Kristina DeMuth

My name is Kristina, and I recently graduated with a degree in both psychology and nutrition (concentration in dietetics). I am a volunteer with a non-profit, eating disorder organization called The Joy Project and a missionary with a non-profit called Healing Haiti.

Two suitcases full of running shoes, a small carry-on full of clothes, and a back-pack full of power-bars, cameras, and personal items sit waiting patiently for the 3:30 AM ride to the airport where they will be jetted across the states to soon make their way to a small little country, Haiti. It's hard for me to believe that the trip is finally here--the trip I have been plotting, planning, and dreaming about since my last journey to Haiti ended. While a rush of excitement runs through my bones, a sense of anxiety shivers down my spine and reaches nearly every nerve in my body. It's a feeling of mixed emotions. I am leaving my world of comfort, pleasure, and security.. leaving behind my family, my friends, and my never ending jobs. I am trading them all in for three weeks of uncomfortableness, and extreme poverty.

My haitian prayer for our heart-breaking journey: Father God, I ask that you watch over us as we embark on an activity that will provide essential resources to our Brothers and Sisters of Haiti. Please open our eyes, our ears, and our hearts to doing your will. Help us to be open to You and the experiences we encounter-- shape us, use us and mend us into the people You have called us to be!