January 2009
5 posts
A day in history...
Since I am living in DC, I knew I had to go to Mr. Obama’s inauguration. I woke up at 3a and started layering up. I knew it was going to be freezing. I rushed to get to the Metro Station and jumped on the first train the second the door opened. When I finally got off the sardine packed metro, I got in line to the security check. Now try to imagine a line 3 city blocks long, packed so tightly you...
September comming to an end (old)
Here’s the up date on what’s going on in my life… I have a mentor!!! I’ve finally got a mentor and he is so great. On our first meeting we talked about why Africa is so corrupt and how to fix it. We discussed world issues that the United Nations are trying to solve and what is being done to help people. For the past few weeks the guys in the house and I have been studying different topics for a...
end of Aug and on to month 2 (old)
end of Aug and on to month 2
Sorry I haven’t been able to bring you all up to date lately. I have been on the road for the past 15 days and I did not have even a few seconds of spare time to write. Anyway, the trip was great! We traveled to North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; Kansas City, Kansas; Champaign & Chicago Illinois; Rochester, Michigan; Fort Wayne, Indiana; and...
first week (old)
The first 2 days have been really great. When I first got here, I got to sit in on a really great bible study. It was about how Jesus got people to follow him. After that, I met some of the guys here but, they had to leave right away to go work. I then began to unpack. I thought to my self, what the heck did I get my self into? I started to feel sad and I didn’t know if I had made the right choice...
leaving and getting there (old)
As I was leaving Rochester, it was the first time I knew that I was leaving home. I said good-bye to my mom and gave her a kiss and I was on my way. Benjamin, a former German, VW intern who lived with us two years ago was visiting us this past week. He drove me to the Airport. When I was in the car with him I found my self-pointing out all the places that I would miss about Rochester. Even though...