Alright, so I've dilly-dallied about this for long enough. I've been thinking about this, doing the math, making tentative plans, throwing it all out, and generally going nuts for about a month and a half now. I've developed the habit recently of making plans in secret, so I am more easily able to abandon them if things go south. It's much easier to save face if nobody knows what you were planning.
Today it ends. I've been putting off making some sort of post, or public request for help for a few weeks. I've been wanting the conditions to be just right, but I realize now that they'll never be perfect enough, so I'm just going to come out with it.
I just updated my main page, and added a post about my intention to travel to Nepal in November of this year, to volunteer teaching English for four months.
One of the biggest obstacles here is money. I've been living paycheck to paycheck for over a year now, and it seems like every time I save some money, it goes into something silly like dental work or having my perpetually-broken glasses repaired. Nonetheless, I've managed to save some money in recent weeks and months, and have budgeted in such a way that I should be able to put away at least $2000 of the $5000 required to do this.
This is where I solicit help. I hate asking for money, but this literally will not happen if I don't. I have friends and family members in my life who will likely want to contribute, but I'm not in a position to turn down any potential sources of help. Which is why I'm awkwardly making this post here.
Whatever comes of it, I also want to thank you guys. When I mentioned this in the win thread a while back, people were supportive. Even if not a dollar comes from posting this here, I want to thank everyone here for being a supportive and wacky internet family, and I hope you will keep me in your thoughts and/or prayers as I continue toward, and eventually in the Kathmandu Valley.
~Joshua (Kenmore) Thompson
A.K.A. "Rob King"
Today it ends. I've been putting off making some sort of post, or public request for help for a few weeks. I've been wanting the conditions to be just right, but I realize now that they'll never be perfect enough, so I'm just going to come out with it.
I just updated my main page, and added a post about my intention to travel to Nepal in November of this year, to volunteer teaching English for four months.
One of the biggest obstacles here is money. I've been living paycheck to paycheck for over a year now, and it seems like every time I save some money, it goes into something silly like dental work or having my perpetually-broken glasses repaired. Nonetheless, I've managed to save some money in recent weeks and months, and have budgeted in such a way that I should be able to put away at least $2000 of the $5000 required to do this.
This is where I solicit help. I hate asking for money, but this literally will not happen if I don't. I have friends and family members in my life who will likely want to contribute, but I'm not in a position to turn down any potential sources of help. Which is why I'm awkwardly making this post here.
Whatever comes of it, I also want to thank you guys. When I mentioned this in the win thread a while back, people were supportive. Even if not a dollar comes from posting this here, I want to thank everyone here for being a supportive and wacky internet family, and I hope you will keep me in your thoughts and/or prayers as I continue toward, and eventually in the Kathmandu Valley.
~Joshua (Kenmore) Thompson
A.K.A. "Rob King"
It would be a chapter of your life that you'd never forget.
