This is my least favorite thing: sitting here trying to figure out how to start a new post :p Our trip is coming up so fast! In just two weeks we'll be leaving on a red-eye out of LAX with a carry-on full of clothes and two 50-lb suitcases a piece. I'm not going to be able to sleep at all! I'm going to be so excited! Let's do some highlights:
- My support is almost fully raised! Only about $200 to go. Thank you all so much. I'm so humbled.
- I got into my first-choice teaching program!!!! I start at UCSB this summer. I could not be more excited.
- I had an awesome BBQ with my friends, many of whom were patient enough to hang out late in order to see my slideshow about Haiti. I felt so encouraged that I have such awesome people to spend time with, who also want to listen to what I have to say!
- Our final Haiti training: Last Saturday was our final training with our team before we leave. We spent the morning packing suitcases full of food, soap, diapers, balls, tupperware, and medicine. After lunch we spent time talking and thinking about what it means to be a team and what it takes to function well. It's great to be on a team that wants to be changed by their experience in Haiti.
These last few months have been so much about waiting. I wait every day to get called for work, I wait to leave for Haiti, I wait for grad school to start. Now that I only have two weeks till Haiti, I wonder how well I am waiting. Waiting isn't a passive thing, it's part of transition. It moves you on to new things. What do I do with these last two weeks? What should I read, write, pray, share? I have time and I pray I'm learning to use it well.
If you would like to help with my last $200 you can donate online here:https://sna.etapestry.com/fundraiser/IMPACT/impact2013/individual.do?participationRef=2963.0.205540365
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