After an amazing graduation celebration with friends and family, I am preparing to leave for Ecuador on Saturday! I finished up my Social Work degree at the end of this semester in April, and I will continue working on my Spanish degree in Ecuador. I will return to the U.S. at the end of August.
I have had mixed feelings about everything since graduation. While I am excited to be finished at EMU, I will miss all of the good friendships with my fellow classmates, professors and mentors. I will miss the Redmond Dead Poets Society, swimming holes, dancing after dinner, planned and unplanned mischievous adventures and the pleasure of eating globs of ice cream in the cafeteria. The lovely Shenandoah Valley in all of its natural beauty, and simple charm has found a way into my heart; I will miss it too. Since my parents are in the process of moving away from Columbus, I am realizing how much I will miss the people at Columbus Mennonite Church as well as friends in the Grandview community. So, as I prepare for my next adventure in the South, I am in a way processing certain losses and anticipating significant changes when I return to the U.S.
Despite the many transitions of the past year, I am excited for the new journey ahead of me! I don't know quite what to expect in this new small country (did you know Ecuador is the same size as Nevada?), but I'm looking forward to new friendships and experiences. I will take four classes in Spanish at the Academia Latinoamericana de Espanol en Quito over my twelve weeks of study, and I will live with a host family, but that's about all I know! I will update this blog when the timing feels right. I will have plenty of internet access while I am away so please take liberties to comment or write an e-mail; after all, I want to know what is going on with all of you too! If there is one thing I have learned this past semester, it is the importance of relationships and friendships, even if they are at a distance. I will continue to keep all of you in my thoughts from far away.
Until next time....!
I have had mixed feelings about everything since graduation. While I am excited to be finished at EMU, I will miss all of the good friendships with my fellow classmates, professors and mentors. I will miss the Redmond Dead Poets Society, swimming holes, dancing after dinner, planned and unplanned mischievous adventures and the pleasure of eating globs of ice cream in the cafeteria. The lovely Shenandoah Valley in all of its natural beauty, and simple charm has found a way into my heart; I will miss it too. Since my parents are in the process of moving away from Columbus, I am realizing how much I will miss the people at Columbus Mennonite Church as well as friends in the Grandview community. So, as I prepare for my next adventure in the South, I am in a way processing certain losses and anticipating significant changes when I return to the U.S.
Despite the many transitions of the past year, I am excited for the new journey ahead of me! I don't know quite what to expect in this new small country (did you know Ecuador is the same size as Nevada?), but I'm looking forward to new friendships and experiences. I will take four classes in Spanish at the Academia Latinoamericana de Espanol en Quito over my twelve weeks of study, and I will live with a host family, but that's about all I know! I will update this blog when the timing feels right. I will have plenty of internet access while I am away so please take liberties to comment or write an e-mail; after all, I want to know what is going on with all of you too! If there is one thing I have learned this past semester, it is the importance of relationships and friendships, even if they are at a distance. I will continue to keep all of you in my thoughts from far away.
Until next time....!
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