I know I'm not alone in saying
that I'm not ready for this experience to end.
The fact that we're leaving for the States in two days is really
beginning to set in, and I'm becoming more and more anxious as the time grows
closer. I have so many worries about
returning home. How will I feel when I
get back? What will it be like being away from this incredible community we
have created over the past three weeks? Will it be hard to explain my
experiences here to my loved ones back home? What if they don't understand? I
know that the only people who can truly understand what I went through on this
journey will be the ones I experienced it with, and I'm scared to know that we
will all go our separate ways once we return home. I want to say that we will all stay close and
will all be as tight of a family as we are right now, but I know that life
happens. We are crazy busy at home, with
most of us working multiple jobs, some of us studying on other U of M campuses,
and with a good handful of us graduating this May. I have learned so much from the other
individuals on this trip, and am proud of the discussions we have had, the
witness we have shared, and the community we have created. If nothing else, I hope to share a little
flavor of this environment within my other relationships back home.
Hannah - I hope this awesome experience has been even more than you had hoped and the knowledge stays with you always. You will never be able to make right all of the world's wrongs, but, having seen "the other side" will make you more aware and open to doing what you actually can do. You saw in Guatamala, now in SA---sadly, you'll never make it what you want it to be, but your awareness will, in its own way, do wonders. Love and strength--Grandma Winkie