Yesterday I got a really encouraging email from one of my former professors from the University of Minnesota. He is in Haiti because the U is planning on having a grad studio work with Architecture for Humanity down there during the spring semester. He ran into some eMi engineers down there, and hearing about that made me want to plug AFH and just say how exciting it's been to see so many different groups of design and engineering professionals give their time and talents to serving those in need in the world! It's also exciting to see Universities get students involved in that kind of work too!
Check out what eMi and AFH are doing in Haiti:
AFH in Haiti
eMi's disaster response efforts
I also have a quick prayer request for visas! Our project director will be going to the Sudanese embassy to get our visas on Monday, Sept. 19, and so please pray that everything goes as planned and we get them! Since he is going with a Sudanese friend to the embassy who knows people there, we hope that things will go smoothly, but getting visas are often the cause of a lot of frustration and uncertainty for these trips! My friend, Val, an intern in the UK office, hasn't been able to get her visa for her India trip that leaves this week, so prayers for her visa to come in or for another option for a trip to work out would be appreciated too!
Thanks for all of your encouragement and prayers, friends!! I can't wait to update you more when I'm in-country!
(and my flickr pictures are veryyyy behind. sorry. I will get that worked out before I leave!)
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