Grades

My final grades were posted today. I did pretty well this semester. Better than expected, actually =) I ended up with a 3.6 for the semester, and I think I have a 3.67 overall right now.

I'm enjoying no school, but am still busy getting everything worked out and cleaning my room/house, which have been sadly neglected in the past month or 2 b/c all 3 of us have been crazy busy. I'll probably head back to Phoenixville for a week or so before leaving the country, so hopefully I'll see some of you then.

Wave goodbye...

I bought my tickets today. I'll be gone from May 27 - Aug 7.

United Youth Action for Progress

UYAP

UYAP works in partnership with UNICEF. They do a lot of psychosocial support, as well as various youth programs and educational programs. They also do research

For everyone who's worrying, this is where God wants me to go. I've known that since February, just wasn't sure how it was going to work out, but everything comes together, just when it's supposed to. In his book God.com, James Langteaux talks about how sometimes God calls you to do things the seem crazy. He compares trusting God to jumping off a cliff, saying you just have to let yourself fall off the cliff trusting that he will catch you. This is me falling and trusting.

a story...

This is the story of one of the girls in one of my classes:
Kakenya


She just won a Global Leadership Award
Vital Voices

tentative fall classes

*research seminar/capstone on topics in international political economy
*economics of development
*approaches to conflict resolution
*accounting for ngos
*advocacy for ngos

Internship update

I am probably going to be going to Uganda for the summer. A friend of a friend came to stay with us last week for a new student day or something b/c she's coming to GSPIA next fall, and her former principal is from Uganda, so she gave her my information, and I've been talking to her. She knows someone (Emmanuel Lutokumoi)who was or is director of United Youth Action for Progress. He is currently working with Rise International and Safe Passage Foundation on a Lost Children Memorial (check out the Rise page for some info). He also runs Teokono Vocational School in cooperation with Gulu University working on child protection, education, and food security.
This is pretty much what I've been wanting to do for the past 2 years, so I'm really excited about this opportunity. I emailed him today for more information about the program, so I'll update when I find out more.