Hi

So, this is my blog!

As you probably already know, I have been blessed with the opportunity to travel to India this summer through Northwestern College's Summer of Service (SOS) program. Currently, I'm looking at leaving May 17th (which is coming up here pretty soon!) and returning July 28th or July 29th.

During my time in India, I will meet up in Chennai with Augustine Asir and his family who are missionaries for Word for the World. This organization does outreach to people living in leprosy colonies and slum children. I will also be meeting up with small team of about 3 or 4 students from Bryan College in Tennessee. Although it's difficult to know precisely what we will be doing ahead of time, the team and I will most likely be traveling with the Asirs and doing outreach projects with Word for the World.

I intend to do my best to log on here at least once a week to keep everyone updated on where I am and what I'm doing. But computer access might not be very reliable depending on what parts of India we are staying in, and I will be sharing one laptop with about ten other people. So, I'll do my best and I guess we'll just have to see how it goes! :)

I just want to thank everyone who has played a part spiritually, financially, emotionally, and logistically to help pull this trip together! As many of you may know, God has always given me a passion for justice and showing others the healing love of reconciliation with God through Christ. And I am seriously considering some form of international Social Work as my future profession. So, I joyfully anticipate everything this unique experience is going to teach me about myself and how to serve God better through loving others. Please pray for God to humble my spirit during this time and to bless me with a mind ready to learn, hands ready to serve, and a heart ready to experience a little bit more about what it truly means to love. Also, please pray that I gain a deeper understanding of foreign missions and whether doing Social Work internationally (whether that means in a foreign nation or state-side) is in God's plan for my future.

Thanks again! :)

- Jenni