This is the last intern month for Joy Longfellow (pictured 3rd from left in back row) and Crystal Perry (pictured far right). 

We will be having a time of prayer for Joy on Wednesday, March 24th, at 1:15 in the VRC followed by her Senior Seminar.

We will be having prayer for Crystal on Wednesday March 31st, at 1:15 in the VRC followed by her Senior Seminar.

We have 2 new Interns who start on Monday, April 5th:

LauraCatherine Conville will arrive on April 2nd and will be the next Monsoon Intern.  Laura has a degree in Foreign Language with a concentration in Spanish from the University of Montevallo.  She spent 6 months in 2007 volunteering with 3 families in Ecuador on their organic farms through WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms).  In 2008 she worked at the Camp McDowell Environmental Center teaching environmental science.  She has spent the past year in Colombia with the Episcopal Church.  Laura's list of leisure activities includes: yoga, art, soccer and dancing.  Greatest accomplishment: her WWOOF trip to Ecuador.

Andrew Lotze will arrive on March 29th and will be the next Rainforest Intern.  Andrew has a degree in Economics/Political Science from Duke University where he participated in ROTC.  He has served in the US Army since 2002 and has a company grade officer rank of Captain.  In the military he served in South Korea, Honduras, Romania, Georgia and his last posting was 3 years in Italy.  He graduated top of his class in flight school and has over 471 flight hours in rotor-wing aircraft.  Andrew grew up as a missionary kid in Liberia and Pakistan.  He says he is a "computer nerd" and adds photography, running, biking, hiking and anything in the water to his list of things he likes.  Greatest accomplishment: learning to fly a helicopter.