This post was submitted by Ivy Tech student and ASB participant Brianna P.

MEXICO!!! Wow, I am so excited to be given this fantastic chance to go to Mexico on such a wonderful cause! From today, there is only one week left since we are leaving on Friday instead of Saturday now. I’m so excited to meet the children and get to know them and help them out and their families. I still need to go to the store and buy some stuff for them as well as some travel items for myself.

I am so excited about my group! Although I’ve just met with them once or twice they seem so nice and fun! I am happy to be a part of such a wonderful diverse group of people. I cannot wait to get to know them better and hopefully develop some new friendships! When we get there I hope we will be able to make a difference even though we will be there just for a week.

I do not have a tremendous amount of fears, just a few. I am pretty scared of planes. Not like overly terrified, just a little bit, but who isn’t? I also have another personal fear that may not be relevant at all, but I am still pondering about it. I am biracial, Mexican & African American. Although this has never been a problem when I went to Mexico before, I will be in a totally different location this time. I hope the people I meet will be accepting of it since I really want to help and reach out to my people. I think I am worrying about it too much since I’ve faced some intolerance of being biracial here in the United States. But maybe it will be an entirely different experience in Calnali (I hope).

Anyways, despite my petty fears I am overly excited; my family’s really excited for me to go too! I have one more week to get ready and go off to visit another part of my motherland!