I fly to Jamaica on November 1, 2007 and won't return to the States until March 27, 2008 for a month-long break in April. I know that I will have very limited internet access while I'm there and after reading the travelblog of some friends who were travelling last winter, I figured it would be a simple way to share about my life on the island with everyone back home. During September and October, I'll be bouncing around California, Minnesota and Illinois until I fly out of Chicago and it's pretty exciting. Let me tell you, I have known since 2003 that this is what I needed to do. I couldn't get it out of my head or my heart: "Move to an orphanage in Jamaica for a year"...the goal was to do this by 2006.
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