1 Year Anniversary

Well my one year anniversary has come and gone. The new health volunteers arrived on Feb. 1st, marking the same time last year our health group arrived google-eyed and staring in wonder at our new home for the next 2 years. To be completely cliche, time has really flown by. I still feel I'm getting acclimated to the environs, people, culture, etc. and I know soon it will be time to depart and begin another chapter.

Already this experience has changed me for the rest of my life. I think it should be mandatory for every American to live in or visit other countries. I'll never look at the world in the same way I did before I arrived here last February. We are so sheltered and cared for in the States without much knowledge of whats going on "out there." That said, being here has brought about a new found love for America. We truly have an amazing country. You don't fully appreciate it until you're denied the basics most American's take for granted (i.e. (real) democracy, a voice, a choice, freedoms, etc.)

Ok, well let me finish this chapter...