Well I have been home a few days now and thought I would write my final thoughts about my experience. Overall this experience was needed in my life! I have thought before that my life has been hard and now going on this trip I realize my life is awesome!!! I have so much to be thankful for and blessed to the max! I had a conversation last night with some people and realized something. I feel that yes we do need to help America but we need to care abut our entire world to survive. My generation seems to embrace helping others in other countries where I feel that some people are only focused on helping America. Helping America has always been my priority as well, but if we do not help other countries we are only hurting ourselves. I didn’t go on this experience to say look what I’ve done! I went on this experience to learn, and help others and by helping others they helped me! The people I went with on this trip genuinely care about others, and love their profession and working with children. I saw the love within our group!!! think everyone should leave our country to see what our country does do for us and how our country truly cares for its people. I think there are people everywhere who do not care about their country and if you do truly care about your country then you will do something about it and help others. I feel that if everyone helped and did their part our country would be so much better off. But I think there are people who just like to complain and not do anything about it, and so that’s why nothing gets done. I hope these people realize that they are not helping by just sitting and not doing anything about the things that they are not happy about!!! This trip has honestly given me my back bone back. I have been a very passive person the last 10 years and now I have decided for myself that I am not going to take crap anymore. If someone says something I do not like and disagree with I’m going to say so. I am a more confident person after this trip and a more happier person!!! I have chosen to be happy with myself, others and in my life!!!! I am so happy to have the fiancé that I do, he is so wonderful and I just love him!!!
I learned that America is a great country wherever you live in it!!!! Zambia does not have speech therapy in their country at all and how cool it is that we taught some people some techniques to help these children. I am forever changed and I am truly happy with my life and the things I have. I am ready for my next adventure which right now is planning a wedding and getting through my last year of graduate school!!! I feel that now that I went on this trip I can do anything! God is so amazing! I hope everyone gets the chance in their life to experience God’s love because it is awesome!
Overall this experience was awesome! There were some sad moments and definitely some God moments but I would do it all over again!!! I am so thankful that God gave me this opportunity and that my family let me go on this opportunity because I know it wasn’t easy for them. This experience has helped me professionally in that I have worked with some very sick children, and they are just like you and me!!! This experience has truly helped me with my long adventure ahead called life!!! Life has its ups and downs and things happen that are so unexpected and sometimes wonderful!!!! This trip has taught me that life is what you make it! Life can be great or life can be not so great, its your choice. I can’t save the world, the world has to want to save itself first!!!! But I try and do my part each and everyday and if I can help somebody I will try to do the best I can!!!
I love my life!!! This trip has taught me so much about love and I am overwhelmed with love!!! I have love for my fiancé, my family, friends, and even people who are not excited that I went on this trip! I truly love everyone and I hope in my life that my actions and things I say always portray love!!! I love that I am taking the next step in my life and getting married and just feel love from so many people! Thanks to everyone for taking the time and reading my blog through my adventure!!! Y’all are awesome!!! Love to everyone!!!!
Love Jill
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