The day is ending, but not before we have had some really meaningful round table discussions with a number of students. We were introduced to Andrew, a 2002 alumnus, who did a presentation on his NGO aiding the child soldiers of Uganda. Afterwords, our group of 14 met to discuss the book Three Cups of Tea and how we may draw on his life experiences during our journey. I was really amazed by how they listened to us and each other and the incredible insight and openness regarding their fears and expectations. Each and every one of them had some significant input and all expressed the fact they have had so much to be thankful for in their lives, but are unsure of how they will handle the exposure to kids unable to get an education or dying from hunger or waterborne illnesses due to contaminated drinking water. One girl had even done medical missions in Guatemala, Rwanda and one other country before leaving high school. Another girl from Japan was worried that she would not be the same person after this experience.
One thing everyone is sure of... their lives will change after this voyage.
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