I have been wanting to share more about my (Andy) job for a while now.  I came across this YouTube video and thought that it would shed light into some of what i am doing with the Red Cross these days.  I normally wear regular clothes and only have to work 8am-5pm.  But i will at some point in my career be deployed.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfqP0eJPY88]

The other portion of my job deals with coordinating all of the volunteers at the hospital on base at Ft. Bragg.  This next video is an example of what the volunteers might do.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt2kAPPl5v0]

Can’t wait to see everyone at the wedding in only 11 days!  -andy

We’re getting married in less than a month!  Where has this summer gone?  It’s now August!  July was a fun and hectic month.  It was a lot of fun to get everyone’s RSVP’s in the mail.  My parents would give me daily and weekly updates on the mail they had received and the notes people sent.  Thank you so much to everyone who responded and for your kind thoughts and messages.  We’re both excited that so many people are going to be joining us to celebrate our wedding on Sept. 1.  And although we wish you could be there, we completely understand that it is too long of a trip for a lot of Andy’s family.  We will have a lot of pictures to share with you and hope to be able to make some visits down south in the next year or so.

August is going to be a VERY busy month for both Andy and I as we get everything ready for me moving down to North Carolina and finalize all the details for our wedding.  I will be finishing up my job in Maryland in a few weeks and will make a last trip down to NC to visit and get some things set up.  And before you know it, the wedding weekend will be here!  My friends and family are planning some fun things for that weekend and we’re looking forward to seeing all of our friends and family from out of town.  Please feel free to email or call either Andy or I if you have any questions about anything.

Below are a few pictures from a high school mission trip I recently (July 27-Aug. 1) led.  We had a great (but exhausting) time!  We went to Cincinnati, Ohio and served in different groups at various sites – some of the different types of projects were: helping to stock a food bank/serve meals to hungry people; volunteering at a special needs camp for kids of all ages/all disabilities; cleaning up/fixing up a church whose congregation is 50% homeless people – the church wanted to put in bedrooms for the homeless people to sleep in when needed; packing care boxes to send out through an international relief center; playing with underprivileged kids at a Boys and Girls center; fixing up a nature trail;  hanging out with senior citizens at an adult day care center; and working at a church program with inner city kids.  I was working on a with some teens on a team serving inner city kids from rough neighborhoods.  We had a great time and I felt very privileged to be able to bless the kids and help those adults who are doing an awesome work there in Cincinnati.

Mt. Hebron Pres. Mission Trip ‘08

only 27 more days! -abi