Bo-Ya Grandma!

Today, I bring you good news and great joy! Okay, so I'm not Jesus and maybe it's more good news for me than for you, but I'm sure you catch my drift (is that how the saying goes? I am far too exhausted to know, or care, for that matter right now!)

Because so many awesome people have sponsored me, they have extended my financial due date to July 8th instead of June 8th! One has to fit certain criteria to make it possible, and I feel so blessed that they were able to extend it.

The other fantastic news is that I am 59% towards my program cost! Simply click on the Sponsor Me button on the right to check it out for yourself. I am totally in awe, and have been blown away by the generosity of others. Melissa, a very good friend of mine and the Mama to the beautiful boy on the right, wrote about my trip in her blog, asking for her readers to sponsor my trip. I am blown away by all of the generosity!

That said, I still have a bit to go before I fulfill my program cost. Why pay money to volunteer, you may wonder? Well, that's a fantastic question, and I'm so glad that you asked. Much of it has to do with their belief of creating self-sustaining communities that are not dependant on volunteers and visa versa. For example, say an organization goes into a third world country wanting to help them, but needs to stay with host families. These host families are already impoverished, and likely to burn out on continuing to provide for guests when they can barely provide for themselves, therefore leading them to wonder if it's even worth having volunteers come in. There's more info about it here.

Okay, that's all for now. I'm moving tomorrow (!!!!!) and have far too much to do in so little time! I wanted to jump on here and give a quick update though, and also say that due to the move, I'm wicked behind in thank yous. I will get to them, I promise. But in the mean time, THANK YOU!

Now, off to pack...