Happy New Year everyone.
I hope it was an excellent one! Since my
last blog post I have received my passport and have raised more than half the
money I need. Thank you to everyone for their donations, it really means a lot
and has given me such a boost to my goal of $3000.
As
I start thinking about my trip there are things that scare me. My biggest fear
going into this experience is that I will get lost and separated from the group
and won’t be able to find my way back. Also that I will get homesick and not
feel good or be in a bad mood and not be able to do the job. I am a little
nervous about the trip still, but not as much as I used to be. I have never
left the country before so this is going to be a big step for me being away
from home.
I think that the most difficult thing during
this trip will be the constant working every day and running out of energy to
do the work. I haven’t done a lot of hard work for a long time before, so I
hope that I will be able to do this without any difficulties. Another difficult
thing will be the language barrier, and the confusion that comes with that. I
am just starting to learn the language of Tanzania, Swahili, which is a fun
language to learn but sometimes hard to pronounce. I have never learned another
language before so this is difficult for me.
The way that I think I
will change is that I will see how good we live and see how spoiled we are.
When I come back I want to see how great of a life I have and cherish it. Everyone I’ve talked to who came back from a
CGA trip has changed for the better. When I come back I believe I will be a
harder worker and be more appreciative of my life.
Thanks for reading my
blog and stay tuned for my next one.
Tate.
