BUT I will be blogging a bunch this summer. I will primarily be using the blog emnyc13.wordpress.com but for anything more personal, I will still use this good old blog.
So get ready.
I'll be serving in Harlem, NYC this summer with a group called Experience Mission. And I am so incredibly excited I could explode. Having to wait a few weeks to leave is going to be a struggle. In other news, I graduated college Saturday. Who'da thunk?
So more about the trip. I will be serving as the Construction Coordinator and sharing the position of Outreach Coordinator with two of my three teammates. That means it's my job to make sure that the short term teams who come in have work to do. We will partner with members of the community and focus on working WITH the community, so that our outreach is wanted, effective, and maintains the dignity of the individuals with whom we'll work. It's more about relationships than quantity. We're about loving people, not "saving" them.
I am excited and nervous about this opportunity. I know it will be great, but that it will also be extremely difficult — I have been entrusted with a lot of responsibility, and after a long, difficult semester, I'm not sure if I have what it takes to do everything. But God's power is made perfect in our weakness, right? (2 Cor. 12:9)
So, if you want to partner with me, I'd love your prayer and/or words of encouragement.
And, if you desire to partner with me financially, you can support my work through an easy online donation:
"For your convenience, Experience Mission has made it possible for you to personally sponsor me online by going to http://www.experiencemission.org/donate/donate.asp?section=Intern&UserId=SSAW1000 and following the steps indicated. Your tax deductable receipt will be mailed to you in a year-end statement."
The internship is paid, but EM is allowing me to raise up to an additional $1,500 because they recognize the financial needs of students. Which brings me to my next point:
I'll be starting graduate school in the fall. I'll be working toward my MA in Bioethics in Chicago. Can you believe that? Time has certainly flown by and I don't feel old enough to be onto this next step, but here I am. I'd love your prayers for that as well.
Any questions? Just want to catch up? Let me know! I'd love to hear from you!
