I’m going to participate in service learning trip with Dickinson College again, but this time we’re going to Jamaica. We had our first meeting last week and got some details about the trip. We’re going to be working at the Ginger Hill School building a playground, painting, doing general clean-up and maintenance and playing with the kids. I have to admit, however, that I’m not real big on playing with kids. Yes, I have kids of my own, but it’s different. I went to church with Angela this past Sunday, and the pastor spoke about stepping outside of our comfort zones. I think that this trip will be a real test of how well I can step outside of my comfort zone and try to have fun with the kids down there.

It looks like I’ll be able to attend the planning meetings for this trip, which will be nice. With the Katrina trips, I pretty much just showed up for the trip and that was it. Hopefully this time I’ll be able to get to know the students a little better before we leave, which will be nice, since we’ll be spending almost two weeks together. It also sounds like the conditions will be less than optimal down there, which is a little scary. I’m not huge on “roughing it”, but I guess that goes along with the comfort zone thing, too.

I’m going to try and post some updates about the progress of the trip here as things get planned out and develop.