Good-bye Mercy Corps!

My last day at Mercy Corps-- What to say...

After working here for 20 months, it is weird that I will be in Tanzania for seven months longer. It seems like I have worked at Mercy Corps forever.I am quitting the only "real" job I have ever had and even though I am leaving to take a month off and then experience Africa, there are still things I will miss.

The people here are amazing. They have been all over the world, but mostly they just have a general kindness that you can feel and a common belief that they can help make the world a better place. Off and on, after listening to the news or after seeing gas prices rise, I can begin to lose hope that there can be a change in our world. When I come to work many MC employees re-instill that faith in me. I am very thankful to have considered myself one of them.

I will miss working at Mercy Corps, I wish nothing but the best for the organization as they continue on their mission to help those in need. My co-workers there have become like family and I am hopeful we will all meet again. Thank you, thank you, Mercy Corps.

My Reasons

Do I need any?

This is what I have always wanted: the excitement, the fear, the adventure. Now it is all beginning. In two months I will have a different life. Sure, I will miss my old one, but today the possibilities are endless.

I saw a psychic about a year ago. She said, "You have finally found it! You are always searching, but you have found what you were meant to do." This was shortly after I had begun work at Mercy Corps, so I know she was right. But mostly I am convinced, because this work is what I believe in. This is the only job I could do...

"All people are members of a family, and everyone, therefore, has the responsibility of caring about the future of mankind and the earth."

-His Holiness the Dahli Lama