Dear Mom,

… Am in Addis to see about my papers for going to Nairobi at the end of the month. There is another meeting of people working with Nomads like the one a little over a year ago. I will be the only one going from among the three of us this time. Vince is preparing to go on leave in the Spring and Iede is now involved in reopening our school. We hope to get it started again the first part of February. Iede also will be going on leave later on in the year. My turn will come the following summer. I have no definite plans yet, but my leave will likely be the Summer of 1980. Thanks for sending the clothes – I look forward to getting them.

Hope everyone had a good Christmas…

Love,

Ned