starkey hearing foundation

my humanitarian trip to toluca, mexico back in february was awesome

just see for yourself

highlights:

1- working with the kiddos the majority of the time.  it confirmed that what i've been studying in school for so many years is truly the right place for me

2- seeing masses of people and feeling overwhelmed that we wouldn't be able to get to all of them in one day only to find we actually finished earlier than any other group ever has and with more precision than any other group (go us!)

3- getting blessed by cute old ladies over and over again for giving the gift of hearing to their spouse or child

4- getting told i was "muy bonita" :)

5- working on my audiology spanish

6- getting to know my classmates and supervisors even better

7- getting kisses on the cheek from the cute old men

8- seeing the seemingly endless supply of hearing aids that were made available though generous donors

9- being told by a mom that her 3 year old child had never responded to any sounds only to have the child startle and cry when the hearing aids were put on

10- sharing tears of joy with that beautiful mother

11- fitting over 7,000 hearing aids in 5 days

12- playing my first game of soccer (football) ever with some cute little kiddos and us getting our butts kicked :)  even the young ones had some mad skills

13- meeting some of the prestigious politicians in mexico

14- going to sleep every night knowing i made a difference

i loved the opportunity to go and serve the people of mexico.  they were such gracious, happy, and genuine people and i truly felt that i got more out of serving them than anything.

if you'd like to see more pictures from our mission, go here

also, do any of you watch celebrity apprentice?

well, as of tonight i do and it was an awesome episode to catch...

tonight, marlee matlin raise $1,000,000 for the starkey hearing foundation!