When I think about where I am going to in only a couple months, it astounds me to see that I have come this far already.
Being with Children's Global Alliance for the third year in a row, and perceiving how much I have changed and grown as an individual in the last few years, makes me realize how precious these opportunities are.
I could live a thousand lives and still have areas to grow and more to learn. When I imagine myself after I return to America, I hope that who I return as is a leader, and someone who was able to change the lives of students and children from around the world. I imagine myself as someone who is able to radiate the same love the children filled me with, to those back home and to everyone I come in contact with. I want to be able to change other's lives just by the pure joy and happiness I can share with them.
My greatest fear and what I believe is going to be the most difficult part going into this experience, as I have every other trip, is not being able to say goodbye to the children who's smiles and laughter have given me so much of a drive for those short 3 weeks. As I reflect on my previous trips, yes saying goodbye is the most difficult experience, but every tear you or the children shed, confirms just how much of an impression you had made on those children's lives, and how much they have truly made on yours, which in my opinion is the most fulfilling part of the entire trip.
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