On Cloud 9...EEEKKKKK!!!

Ok Ok so I only got like 30 mins to type this out so excuse my grammer spelling, lack of details, idk, im just excited!!!!!

So cloud nine! yea its like a major high that wou just wanna stay on forever. Most of the time Cloud nine refers to relationships and being madly "in love." Nope not here! My cloud nine is about this door that has opened up right infront of me. Problem is......should I walk through..... AHHHH ok ok sorry details. Joni and friends, did I tell you in other posts? Its a disability ministry! AH started by Joni a lady who is paralayzed from i believe the neck down due to a diving accident when she was young. AMAZING CHRISTIAN LADY. anyways.... I go to the camps. One week of being paired with a buddy and helping him or her with activities. My last buddy was a sweet and adventerous 3rd grader who had Cerbral Palsy. I love their camps! I'll post websites up soon. ANYWAYS (again) I recieved an e-mail from Allison (a corrdinator and assistant to Chris who holds a Joni and Friends head quarters in Charrolette)talking about a mission trip to the Dominican Republic with their ministry called Wheels for the World. They collect old wheel chairs that are not in use anymore, have inmates work and fix them up, and then deliever them overseas to ppl who can not afford a wheelchair. :D AHHHHH so I was excited (still am) but thats not the exciting part. The e-mail made a BOLD statment that they really want OT's and PT (occupational therapists and physical therapists)so I called up Chris and asked her if a junior in college would be of any use to them. WELL she did mention a) that the young ppl get along great with the kids and
b) she was thinking earlier about how to create a program for the ppl who are waiting to be fitted for a wheelchair which can take all day considering they are providing this city with like 200 of them!! and I told her I am a recreation therapy major! that what we do is create programs for various reasons. Sooo since Im not a qualified RT Chris suggested I talk with my professors and see if I can come up with a program for ppl of various levels (from nonverbal-verbal). She mentioned that I will be seeing ppl literally carried in because they have never had a wheelchair before.... My heart just aches to be apart of giving someone a way to be more independent, a new way of life. AH I wanna go so bad! haha But mom is right I need to get off cloud nine and really analyze the pros and cons.... I see no cons! (except for cost...)

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH I still have till Nov. 15 to figure out if this is where God wants me to go for spring break...

websites:

http://www.joniandfriends.org/