So Excited!!

4-14-10

Hello! So unfortunately we haven’t had internet in about 2 weeks.
We’re very sorry but as I mentioned before…its SOOO slow.

So I need to devote an entire sentence for this alone (it probably
deserved its own blog)…

I HAVE DR PEPPER!! THAT’S RIGHT PEOPLE DR PEPPER.

Our parents sent a package as a trial run and shipped a bottle of dr.
pepper. It did NOT explode and arrived here unharmed to me. I am
totally taken by its beauty. What?  No really, I can’t wait to bribe
someone to let me use their fridge for a short time to cool it. It’s a
miracle from God!! He shined upon me today.

This entry is pretty much me just really excited about a recent
discovery. So here goes…all of my life I’ve wondered exactly “what I
am supposed to be doing” with myself. It’s a thought I’ve pondered and
prayed about on many many many occasions. Yesterday, I think I had a
break through. We were told to give our school history, intern
history, work experience and relevant classes/skills in a bullet
format for one of the PCT’s to type up for everyone. Here’s what my
list consisted of.

School: BS in Food, Human Nutrition & Hospitality. Emphasis: Dietetics.

Internship: Worked for Edinburgh Community Food Initiative. I worked
in Nurseries talking with parents about fruit and vegetable
consumption among their 3 and 4 year olds.

Work History: Worked with University Baptist Church in the Children’s
Ministry Department (nursery up to 3rd grade). Worked as the Director
& Nutrition Coordinator for a preschool (WACD). Babies up to
Kindergarten.

Relevant Classes/Skills: Any Nutrition classes. Loves spending time
with family & friends. Loves children.

Came to Rwanda…as a Health Worker…went to our village and the first
place we went was the Nursery. They have 300 three to six year olds.
In a parent-teacher meeting the doctor told the parents we would be
working with them over the next 2 years to help improve their
Nutrition and health. Yesterday, this light bulb came on for me as I
was reading through my history and skills. I think I maybe should be
working with children and nutrition. I took a billion classes with
WACD on child development, child behavior management, curriculum
planning, etc. umm…duh.

I still don’t know what will happen after the PC but today we were
assigned groups to go out into the community and do what’s called a
“Participatory Analysis for Community Action” project. Jarod, Trena &
I were assigned to one group. We went to a Primary school which is
6-15ish year olds. We arrived and realized they have 12,000 students
with 12 latrines (squatty potties). No running water or soap. Hygiene
anyone? I feel so excited to figure this out. Other groups were
assigned to Cooperatives and Hospitals. Jarod and I got the
school….with YOUNG kids. I’m just so excited. This may seem totally
random…but I just can’t wait to get involved. How can I help these
children? I know how a preschool is supposed to be ran. I know “what
right looks like” and I am here gaining the knowledge of resources.
God is working something really good out for us… I just know it!

So that’s my epiphany for the day.

Recap… I have a 12 oz bottle of Dr Pepper.

I miss you all. Love you all and hope to hear from you soon. Via
email, letter or call!

Sarah