Closing of one chapter, on to the next...

So what are you doing this summer? Come visit me in my final few weeks in Geneva.....Oh, that makes me sad to write that. It is only beginning to sink in the last 48 hours that I only have a matter of weeks left here. 

I thought I would try to do a short (for me at least) and sweet posting to give you an outline of recent weeks and then do another more full finisher before my departure. 

So, what has been happening.....

Rebecca and Jocylen, My dear
 friends supporting me at graduation.

1. I have graduated!!!! I am (almost) the owner of an International Organizations MBA ---- the only thing remaining is to complete my final 'thesis', which is a practicum paper written based on the internship I did during the year with the branch of the UN. 

2. I finished my UN internship and you can see my name on the 1st of 2 published documents from my work. Here is the link, go to the acknowledgement page and look really hard in the 3rd paragraph. I can't believe I did 9 months of work and am only in the 3rd paragraph. :) See, 4th page, 3rd paragraph: http://unctad.org/en/PublicationChapters/wir2013front_en.pdf 

Rockamador, Fantasy like. 

3. I have hit the half way point of my internship at the ILO !!! (International Labor Organization) I just finished up my 6th week and have about 7 weeks left. I have been spending most of the time on one project which is developing an open-source data base of what each government is doing to combat human trafficking and forced labor.

4. I got to travel with my parents and grand-parents in Europe. It was awesome (and not only because they blessed me by paying for my travels)

5. I got to travel with Jamie and Lexie (brother and sister n law). We did a weekend in Chamonix and then a few days in Barcelona the next weekend. 

the Organ in the church. Awesome.

Both times with family was extremely special and memorable and were highlights of my year. I enjoyed being challenged in my French with mom and grandma's eating allergies and Lexie's sick visits to the clinics! Yikes, can't mess up in these situations. Also, learned so much about my family getting to spend the time with them. Hahah, very entertaining. 

All three of us in the Sagrada Familia Church...or as I like to call it, the Sangria church

I loved the light coming in!!!

Lex and I at Gaudi's park

My first bites after about a week. 

6. I also brought some friends back with me from Barcelona....for the first time in my life I got bed bugs. Beeeeee ware!!!!

Same bites almost 2 weeks old, clearly they don't heal fast. 

7. And due to my blog being deleted before posting earlier this week, I have one new point to add. I have done a new summer hair cut this week....I was ready for it, and as funny as it sounds, I felt the Lord leading me to 'give-up' my hair (I cut 9 inches to donate to an organization which uses it to make wigs for cancer patients.)

Ok, I"m quite sure that is plenty for now. Please let me know if you will be in Europe before the end of the summer, Pittsburgh during the fall 2013, or CA around December 2013. Would love to catch up. 

May you be free to let God work in your life. 

Blessings, 

Jessica