Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the big day, it all begins tomorrow. We all meet in Jacksonville, FL at Sunrise community church at 1pm to begin assembling our bikes and get acquainted with one another.

Thursday June 12th we work at two different build sites near the church for the day and then go swimming and relax in the evening.

I now have exactly 4k fundraised, thanks to some amazingly generous donations from family, friends, friends of family, and some individuals I hardly know. I must personally thank my dad and step-mom, without their amazing contributions I would have been hard pressed to find all the money needed to do this amazing experience.

Now it all comes down to making the experience worth the time, effort, and money put into it. Around 50% of all the money you have all donated is given directly to affordable housing organizations, projects, and funds. The rest goes to financing the trip and bike and build as a nonprofit organization. Thus, I need to do $2,000 worth of work, service, and good along the way. I will try to do my part.

I have a feeling I am going to sweat a LOT this summer. I also have realized I am going to get up close and personal with a lot of roadkill. Ick. But, it is all part of the experience and understanding why cars are such horrible machines for the world (and poor little cute animals too).

I fit all of my gear into an internal frame backpack that I got. I figured it would be very useful for the Peace Corps following this experience. Two pairs of shorts and two shirts are going to be very grimy once I finish :).

I cannot wait until tomorrow... look for some more interesting posts coming soon!!!

Brad