Praise: Summer Job

I got a call yesterday with a full-time job offer for the summer! I hadn't been seriously looking or praying yet, but I was trusting God to provide and He has, yet again!!

I'll be at Ten Thousand Villages (I've been working there on and off but this summer will be stable full time!). They are a wonderful organization that is totally Fair trade! All of the items sold are made from artisans who have been paid a good wage. The organizations in poorer countries that hire the artisans often offer support with education, medical care and no-interest micro loans IN ADDITION to paying them a living wage. Although they don't sell much clothing (maybe something I can help with in the future?), they do an amazing work in many countries.

You can read more about them here.



You can read about the artisans here.



If reading is not your thing, you can watch a video about them here.




Thanks again Lord for orchestrating this and providing for me in everything I do!

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes!

I have reached my fundraising goal!!

Thank you all so very much for your help, I could not have done this without your support!


It has been a while since my last blog update. We were in a homework lock-down for the past few days in order to complete all of the homework we have for the rest of the semester!

I am relieved to not have to think about homework much in these last few weeks before we go, but I wanted to share one of the topics with you that I wrote a paper on. For our Cross Cultural Studies class, I wrote on how Globalization has had an effect on the garment industry and if/how Christians should respond. This is a very important topic for me, as it is a major reason for me returning to school, to further a career in helping fight garment slavery. 

I won't write the whole paper out for you, but I wanted to share a few trends with you that I learned and that still break my heart after years of learning about this industry.

Fast Fashion

 

Davina, King Space and the General of the Galaxy

In one of our phases of this trip, we will be putting on an English conversation evening every weeknight. The biggest of the responsibilities assigned for that was to write a skit for us to perform for 20 minutes every night we're there. And guess who the playwright is? That's right, your truly!

This is not me. This is David Tennant. But I like him, and playwrighting reminds me of William Shakespeare, and when I typed his name into Google this image came up, and he's wearing a crown and holding a flute, which ties in to my play (well, technically it's a recorder but in this play, we will be pretending that a recorder is a flute for the sake of simplicitiy and because I am the main character and I don't know how to play a flute, but I do know how to play a recorder), so now you understand why this picture is here in the first place.

We want to cover five themes while we're there:

1. Self-Esteem
2. Overcoming Obstacles
3. Temptations
4. Honor
5. Leadership

And so I set about writing a play.

And then I thought about ways to make it interesting.

And funny.

And still tie in to the original story I was thinking of.

So I came up with Davina and the Garguon! A story of a small, unskilled girl who defeats a great monster only using a few spitballs and her straw!!

This was perfect for the theme of Overcoming Obstacles!! And there could be more in the Davina saga...

Fundraising Update

We're close! The fundraising deadline is coming up on Monday, fast approaching.

I need $100 more funds to complete, God has been faithful up until now, and I am still trusting that He will finish it off strong.

Unfortunately, with the way our current Canadian dollar is, the trip is going to cost an extra $200 per student. The school is strongly urging us to raise these funds if it is possible, so if you are able to give at this time a little bit more, it would be extremely appreciated.

If you feel that this is a way in which you'd like to support this trip, please click here, or give me a call at (403) 918-9229.

Thank you so much for your support so far! I can't wait to tell you all about it in a few months :)