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SO my parents are pretty much disowning me.
It makes me sad that they are so ignorant to think that everything over there is so terrible that i am going to die as soon as i step off the plane.
So sad.
But whatever...i'm going for a month in May. I've made my decision and I truly believe with all of my heart that what I am doing is good. And right. And at one of the best times in my life, right after I graduate, right before I get a job. When I can still see the world as an amazing place and I haven't been living for a paycheck each week.
They said that it is pure stupidity that I would go help another country when there is such a need for help here. Well guess what? I've helped so many people at the hospital from so many different backgrounds and I can honestly tell you that the majority of them are so unreceptive to what they could do, how much potential they have. They just want to complain about having to deal with surgery or a disability or not getting enough money once they get out. I will have plenty of that for the rest of my life.
I am young and I have hope still and I am going to Uganda from May 15th- June 15th to teach children HIV prevention, proper healthcare, and instill hope that even though they will never have parents due to losing them from AIDS or another illness, they can still become beautiful, smart, amazing people.
It makes me sad that they are so ignorant to think that everything over there is so terrible that i am going to die as soon as i step off the plane.
So sad.
But whatever...i'm going for a month in May. I've made my decision and I truly believe with all of my heart that what I am doing is good. And right. And at one of the best times in my life, right after I graduate, right before I get a job. When I can still see the world as an amazing place and I haven't been living for a paycheck each week.
They said that it is pure stupidity that I would go help another country when there is such a need for help here. Well guess what? I've helped so many people at the hospital from so many different backgrounds and I can honestly tell you that the majority of them are so unreceptive to what they could do, how much potential they have. They just want to complain about having to deal with surgery or a disability or not getting enough money once they get out. I will have plenty of that for the rest of my life.
I am young and I have hope still and I am going to Uganda from May 15th- June 15th to teach children HIV prevention, proper healthcare, and instill hope that even though they will never have parents due to losing them from AIDS or another illness, they can still become beautiful, smart, amazing people.