Carrie Coffin

So I just had my winter term meeting and I am so excited. I want to leave tomorrow.  Our group is going to a small village in Malawi that doesn't have running water or electricity.  We are going to be living and working in an orphanage there for the whole month of January.  I don't even care about all the shots I have to get because its just a sharp little reminder that I'm going to Africa!  One of our main objectives is to make the orphanage sustainable but we are also going to do informative worshops with the kids about hygene and aids.  Mainly we are there to just play with the kids and give them some much needed love and attention.  Apparently they will just swarm our bus and start climbing all over us the moment we get there.  I'm so excited.  I think alot of us could benefit from living in an impoverished region.  Malawi is the 3rd poorest country in the world.  This is not going to be a typical study abroad trip by any means but that is why I like it.