This post was submitted by Ivy Tech student and ASB participant Giselle B.

I was looking at the calendar yesterday, and I realized that I am a week away from getting on an airplane with twelve “strangers”. These people will be my family for an entire week, no matter what, we will eat on the same table, and will face the same challenges. There are two possibilities: In a best-case scenario we will make lifetime friendships, or we will never even run into each other again. No matter what happens, I am sure that this week will be one of the most unforgettable experiences of my life.

I came to Ivy Tech about seven months ago, the people at the new student orientation told me that this place was going to change my life, and they where so right. This place has not just changed my life, but it gives me the opportunity to change other’s lives. We are going to a small town in “ big Mexico” next Friday. These people have no idea of who we are; yet they are preparing their town and their hearts to receive us. I cannot change the world in a week, maybe I never will at all, but if I make one person’s day just a little bit easier to bare, then I will be able to say “Mision Cumplida” (mission accomplished).