Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

"Good things come to those who wait," is on repeat in my head on a daily basis. "Things happen for a reason," is usually following. By now, you all know I lack in patience. I like being prepared and I feel so unprepared for this adventure, emotionally and physically. I feel like if I knew exactly where in Africa I was going, I would be more at ease. I don't know. I am just so anxious and excited for this adventure I just want it to happen already. I am stressed about saying goodbye to all my friends and family too. This has been really hitting me hard lately. I feel like talking about it has been helping though. I keep a lot of things in and then it just piles up and stresses me out and I don't sleep.

I have started to just being more proactive and going with the flow and hoping for the best. I'm LOVING my job with the Boys and Girls Club and have been panicking a bit about leaving the wonderful kids and staff. I came up with an idea...Peace Corps Partners. I want to create a "hub" (website) that will allow me to interact with the kids at the Boys and Girls. I want to be able to show them the stuff that I am doing there and teach them about the cultures I will come in contact with. I want to use webcasts, podcasts, vlogs, blogs, social media, discussion boards, etc to increase their global awareness. I want to implement a pen pal program as well as fundraising events that will benefit the communities I will be working with. I feel like this program serves the missions of both the Peace Corps and the Boys and Girls Club of America. I am getting a lot of support from the Boys and Girls and hope to come up with a plan that I can give my Peace Corps recruiter.

Other than that I am still chugging along. School is going...ok. lol...I am exhausted but the end result is worth it. Short and sweet this time around!