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So this week the lady I do my site under is out of her office, but I helped out with Prime Time Reading at the public library. Doing it is so fun. I love seeing the kids get excited about reading. I love watching a whole new generation of nerds coming up!

Out of My Comfort Zone

So this week I decided to help with the book fair Col. Wm. Casey. I was super nervous about doing it because I never work with kids. To me kids are scarier than wild animals. But it went well and I actually really enjoyed myself.

Animal Shelter

This has been the first week that I have gone to my new site, the Green River Animal Shelter. I really like it there even though my thoughts often slip into the dark corners about what will happen to these animals if no one adopts them.

My Hope

My Hope for the Future-

On a wide scale my hope is that Americans rise up to the challenges that we all face and learn to work together to find a solution. I hope that we become more able to look beyond the covers and facades of each other, and begin to work together to find solutions and fixes to the problems that plague our nation. My hope is that the nation will come together and realize that we are not perfect and look outwards as well as inwards to find solutions. I hope that we as a people can begin to look at ourselves and find something we can offer to another and give that with all our hearts.

What will you do to make your country, your community, a better place?

I will give something of myself to my neighbors. I will plant a seed of community service. Personally, I plan on doing the Peace Corp for two years immediately out of college. I want to make an impact on people. I want people to make an impact on me.

Thanksgiving Week

I got to feed all by myself. That's huge! I didn't freak out..I didn'tcry. Even huger!

Back in the Swing of Things

So this week was my first time back to my site in a couple of weeks. But it is okay, my site coordinator is amazing and understands how life and school sometimes become overwhelming. I have come to the conclusion that I can no longer go to my site everyday without dropping the ball on something. So I am starting to go twice a week. That's my plan. Let's hope it works.

Fall Break 2008

This past week has been amazing. I went to New York City for a Residence Life trip, and I did way more than just site-see. Three of my days were spent volunteering at God's Love We Deliver. The organization creates, prepares, and delivers meals to people with terminal illnesses and their family. I spent two out of the three days there in the kitchen, helping prepare meals. On the second day I did van deliveries to Brooklyn. Brooklyn was hard to be in, not because it was different, but because I saw the way people lived and I don't understand why. Some of the people lived in places that reeked of urine. Some of the apartments seemed so small and cramped that I was amazed that multiple people lived there.

Van deliveries were my favorite because I got to meet alot of nice and grateful people. One woman I delivered to thanked me for the birthday cake that she got the day before. She told me it was the only one she got. I almost cried on the spot.

What will it take for our society to stop making outcasts of people who need our help?