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Why I want to be a YAV:
I am embarking on a journey. In this next year of service with YAV I will experience new opportunities for growth, see the world in a different light, and be challenged in ways I have yet imagined. At a conference last summer I felt truly moved and inspired by the keynoter’s accounts of working in ministry in the Tucson border area. He described the dire situations, the struggles, and the hope the immigrants had in a better life in the United States. His stories of selfless compassion and living by the greatest commandment- “to love your neighbor as yourself” called to me. I wanted to be a part of this, and very soon I will be a part of this. I will be exploring the call of the gospel in the social and political realities of the border area.

How Can You Support Me? With…
• Your prayers: pray for me and for the people with whom I will work this year.
• Your interests in My Year of Service: Follow my experience through my newsletters posted at www.pcusa.org/missionconnections, or through my blog at http://desertwindsyav.blogspot.com/ (you're already here- bookmark me!)
• Your financial gifts: Give a tax-deductible gift. Please consider pledging an amount, given as a one-time gift or in installments of the course of my year of service. Complete and return the Covenant of Support form to me. Checks may be mailed to the address on the form, or you may give by credit-card online at www.pcusa.org/give or www.pcusa.org/yav

The First Try

I'm about to officially "accept" my position to serve as a YAV in TUCSON, AZ for the 2010-2011 year. The official email is just moments from being sent. Tucson really feels like a good match for me. After a weekend in Louisville, KY, meeting other "yav-cans" and the site coordinators for the international sites, it became really clear to me that a lot of really neat stuff is happening world-wide. I knew I'd be happy at any of the 16 or 17 sites that there are. I already can't wait to be in the swing of things in Arizona, and read other YAVs blogs from other sites.