Friday, June 12, 2015

Twelve things for twelve months

12 months..12 cool things.
Written on 6/11/2015
I've been reflecting a lot about having spent my first year in the Peace Corps, and although its been very tough...positive (and really cool) things happened this year too. So I made a list.. of twelve of them.
1. I learned a new language and people actually understand me now.
2. I've taught roughly 250 children the first level of English.
3. I've helped get around 10 (and counting) people access to life-changing surgeries with my sitemate Charlotte and her work with Operation Smile and Mercy Ships.
4. I jumped off a mountain.
5. I held a python and a chameleon.
6. I had multiple lemurs sit on my shoulder.
7. I ran a 10K.
8. Helped run two Malaria Awareness festivals, one in a near by community and one in my own.
9. I went body surfing in the Indian Ocean.
10. Learned how to make rice...but seriously it hasn't been easy.
11. Realized I am a hell-of-a-lot stronger than I thought I was.
12. Made my mother really proud.
There is bound to be another year of amazing things ahead of me!







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