El Fin

The end is finally here.

I am writing from Santiago, where i started my Chilean adventure. It is nice to be with all the other volunteers again to share stories, reflect, and celebrate. We also have the opportunity to give feedback to the ministry to improve the program. Tomorrow we end with a bang!...a formal ceremony at the UN. Afterwards, I will return to Curico to have a goodbye bbq with the family and pack up my things. Nicole and I are then taking a week vacation to Buenos Aires to reward ourselves for an awesome school year. I will be home on December 17th...in time for Christmas and to be a bridesmaid in my best friends´ weddings. It will be good to be home.

I am going to miss many things about my chilean experience:
my adorable chilean family, my energetic students, the lively community of curico, but most of all, the peace i found here.

Sure, there were difficult times, but i knew that i would encounter challenges with this type of independent program, not knowing the langauge or culture and having to adapt to a whole new world. I am now a stronger person for sticking it out through the more difficult moments.

I learned so much about life and about myself. I came here to teach, but in reality, i think learned the most of all.




ps. and good news....i was asked by the English Open Doors program in chile to work with them to finish a 2 month project: the volunteers´teaching curriculum. I will be returning mid January. So my chilean experience is not quite over.....

Thank you all for your encouragement along my journey. Besitos.