Serving the People of Fiji

I am headed to Fiji on June 9th, to live in a rural village on the island of Tavua and initiate development projects. There is a high level of poverty in Fiji which has become more desperate after recent natural disasters. 25% of the population currently lives on less than $1 per day. My potential projects include: disaster relief, organic gardens, food drying, orphanages, business mentoring, microcredit, public health, HIV/AIDS awareness, and construction.

Monday, May 31, 2010

One Week

I leave next Tuesday. Here is my to-do list before I go:
Buy skirts
Buy iodine tablets
Buy fiber bars/American snacks
Get my tennis shoe from Jen
Move out of my house
Buy a swimsuit
Do my laundry
Send out my thank-you cards
Interview for a job
Freeze my Gold's Gym membership
Pay my bills before I go
Say goodbye to my CASA child
Get an ISIC card
Make up the trainings I missed
Check out with HELP
Go to the temple
Pack for Fiji

all that + 28 more hours of work. Can I do it? Perhaps I should have started earlier. I'm such a procrastinator. But like the great Ellen Degeneres says, "why do today what you could do tomorrow?"

I'm excited! And scared.