Goodbye Nepal


Only having about two days left in Nepal I am extremely thankful for the people here and the kindness they have so willingly given to me but I am also sad to be leaving a beautiful country filled with lots of beautiful people. I keep wanting to turn back time to the beginning of the trip to relive it all over again. To see how close everyone in our group has gotten as well as how close we have gotten to our students makes it very difficult to imagine that in only a few days we will be back in our own beds.

                I can’t believe how fast time can move. It feels like yesterday we got here and now we will be on a flight home in less than fourty-eight hours. The kindness and trust that I have felt throughout this trip has been absolutely amazing. From conversations with Laxman in the hallways to Sanu making and bringing me tea and ramen when I was sick. Every person here making me feel more and more at home each day.

                Although I am sad to leave Nepal I could not be more grateful for how I have changed as a person. I have become more selfless and grateful for the people and things around me. I have learned that love and kindness can break any barrier between people, that giving takes nothing but means everything. Saying goodbye to the people here will be extremely hard but I know I will be taking a little bit of each of them back with me.  

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