Yes WE DID!!

Here in Khartoum- 8hours ahead of Eastern time zone. I got up around 4 am to watch the results coming in.

Leaving for school the numbers showed that it was a high possibility that Obama would be the next President. Going outside I yelled...Obama..as my Sudanese neighbors crowded around a radio listening and hoping too. Thumbs up..Obama they said. Tamam (good). Yes Obama I said. Tamam. He will win!

Arrived at school and it was sure that Obama had won. The air is singed with excitment and the students start to come onto campus..grinning and talking.

We start classes at 7:15. Opening assembly everymorning with the Elementary school. We line up to start our day. You can't contain the energy and Im bawling in front of all the kids. Too happy to care. And by 7:45 we got the PA system hooked up so we could at least hear Obamas acceptance speech. It came over the PA and my third graders stopped everything to listen.
Why are you crying Ms. Colston? Because I am so happy and this is history in the making. I am proud of my country and can't believe I would see this in my lifetime.

I got some coverage for my class and joined the high school/some middle school and most of the staff in our staff lounge..the one place there is a TV hooked up to cable and we all watched the rest of the speech on the screen.

Yes like Obama said this is the work of the people and if we want real change WE must continue to do our part. We must make change in our own communities, We must not stand idely by. We must continue to pull together like we did for this election...and really make America a true democracy. A true land of opportunity and freedom for all.

I am so hopeful and proud to be an African-American Woman today.

And the world errupted with joy..from Khartoum, to Cairo, to Kenya we are all celebrating the change on the horizon.