I'm not sure if you other ENFP's out there get around as much as I do, but although we have many strengths in our personality, unfortunately we also have weaknesses such as starting many projects before finishing others. To be quite honest, I've had so many projects since starting this blog, I forgot all about my goal to "Save the World". ;o)
I recently went on a great eye opening experience to Haiti for 10 days, getting in there a couple of weeks after the big quake hit. This trip was a real eye opener for me helping to realize that we shouldn't listen to people who tell you "One drop of orange juice in the ocean doesn't raise it's elevation" because five guys from Richmond, Virgina and myself made a significant difference for Hope Orphanage during our tenure there and the gift keeps on giving. Every evening after work my trusty sidekick Malachi Mills and I went through hundreds of pictures I'd taken throughout the day and emailed them to my local newspaper, The Selma Times Journal (http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/) where Leesha Faulkner connected them together in the form of a youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/). You can read 9 days of the blog on the STJ website by searching the term "mission haiti" under search. The video link isn't there any longer, but to see the videos go to youtube and search "dewayne allday haiti" and most of them will pull up under "day 1", "day 4", "day 8" etc.
Sometimes you've got to see life through the eyes of one of the poorest countries in the world simplified before you can see what's wrong in your own corner of the world. In Haiti, you can see how important education truly is. Truth is, education can save that country and if it can turn Haiti around, it can turn this country around. A better education system as a whole can make our country stronger, more stable and also more competitive in this crazy world economy. I believe this to be true with my entire heart.
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