Well, we're off to a running start in fundraising, that's for sure! Thanks to everyone who has already contributed to the trip fund.
Planning for the trip is also off to a running start. I found my passport, which is not only expired but is still in my maiden name -- that reminded me that I haven't traveled outside the country since our honeymoon in 1998. How did that happen?
Anyway -- my husband's job tomorrow is to go to the county Clerk and Recorder and get a copy of our marriage license so I can mail it with my passport, the application, the photos (did you know they let you take the pictures digitally these days?) and the $155 for an expedited return.
Tuesday night I'm meeting with Rachel and we're going to put together our supply list and make a list of things to do before the departure date. In the meantime I'm staying focused on the trip details and trying not to think too much about the realities of the week we'll spend in Haiti. The knowledge that we're there to help people and that we're doing some good work will be bittersweet when compared to the unbelievable need, a need that was great even before the earthquake struck. Still, what can one person do but the best they can? And that's why I've got to go, because I have skills that are needed and I CAN make a difference. How could I not?
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Megan,
ReplyDeleteI told Tofu and Hisako about your going to Haiti to help, and Tofu said that he would like to go help also. How come you get to go? I said just what you said, that you have skills that they could use. It is beautiful to have those skills, and to be able to make a difference, even if it is to just a few people. Those people will find consolation.
He commented that they could probably use house builders. We had heard about some project where some very green architects built a perfectly liveable house out of castoff things: old phone books, old doors, soda cans, etc. Tofu thought that someone who could do that would be very useful in Haiti.