Our Dreams for the Trip
As we embark on our journey to New Orleans, we wanted to share with you some of our dreams for this trip.
My dream for this trip is that i find that i can truly make a difference. I want to be able to feel good about my work in New Orleans. I would love to become closer with the girls on this trip. I dream that i get down and dirty and do some actual manual labor. – E.T.
I am really excited for this trip. I think this trip will be a great experience that will teach me a lot. I hope that from this trip I get to learn more about how I can help the world. My dreams for this trip are simple. I want to come out of the trip feeling like I made a difference in the world. – H.T.
Another difficulty will be helping people that are far less fortunate than I am without coming off as superior. This is extremely important to me. It will be nearly impossible to accomplish tikkun olam without forming a positive relationship with the people we are trying to help. It is difficult to say but very evident that many times when volunteers enter a community in order to assist those in need, it is their money rather than their labor or time that help the people most. As I embark on my New Orleans trip, my goal will be to stretch my labor and time to help as many people as possible. I look forward to our rich culture and tikkun olam filled trip to New Orleans! — H.S.
My dream for the trip is that we make a difference in peoples lives that are less fortunate than we are. I think that even if we can make a difference in one person’s life that’s good enough. I know that we will feel a sense of pride and accomplishment by the end of this, and I’m really looking forward to that. — E.W.
My dream for this trip is that I come home with a sense of accomplishment and knowing that I’ve helped. I hope to strengthen my relationships with people going on the trip, and with New Orleans (I place I have never been before). I want to stay present the whole time and be there/do whatever is needed of me. — Z.W.
As we embark on this trip, I hope to have the chance to experience a different kind of poverty then I have seen in the past. I have seen places all around the world and have volunteered in many of them, but I hope to have the opportunity to make a difference closer to home. I want to be able to form a relationship with the people that I’m helping, in addition to simply doing the work. I think one of the challenges on this trip will be to form a strong connection with the people that I will be working with because it is such a short period of time, but I am confident that we will be able to overcome this obstacle. I am excited for it to begin! — M.W.
Going into this trip I hope that I experience something that I have never experienced. Not only the physical work that we will be doing but also the city of New Orleans. I hope to become closer with the girls on the trip. I hope that I will make an impact on all of the people that were affected by the devastating hurricane! Most of all I hope that I have fun!!! — E.W.
