check-list.. and welcome!

7.28.08 (when i actually wrote this.. just hadn't put it up)

ok so i was going to wait until i actually got to the dr to begin this buuut i guess you could say getting ready has been an adventure too. to fill you in and not write a novel:

• plane ticket? check. (i officially leave aug 5th at 6am)
• insurance? check.
• passport? check.
• excited? check!
• fluent in espanol? mmm this is a process..
• packed? well, um, SOME people might say this takes me forever and I wait too long to start.. and they would be right. madre and i did go buy some infamous chacos, a battery alarm clock, toothpaste.. i’m workin’ on it ☺

i am getting really excited.. it is getting closer! all the time i've spent with sharla (makarios founder/director) has been a constant reminder of how great the staff is in the dominican! i cannot wait to work and serve with such wonderful people. i know sharla and a couple people down there (who are all stinkin' awesome), have heard so many great stories, and have unofficially met many through e-mail and facebook. leaving will be hard because i will miss my amazing friends and family, but it is so encouraging to know how wonderful the people i will be living/working/serving/hanging with are.

perhaps i should go work on this whole packing thing now..
oh and welcome to the blog!