Say Hello to Walter!

So today was a really big day for me in a few ways...

#1 Today was my LAST day as an Intern, EVER!

Monday is my first day as a full-time employee and I am so excited! My new title... East Coast Relationship Manager for Advertising Sales at Morningstar. We sell the ad space on three US based websites and the US print magazine, and we are an investment research corporation [we do NOT make veggie burgers if that's what you were thinking]. I have been interning there since January and even with one more semester of school in the fall I was offered a full-time position when it opened up a few weeks ago. And it feels great!

#2 I am finally done with school! [for the summer]

My life the last few weeks has been crazy to say the least. I am really looking forward to having time to get started with my new job, do laundry, see my friends, train for the marathon, and relax! My apartment is a disaster and as weird as this sounds [especially coming from me] I can't wait to clean!

#3 Walter

Maybe what I am really the most excited about... as of today I sponsor a child, Walter! A little background info, I am running the Chicago Marathon again this year and I am doing so for Team World Vision. You will be hearing a lot more about World Vision in the near future but a little bit about what they do... They are a faith based child sponsorship organization, but child sponsorship doesn't just help Walter. World Vision goes into a village or community and helps them develop a 15-20 year plan to bring healthcare, education, clean water, farming, and anything necessary to make the village successful and running on their own. So the money I donate every month in Walters name goes to help his whole community, pretty cool right!

Walter is the reason I am running the marathon this year, I care and so I run.

Here is a picture of the picture I have of Walter, and as soon as my paperwork gets sent in I will be able to start writing letters to him and he gets to write back! The World Vision workers that are in his village will read him my letters and help him write back! There will be many many many more updates about Walter and more children in his village coming your way.

Tonight I ask you one question, if you had a chance to change the lives of an entire community, would you take it?


L