I am a part time mature student at the University of New Brunswick and working full time at UPS. I beleive that everybody can make a difference in this world, if we just try to find ways to help. For me, trying to find time to volunteer is difficult but it is something that I am passionate about. Anybody who knows me, knows that I have a spirit of helping. It is just what I do. So, I volunteer wherever there is a need that my heart pulls me towards. Not many people know this but it has always been a dream of mine to volunteer abroad for an organisation. I have always felt that the global community is just that, a community, and we can all help to make the community better place! Despite this, I always found an excuse not to do be able to help. I was always discouraged and felt i was just too anxious, too young, too old, too poor, or I thought "The money won't go where it needs, I could never get the time off work, and I could never raise the money for such an endeavor." But I heard about this wonderful group, Global Brigades. I found out that the money really does go where they say it will - to the people and communities we are helping. And FINALLY the time off needed for such an endeavor would fit with the amount of vacation leave I had available from my job. So here I am, now I am realizing a dream of mine, to volunteer abroad. The experiences I will have I am sure will change my life forever, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY they will change the lives of the community of whom I volunteer for. I do this with a spirit of helping, and out of love for the global community. Dreams can come true, and what we do can make a difference around the world! Even as students! If we just put forward our time, effort, and love of helping we can accomplish wonderful things.