The Foreign Service Journal, May 2008

ing for the U.S. I am now working in the Africa Bur- eau with some other col- leagues from post. We are living in temporary accom- modations in Falls Church, Va., and have enrolled our children in elementary schools there. N’Djamena remains under ordered departure, but the embassy has reopen- ed and I will be returning to post soon — though without my family this time. In Washington, we wit- nessed an outpouring of gen- erosity from our friends and colleagues, who picked us up from the airport and provided us with warm clothing and jackets. It has been a humbling and gratifying experience, and I want to deeply thank everyone for their kindness, prayers and best wishes for our safety. F O C U S M A Y 2 0 0 8 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 43 Fighting in the Chadian capital caused extensive damage. At left, an embassy employ- ee’s car that had been stripped. Right, looking thru the shattered windows of a gutted embassy residence.