One week to go

I set up this website to try to keep you all posted on what I'm up to during my time in Nigeria. I'm not sure how reliable the internet will be there, but I will do my best to update on a daily basis. I'm hoping to be able to add some pictures to the website during my time there, but we'll see.

It's hard to believe that I'm leaving in just over a week. It seems like so long ago that I started to plan this trip. I want to thank each and every one of you for all your love, support, donations, prayers, etc. As you know, it has been a dream of mine for quite some time to travel to Africa and do this type of work. I feel so incredibly blessed that I have this opportunity, and am so grateful for all of the support that I've received from so many of you!

For those of you who don't know, I'll be traveling with a group of six people including myself. Four of them I work with at United, and the fifth person being my friend Erin (who moved to Des Moines last year). The organization that I'll be working with is "Bridging the Gap". During our time in Nigeria we will be working primarily with children in the village of Owerri, and I believe that we'll be doing some outreach clinics as well. Ben,who has been my contact person in Owerri, has promised me that he has plenty of work lined up for us when we arrive. I am so anxious to get there and get to work!

We leave on Monday the 23rd, but won't arrive in Owerri until the 25th (I'm not looking forward to the long plane ride). I'll be arriving back in Minneapolis on Friday March 6th. Feel free to check in on the website whenever. I look foward to sharing some of my experiences with you and I thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for all your support. It means more to me than you can possibly know.

Love Always,
Steph