PVI Orientation

Today, i fly to Pittsburgh where i will have 3 weeks of Orientation with the Passionist Volunteers International!! I will be spending a year in Stony Hill, Jamaica serving in the local communities. The Passionists have two international sites one in Jamaica and the other in Honduras. I will be living with four other volunteers and we will be volunteering in a number of different ways: Teaching, coaching, working in after school programs, visiting the sick and shut-in, helping citizens get there birth certificates, ministry visits, and any other needs the local communities have. I really couldn't be more excited for the new adventure i am about to go on! I will be officially leaving for Jamaica July 24th 2009 and will return August 1st 2010. I don't really know what we will be doing during orientation the only confirmed plans as of now is going into the Appalachian region of Virginia to do some service work for a weekend! We will have an Offical Commissioning on the last sunday of the three weeks where 10 of us will offically become Passionist Volunteers. I am quite anxious and very excited for what these next three weeks will bring!