The lovely ladies

The lovely ladies
May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

My Hero

My Hero
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."

My love

My love

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Patience and Love

Step back and take a breath. Step back and look at life. Step back and thank God for all the wonderful things he has given me. Every second here on earth is truly a gift. I wholeheartedly believe that - and thats why I can't the permanent smile off my face. I've found some sense of an inner peace. I've realized that I have some of the greatest friends ever (3 West need I say more) and I've been getting back in touch with friends whom I should never have started to become out of touch with, both from here and home. I think I am finally starting to understand and really put into play the concept of "find love, and give it all away."
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ryankelley said...

if 5 weeks isn't long enough to have an impact why would they send someone.

do you plan on this being your only service trip? i thought you were considering this long term.

isn't 5 weeks a perfect amount of time to adapt to the culture and evaluate where you can make the biggest impact?

maybe come home, set up a research project, and go back next summer and do it?

i think you take for granted how rewarding teaching only one kid some english may be. i can't guarantee how rewarding it will be for you... but i do know that it will be infinitely more rewarding for him/her than spending a summer at home in maryland

this is why you and tom are perfect for one another... you both think you have it all figured out about stuff you have never experienced... him about relationships and you about africa. you dont know what the cultural transition is like, or what impact you can have in five weeks either the same way he doesn't know what it feels like to love someone and that a relationship isnt always roses and daises all the time. you have to go to find out. no one can tell you what you can and cant do in five weeks. i thought you would know that for sure.

what am i supposed to feel? i'm going for three weeks right? hell i probably won't learn the native dance by then so i probably wont make a difference.

im just saying how i feel

January 24, 2008 at 6:29 AM

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