Sitting here at the hotel feeling really strange. Tomorrow I go back to my island for the last time. This trip to town has been a lot of fun and very busy. Sandy and I are putting on a Kamp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) and a Kamp BILD (Boys In Leadership Development) when I go back to the island and I've been running around town buying things for them. For three days we will host 40 young men and women from the main villages of Central Maewo, giving sessions on things like Goal-setting, Decision-Making, Adult Reproductive Health, Leadership, etc. We have to figure out a lot of logistics like where everyone will sleep, shower, what they'll eat, who's going to cook, lalalalaaa. Luckily there are about eight other volunteers coming to help us. The workshop participants are really excited to meet volunteers from other islands. It should be fun.
I bought all of my plane tickets home yesterday. I was really surprised at how emotional that was for me. I've been looking forward to seeing my friends and family for so long that the repercussions of leaving didn't really hit me until I clicked that "confirm" button to buy the ticket out of here. I'm going to miss this place a lot. Things here are so much slower. Less stress, worry. More forgiveness and love. That sounded really hippyish, but it's so true. Okay, gonna sign off now, maybe I'll get on and write a bit more soon. Otherwise, I'll write a little something next month when I come back into town.
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