Thoughts of a 20-Something Woman

Hello everyone! As it gets closer to my adventure to Africa, I wanted to give you an update! I received my flight itinerary today (yay!) and it is becoming more and more real. I am so grateful for your support and love throughout the process. Over the past month and a half, I have not had to worry about fundraising because I'm already fully funded! Such an answered prayer! My team and I will be flying out on December 30. We will have a 15 hour flight to Dubai. We will be landing in Dubai on December 31. We will have an overnight layover, and then we will arrive in Kenya at 10:35am on New Year's Day! I am beyond excited!! Several of you all have asked if you can donate items for my trip. This is definitely an option, but due to my abundance of support, I am already able to buy lots of extra items to take on this trip. This means that I'll be able to fill up my suitcases with things that the Kenyans need! This is incredible!! I still can't believe that I'l...

I was sitting in class tonight at Lindenwood and I heard a sound out in the hallway. My mind immediately jumped to panic mode and I began to think about what would happen if a gunman came into our building or our room. Would I duck? Would I run to the corner? Lock the door? There was a day that I never had to think about these things. I never once questioned whether I would be safe in school or ask myself what I would do if a gunman came into my classroom. Columbine happened when I was 8 years old, so I remember hearing about it but not really letting it sink in. The years following Columbine, I felt like I started hearing more and more about school shootings. The first school shooting that I really understood what was going on was when I was 15...Virginia Tech. After that we had Sandy Hook, Arapahoe, Umpqua Community College. I'm sure that I've missed more than a couple. This isn't a post about guns or no guns. This is a post about me, a student, who has to think a...