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| Andrea expanding her view |
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housemates and I recently decided the clouds move faster in here in Africa. And
so does life. I feel like I experienced so many new and different things every
single day here, that it's somewhat overwhelming. I know I'm not the only one
on the trip that feels a little overwhelmed by everything we're going through
here because we all talk about it on a daily basis.
How to talk
with our parents and really explain what's happening, what we're seeing, doing,
learning and experiencing in a phone call just seems impossible, telling
friends about our study abroad experiences isn't half as easy as I thought it
would be and finding time to think things over for ourselves also seems nearly
impossible. But as much as things are overwhelming, I don't want them to slow
down, I love being here more than anything. There's really no good way to
describe the trip as a whole so far besides ground-shaking, mind-boggling and
life-changing.
Luckily, the difficulty communicating with people back home is
coupled with the simplicity of talking with the other people on the trip.
Talking with people in class and as we eat meals or hang out at our houses
keeps everything from becoming too overwhelming. I feel like I can talk with
the people on this trip about almost anything. We can be talk about the
difficulty of adhering to ARV treatments one minute, and what type of frozen
yogurt we should buy the next. Not only am I learning at my own internship and
experiencing unique things, when I come home and tell others and hear their
stories I feel like I'm gaining even more knowledge and perspective on the
country than I could have alone. Especially today, after having numerous
long conversations with different people here, I've decided the
overwhelming-ness of the program can be treated by just talking about our
experiences. It may be hard to communicate in blog-form or over the phone to
people on the other side of the Atlantic, but the ease of being able to bounce
ideas off of and discuss experiences with people on the trip is just about the
best thing ever.
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