I'm REALLY going to Africa! AH!

Okay so yes, I have blogged all about this for the past..... forever 

& counted down the days until Africa but it always seemed so far away & unreal.

Well folks, I leave tomorrow morning. 

And yes, I am really starting to get NERVOUS! 

I can't even put into words all the emotions running threw me right now.

Wow. 

I am so grateful for this experience though & cannot wait to actually be doing all of the things i've talked about. 

Thanks everyone for being completely amazing & supportive about my trip! 

It is such a huge deal to me so it's pretty much all i've talked about :) 

Sorry that i'll be coming home & probably be 100% worse... haha 

But until then - if you could please keep my amazing team in your prayers & my loving & supportive family. I know my mom is a million times more nervous about all of this then I am!! 

Oh, and just incase you wanted another fabulous Mothers Without Borders site to look at...

here is another --> click here <--

Mothers Without Borders Blog!!

Hey everybody - Mothers Without Borders 

has started a blog of their own so I thought I would put up a link

so you could check it out & see what kinds of neat things I get to be 

apart of!! 

Of course I will make my own blog postings when I get back!! 

But in the mean time... check this one out :) 

---> Mothers Without Borders Blog  <---

Beginning the pack for Africa!

So after a somewhat sleepless night & the reality of my upcoming adventure

really starting to sink in... I have begun to feel super anxious! 

It hasn't quite hit me all the way yet but definitely starting to!!

Luckily I got to meet with some of my team members today...

being with them really makes me excited all over again 

& remember why I am doing this!

My team got together today to begin our packing!! 

Here is the load I got in the back of my car :) 

Mothers Without Borders asked each of us volunteers to try and gather

supplies to pack & bring with us to Zambia. We each collected various 

supplies & distributed out the weight in our luggage. 

We pack our backpack & carry-on for all our personal necessities!!

That idea kinda freaked me out because I don't know if I can fit all I want... 

but it's going to work out just fine I think!

Here are some pictures to kinda give you an idea of what was going on! 

Our team really did a great job & ended up gathering tons of the needed items!

We each ended up packing at least 50lbs of medical supplies, 

personal hygiene items, blankets, clothing, & etc.

The best part was trying to weigh our bags...

We would just have to weigh ourselves, then grab the bag, step on the scale, & figure out how much extra "poundage" there was :) 

Putting together these bags helped me realize how much of a 

difference my team is really going to make to the lives of the people of Zambia. Even though I am getting scared about this trip I know it will be life changing and worth all the stress & fear!! 

Thanks to everyone who has supported me & taken an interest in Mothers Without Borders and my trip to Zambia!! 

My Life Latley

Well... I don't love posting without having any pictures to share...

but here is another pictureless post!!

Hope it's not too boring!

Latley my life consists of one thing: work!

Between the hospital & Victoria's Secret I rarely get a day off!!

But it's all good :) at least i'm never bored right? haha

Working at the hosptial has really given me great insight into pursing a nursing career

and how to continue about my education.

I've decided for next semester to take my classes on the Weber State campus

& to take a Spanish class!

I am kinda excited about that - it's so frustrating to have patients that don't speak

any English & be unable to communicate with them at all!

So this Garcia has decided to step up her game & learn the language of her ancestors :)

I'm also about 90% sure that I want to get my bachelors in nursing...

Just depending on where i'm at in life.. but I think it's a pretty solid idea!

New Job!

I am pleased to announce that I have finally gotten a job at the hospital!

I am going to be working in the Surgical Unit. 

I know it is going to be intense & overwhelming but I am really stoked about it.

I am grateful to be gaining experience so I can assure that nursing is my dream job :) 

I ultimately want to be a neonatal nurse (work with the newborns)

but I think it is good to get a taste of everything to make sure that's what I want!! 

I am going to keep working at Victoria's Secret for now & try

to balance out my schedule.

It is gonna be nuts. 

I can't complain though because I have two jobs when there are people struggling to keep one. 

Heavenly Father has really blessed me!! 

Fun in Provo

On Saturday Amanda invited me to join her for a 

delightful trip to Provo to meet up with her good bud Kyle,

 attend a wedding reception & play with our cute friend Alexa.

We ended up getting stuck in traffic for FOREVER &

basically had to make a major detour out of our way to get back on track

for Provo. It was lame but worked out in the end :) haha 

Once we got to Provo we went to Alexa's way cute apartment!

As grateful as I am to be living at home I really missed the world of 

apartments & roommates!! 

We then met up with Kyle & who had his friend Dale with him

(gotta love small town cowboys) & had some lunch.

We saw the movie Land of the Lost 

which was weird, weird, weird but funny & entertaining. 

And naturally after that we went to Spoon Me!!

Next we went to one of Amanda's friends wedding receptions

and afterwards met up with some of Alexa's friends who took us to 

a comedy show at BYU. 

I thought that it would end up just being alright... but oh wow, it was SO funny!

The are a comedy try-out group from BYU called Humor U & they were great!

If I can ever find one of the the comedy routines I will have to post it

 because I laughed so hard I was crying! 

Here is a pic of me, Amanda, & Alexa after the show:

Needless to say it was a pretty great day. 

I have always loved going to Provo with friends but it was kinda different this time.

Playing with Alexa I got to see what campus life is like down there

and how much fun Provo is for a student.

That got me thinking....

maybe I want to look into nursing school through UVU?? 

I dunno. Just a thought for now!