M'Bifé is Bambara for I love you. It is also the title of my favorite Amadou & Mariam song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgafofMfBFM&feature=related) and pretty much the way I feel about everything right now. Next Saturday Sadio and I along with our 16 other friends in the group will get on a school bus bound for Montréal. And from there, Mali awaits.... In the last little while: Last wednesday for our group day we talked about agriculture and the economy. In the morning Lise Beaulieu, a local organic farmer talked to us about the importance of being connected to the food you eat. I found her very inspiring. She and her husband have adopted 7 children who were victims of abuse and run a beautiful farm with horses, pigs, sheep, gaots, geese, chicken, and a huge garden. Her farm
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