My roommate at UT went on a mission trip to Port-au-Prince over spring break to work in medical clinics and left her heart there, so she invited me to go back with her for a stint this summer. (My money is on her spending ALL of next summer there, if not staying forever.) Anywho, the two of us are going through the Chadasha Foundation joining a couple of other girls to act as mission interns, helping to hold down the fort by working with children in orphanages, manning medical clinics and helping out mission teams that will come and go during our stay-- basically, doing what any good intern does: some of everything, smiling all along the way.
God has really blessed us during our preparations! All of our expenses were covered by generous donations and we are even bringing extra luggage so we can take heaps of school supplies, clothing and bedding for the kids that have nothing. We fly out early Monday (the 18th) morning and will be there into August.
Just to make things more exciting, I was accepted as an Australian Student Ambassador, and will actually be flying from Haiti to Washington D.C. for orientation, before finally making my way back home on the 7th and moving back on campus the 11th for another semester to begin. Whew.
My life has been and will be a whirlwind for the rest of my summer; I've taken a Spanish class in these last six weeks, along with working on my Dad's farm and being on the prowl for an internship this fall. I signed up for my fall courses in a hostel at the Great Barrier Reef and I'll pay for tuition online from a missionary's guest house in Port-au-Prince. I would say it's been a good year :)
Please keep us in your prayers, and if you are interested, I will be blogging about my Haitian exploits at http://stephaniemae-pslam46.blogspot.com/ .
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