One week till wheels up

With one week to go till our trip the passports are still trickling in for volunteers. As of today we've got six still outstanding.

Getting a passport is one of the biggest challenges our youth volunteers face every year. While we understand the State Department's need to move cautiously with issuing passports to minors, they also make it pretty much next to impossible for young people who don't come from a traditional two-parent household. They also don't make it easy for people who have to work for a living to get a passport. It always seems to work out in the end but not without some tantrum throwing and hours upon hours spent in the passport office the day before the trip.

Cross your fingers, say a prayer and light a candle for San Simon that the outstanding six passports are all in-hand by 4:30am on the 13th!