Finished with a bang!
Yesterday, our team completed the final presentation and it was a huge success. Compliment after compliment, it was hard to digest that it was the last time our team would present in Central America. As I looked out at the crowd of people and saw the many familiar faces of those who have hosted us over the past month, it was hard to hold back the tears. Of course, Curt was singing in the background “Long May You Run” by Neil Young, so that didn’t help!
Together, our team traveled to four very different countries, saw many cultural and historical places, visited many beaches, and tasted a variety of new fruits, vegetables, meats and Rums.
We toured Cathedrals, coffee plantations, Rum factories, museums, embassies, schools, community development projects, small towns and villages, theaters, and ancient ruins.
We climbed volcanoes and surfed down one! We rode horses and bikes, swam in the ocean, learned to dance Salsa, Rumba and Merengue, and spent over 40 hours on the TicaBus together.
We laughed together, cried together, were exhausted together, were ill together, and received good news and bad news, together.
We became family and a special bond has been cultivated between us: That is what I will remember most about this trip. You can travel to the most exciting places in the world and see the most amazing things, but nothing leaves an impression on you like the people you have shared it with. Alicia, Curt, Mark and Doug have left a very big impression on my heart: Four amazing personalities and four very big hearts.
I am changed, I am moved, and I am a better person for knowing you.
Thanks for all the laughter, love and memories:)
KT
~ What if becoming who and what we truly are happens not through striving and trying but by recognizing and receiving the people and places and practices that offer us the warmth of encouragement we need to unfold? ~
~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer
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