you packed up and moved.  Everyone took it seriously but me, until that day came and my country bumpkin ass was on my 1st flight overseas. I'd been to the Caribbean but this was next level for a country bumpkin like me. Like- I'm kin to folks who don't even or can't even get a passport so this was next level. What would happen next would be the best thing that ever happened to me.