In 3 days...Moving from Richest to Poorest Country in the World

On Monday I drove my lovely girlfriend to JFK airport in NYC so that she could fly to Botswana. She will be doing an ethnobotany project there for 10 months called the "Useful Plants Project". So now she is about 7,900 miles and 6 time zones away from the east coast of the USA.

In three days I will fly to Bujumbura, Burundi, which will place me about 7,200 miles and 6 time zones from the east coast of the USA. This will put me only 2,000 miles from my lady ;) We're probably just going to send loads of letters back and forth like in the old days (cute, i know).

The excitement is starting to kick in and I'm eager to get over there. Like said in the video below, "With privledge comes responsibility", and I feel very privledged. According to these guys, I am leaving the richest country in the world (http://www.aneki.com/richest.html) and am moving to the poorest country in the world (http://www.aneki.com/poorest.html). This is why I feel such a strong desire to take action to help the needy, for Christ's glory. It will be amazing to go teach and live with these children for near a year. The man in the video named Freddy will be my boss, as I volunteer with Youth for Christ by teaching English and Computers at the Gitega International Academy. The other guy, Simon, is one of the men that I rode a bike across the USA with. He will be back out to Burundi with his family in August.

Please watch the video so you can get just a small idea of why I want to go serve in Burundi.

I want to be a "voice for the voiceless" and an "advocate for the powerless"

If you want to write me while I'm in Burundi, send mail to:

Jeff Hennessy
Burundi YFC
BP 459
Bujumbura, Burundi

I will need about $7,000 to cover living expenses as I volunteer in Burundi for 10 months. So far, near $5,000 has been donated. Thanks to everybody who has supported thus far! Even after I have left the USA, you can still make a contribution by making a check out to:

Jeff Hennessy

On the memo line write...

Burundi YFC

Mail check or cash to:

Jeff Hennessy

123 Pinecrest Dr

Annapolis, MD 21403

Thanks!