This post was submitted by Ivy Tech student and ASB participant Jenna M.

I am a senior at Ivy Tech Community College in Bloomington. I live in Martinsville and I have one child that is two. My daughter’s name is Felicity Grace. I am a licensed practical nurse, which I got at Ivy Tech. I work at a long-term care facility in Martinsville. I am currently an RN student and will be finished with my associates degrees in May 2008. I have taken Spanish in high school and also on semester in college. I can speak Spanish a little but I can understand much more than I can say. I hope that I will be able to learn about the language and culture while I am in Mexico.

I am excited, a little nervous, and getting ready a little more each day. The reality of the trip has not set in yet, maybe it will take until we step onto the plane. I am glad that we are going to take charity items to a village that needs things. This will be helpful and interesting to visit a place that is not middle class America suburban. I have lived in Indiana my whole life and I am ignorant about what it really is like in other parts of the world. There are people that think that they are not so well off in this country, yet I think that they have no idea how it really is for other people in the world.

I learned at the meeting that it is going to be warm in Mexico, around ninety degrees. This will be a pleasant change to the freezing weather that we have in Indiana. However, I fear that my body will be in shock from the drastic change in temperature. Especially when we are doing the concrete work, in the beginning of the trip it will be hot. We are going to spend Sunday shopping in the market and getting acclimated to the surroundings, so that will hopefully allow us to begin to adapt to the climate. I love to eat and I am excited about being able to shop in the market and buy food for us to eat.

I cannot wait to go!