You'll Never Know

Today I was sitting in Big Blue Bagel eating lunch with my dear friend Jess when my phone began signaling me through furious buzzes that someone had left me a voice message. I picked up the phone and didn't recognize the number so I went to my voicemail to check it out. Turns out, it was John.

From Invisible Children.

For about a year I have been bouncing around the idea of being a roadie for Invisible Children after I graduated. I have been passionate about this organization and what they're all about since I was a sophomore. If you have no idea what I'm talking about then visit their site! They are the reason my heart turned towards Africa: www.invisiblechildren.com

Basically what a roadie does is we fly out to California and live in the Roadie and Intern house for 4 weeks where we are trained on everything IC and the history as well as the present situation concerning the conflict in Uganda. After the 4 weeks we are assigned with 3 other people to hit the road and tour for 10 weeks throughout our assigned region. While on tour we host screenings of the film and advocating for the Acholi people of Uganda to promote awareness concerning the injustice that is occurring there. Then we return for 2 weeks to California for debriefing and decompressing after our travels.

Okay for my friends and family out there who read this please, please, don't panic!

I merely applied and there are hundreds of individuals who apply for this position so I am completely uncertain if it will even be offered to me. I just felt that you will never know unless you try, and when I reach the end of my life I do not want to look back with a sense of regret for not taking opportunities in life because they were uncertain.

So, I will know sometime around Thanksgiving if this is even an option.

Like I say, you'll never know unless you try.