It begins again...

Hello everyone, the blogging begins again!
Welcome to everyone who was directed here by one of my many postcard reminders. : )

I've started the trip. I spent most of the day in the airport waiting for people to get here and then we taxied/subwayed/walked to the Brooklyn Bridge to have pizza for dinner. I'm sitting here in the hotel in New York with two of my new friends, writing this and listening to them talk about religion. : )
I'm so exhausted though, so I don't want to write much tonight but I thought I'd say three things:

First, check my twitter this week: http://twitter.com/AddieDomske (It's a short blogging-like website that I can update from my phone.)
Twitter will also update my facebook status, so check facebook if you want.

Second, check out the Faceless site, (http://www.facelessinternational.com) where an official Ukraine link has been added when you first visit the site.
Note: if I don't end up having access to the internet or my phone, this is where you can get all your updates for the rest of the trip! : )

Last, I thought I'd copy a bit from an email I wrote today to my friends from General Assembly (since the last time I blogged I was actually with them at GA) for today's reflection:
"Right now I'm sitting at Gate D78 in the Pittsburgh airport, waiting to fly to New York, and then tomorrow the Ukraine. (I think I told you all about this: I'm working with Faceless International in an orphanage for victims of the human trafficking industry.)

I've been planning it for about 6 months and I'm really excited to go and meet the people I'll be going with tonight, and then meet the girls in the orphanage. I expect it to be life changing. : )

I come to this trip with a heavy heart though because my grandma is in the hospital. She's pretty much the strongest person I know so it's been hard to see her so weak the past couple of days.
The doctor says we should keep her in a comfortable state but that she won't make it through it. I'm fine with that; we just celebrated her 96th birthday last week. : }
I think I've figured out that I'm ok with death, I just don't like dying. My dog Charlie, who I've had for about 12 years is also dying and I would rather him just go sit by Jesus' dog in heaven (who I'm guessing is named Sampson--that sounds holy enough.) ;D

So that will be hard to go into the trip with. But I thought it was so providential that Maggie sent this out because it just helps to tell people who I care about. : )

I hope you are all well. (There is a group of big hearty Russians beside me, I just thought I'd point that out.)"

Time for sleep. Orientation at 10 tomorrow. : )
Domske out.