First off, thank you all so much for your generous donations! All your love, support and encouragement is amazing! We have almost reached the $1000 mark!

I’ve started my preparations for volunteering and by preparations I mean being poked and prodded. Thus far, the doctors have given me the okay and have stuck me with more than one big, scary needle. If I wasn’t tough after getting hit by a bus, I will be by the time I touch down in Lilongwe on the 28^th of June!

I will begin orientation with World Camp on the 29th at Lake Malawi. For three days I’ll be working with the team of volunteers to develop curriculum and organize for the camps. I also hope to enjoy some delicious fish. I’ve heard from many friends that the fish in Malawi is quite tasty!

World Camp also just sent me a schedule for the month. We will be working in six different villages during the month of July, as well as a project with the children in the city of Lilongwe.  In the meantime, my fourth grade and I just wrapped up an incredible poetry month in Brooklyn with, “Poem in Your Pocket Day” last Friday.  I’ll leave you with the words of wisdom from one of our fourth graders at PS377K:

Confident Man

A

Confident Man

Knows how to say

I love you

A confident man

will cry

A confident man

will take good

care of his

family, children

and wife

A confident man

does not need alcohol

drugs or cigarettes

A confident man

will respect

A confident man

will seek education

That confident man is me!!