Project 4- Collaborative Writing

Right now I am finding myself at the verge of becoming overwhelmed with school.  As I type this, I’m experiencing a cold complete with fever and sinus pressure.  I’m trying to push through the obstacles to finish the semester hard and not slack off even on these blog posts. 

I have not yet begun Project 4.  My overall career goal is focused around doing AIDS research.  I know of several resources to find videos and photos that would support my main idea of the project.

I would like to convey the overwhelming need for a cure to this awful disease as well as available prevention among individuals in the United States.  However such prevention is exceedingly more difficult among the peoples of African nations and the other continents of our globe.  

I feel connected to research on this virus due to the call on my life from God.  I know that I have been given a certain potential and interest in science that I need to utilize.  I am distraught over the millions of lives that are taken by this deadly virus before the victims have had the opportunity to live.  In the United States we have so much knowledge about prevention and treatment; there are clinics that do HIV testing for free for students and individual identity is confidential.  The rise in homosexuality and nonexclusive relationships in our country is correlated with the increase in sexually transmitted infections and HIV.  To be tested is a simple process; while it may be humiliating or awkward, it is by far more important for health and life than a few moments of discomfort. 

In contrast, the poor nations of this world are relying on advanced countries to perform the needed research and share it with the world.  I would like to be a part of this community that is focused on sharing life and putting a handle on this disease.  Treatment is available for HIV.  However, if left untreated, the virus becomes “full- blown” AIDS, in which one will eventually die from. 

The people of third world nations do not have access or else not enough money to utilize the clinics nearby to see the doctor or to pay for medicines.  These people live in poverty and remote locations.  They are children of God and deserve to live a life full of joy and blessing the way we do everyday.  I want to use my brain to be a small part of AIDS research and if the Lord leads me, I will travel to these nations to help treat the people there while delivering Bibles and Christianity. 

So for my project, I will likely use promotional videos that are geared towards unveiling the sadness and reality behind this terrible virus.