I feel like i am in school, sitting in a desk many, many hours a day, although they make us get up and act things out, or play games. We get to go on field trips, except we don't need our parents permission this time:-) We went out to eat in Little India (and I caressed hundreds of fabrics in the plethora of fabric & clothing stores), next week we are visiting a mosque, on the weekend we are hitting Chinatown and Kensington market, enjoy some fireworks on canada day.
It has been a good time of growth & challenge on many levels. I have many philosophical debates going on in my head. I dream and think in "cnn". I have a main picture going, but I have one or two subtitles whirring by, and emerging news popping up in the corners, and everything is in loud voices (you know how wolf blitzer makes everything sound so urgent). so a major challenge for me anywhere, anytime, is to quiet my mind and allow myself to "be."
I am getting to know the other girls who are going out with CRWRC (christian reformed world relief committee). Melissa is also a nurse, going to Sierra Leone for 2 1/2 years, Chichi and Amy are going to Nigeria and Kenya (respectively) for one to two year terms as "cultural bridgers". We have alot of fun together, and were all rolling with laughter last night telling fart stories. Melissa, Amy and I visit the local Second Cup on a very frequent basis, not only for the coffee, but for a cute barista boy that we have all developed a crush on:-) There are also several young people who are going on CIDA internships (Cdn international development agency), and wonderfully, several retired people who are moving abroad to volunteer for retirement. so we span most decades of life and wisdom.
I have one more week of training here, then I head back to Calgary for a few weeks. I have to literally sort through my entire life there and discard most of my earthly belongings, visit the friends and family in edmonton, wind down my life, and perhaps get in a few more shifts at work. Then I am heading back out eastwards to Michigan and Burlington for more agency training and preparation. I will wind it up with a week long course on Vancouver Island about community health mid-august. I hope to wrap it all up with a couple of days of surfing in tofino, spending time with my niece and nephew, saying goodbye to my oma again, and finally hanging out in calgary for about a week before I head out to kenya on september 2. (if my visa goes through i suppose).
amy, chichi, me, melissa
swing twisting(throwing myself into a twisting motion
while swinging as high as possible - better than drugs)
the new bond girl?
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Thank you so much for cutting me out of the bond girl picture. Although I was really shooting for Charlie's Angels (I certainly didn't achieve that look though).
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