So here I am about to go to Philadelphia. I’m heading out to staging which is the very
last step before I ship off to Namibia and the first time that I get to meet
the people I’ll be serving with (face to face that is… time to see if any of us
have been Catfished!). It’s so
nerve-racking that I’m about to leave my friends and family for a two-year
stint in Africa but I am thankful that I have my group 37! Even though we haven’t met yet we’re going to
be in this together and have already been getting to know each other.
I remember the last time I felt like this was when I was
living in Ireland for a summer and there were just four other girls from CSU coming
with me. We were a family in Ireland; we
lived together, traveled together, did everything together. It’s nice to have that family to rely on
especially while you’re in another country not knowing anyone. It’s a lot like fear bonding where suddenly
you’re closer to your group members than anyone else. I’ll be happy to have 3 months of training
together before we all set off on our own paths.
As William Butler Yeats once wrote:
“There are no strangers here; only friends you have not met yet.”Pictures are to come so no worries people! I’m excited to show ya’ll my journey and interpretation of Namibia through my photos and writings.
P.S. I got it all into two bags, a Backpack and a Purse!
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