I shouldn’t have made a promise on facebook that I’d update my blog before I left for Haiti. Between all the running around gathering last-minute items yesterday and the working 13 hours today, I just haven’t had time to do this blog justice. But here’s the very short story of me + Haiti.
Since I heard about the earthquake, I’ve wanted to help in a more tangible way than just sending money somewhere. See, I’m a nurse. Even before the World Race, before I finished college, before most of the mission trips I’ve ever been on, my heart’s desire has been to be a “missionary nurse” (for lack of a better term). Basically, I wanted to go around the world and help meet people’s physical needs so that their spiritual eyes could be opened. So I’ve been waiting for the right opportunity to do that, and the earthquake made me realize how strong my desire is to be out of mainstream America and helping people. I’ve been looking for medical opportunities, ways to get involved in Haiti, and saw that AIM was sending medical teams…so to make a very long and complicated story very short (since I need sleep before I leave for the airport in 6 hours) I talked to my manager at work and got the okay to take two weeks off, applied with AIM, got a plane ticket yesterday (read: bought plane ticket Monday to fly to the Dominican Republic Wednesday. read: I’m crazy) and am headed out in the morning.
I’m definitely in need of a lot of prayer covering for this trip. I don’t know exactly what I’m walking in to, but I know God’s covering me and protecting me. I’m also in need of some financial support. Since it’s such a short time between applying and going on this trip, I had to pay the amount up-front, but if you’d like to support me, contact me and I’ll send you my address and you can send me a gift (it’s not tax-deductible, but is greatly appreciated!)
I still can’t believe I’m actually doing this. Wow, God has worked in some pretty cool ways to make this trip happen. I’ll try to write brief updates from Haiti and will fill all of you in on details and such when I get back to the States. Thank you in advance for your prayers and support!
