Hi, I'm Robert

Hi, I'm Robert Butts, and I'm going to Ghana with the three you've already met, obviously. Sorry it took so long to introduce myself, I've been extremely busy between finals, and now at home getting everything prepared for the trip and trying to work on a car at the same time. I've never been off the continent, and I am very excited to actually apply my skills in the mission field (I'm a Computer Science major at ACU). The need for technical help is there, but so much more often mission trips are organized around food, shelter, building schools, etc. Personally, I'd rather be doing construction and other manual labor. But it'll be nice to be help how I can, in ways other people aren't able to. And it really does help; providing computer and internet skills and access is a big step in helping a third-world country get on the level of the rest of the world.

I also expect to learn a lot from them. I agree with Professor Pettit, our standard of living shouldn't be higher than our brothers and sisters' and since it is, we should be doing as much as we can to help them, especially those in poverty. Even poverty in America is so much better than the conditions in so many countries.