My first week!!

Hey everyone!

So my internship is going fabulous! :) My first day the bus was late, haha, but despite public transportation I made it downtown full of nervousness and excitement of course. The first two days were orientation where we talked about the mission and vision of Food for the Hungry; plus they gave us a chance to get to know each other, especially since the international interns kind of scattered on Wednesday.

Though I haven't really done much in terms of work, I've already learned so much about the importance of glorifying God before anything and about all the different facets of development work both here in the U.S. and out in the field. I'm leaving on Monday for Canal Fulton, Ohio for the Alive Festival (http://www.alive.org/) which will be my first big project, and Ill be talking to all sorts of people about child sponsorship and why it is such a necessary component of Food for the Hungry.

Thanks again to everyone who has done so much for me by providing spiritual, mental, emotional, and financial support. It has been so humbling watching everyone step up to help make this amazing internship happen!! I'll be doing weekly blogs to keep you all updated :)

*Thing that impacted me the most this week- "As We Forgive" documentary about Rwandan genocide and the reconciliation efforts afterward; also the great need to reach the most vulnerable first and foremost-something to think about...