It's been 14 months since I arrived at YVR, back from South-East Asia. As those who talked to me during those first few days back can attest, all I could talk about was going back. To Vietnam, and soon! Well here we are, back at YVR, one-way ticket to Ho Chi Minh City in hand, with that I'm-so-excited-and-nervous-that-I-may-throw-up feeling.
As I sit here waiting for my flight, I feel overwhelmed. I feel like I haven't stopped since I've been back. Eight months fundraising at Public Outreach, a Dathun, a semester of Mukpo Institute, three months back at Camp Ouareau. It's been quite the ride and I have to wonder if I'm ready to take on another challenge so fast. At the same time I feel as if every project I've undertaken in the last year has in some way help to prepare me for what's ahead. This trip is much bigger than the last, the projects I have will be taking much more of my time and will be much more challenging.More responsibility. It's a daunting thought. It's an exciting thought!
A bird's eye view of my plans:
2-3 weeks to get over jet lag, learn more Vietnamese (it's HARD!), and relax on a beach
2 months at an orphanage near HCMC/Saigon
5-6 weeks off to visit Cambodia and Laos
3-4 months helping to lead a Rose Vietnam project near Hue
But before any of that can happen, I have a 12 hour flight to Shanghai to survive! See you on the other side of the Pacific!
As I sit here waiting for my flight, I feel overwhelmed. I feel like I haven't stopped since I've been back. Eight months fundraising at Public Outreach, a Dathun, a semester of Mukpo Institute, three months back at Camp Ouareau. It's been quite the ride and I have to wonder if I'm ready to take on another challenge so fast. At the same time I feel as if every project I've undertaken in the last year has in some way help to prepare me for what's ahead. This trip is much bigger than the last, the projects I have will be taking much more of my time and will be much more challenging.More responsibility. It's a daunting thought. It's an exciting thought!
A bird's eye view of my plans:
2-3 weeks to get over jet lag, learn more Vietnamese (it's HARD!), and relax on a beach
2 months at an orphanage near HCMC/Saigon
5-6 weeks off to visit Cambodia and Laos
3-4 months helping to lead a Rose Vietnam project near Hue
But before any of that can happen, I have a 12 hour flight to Shanghai to survive! See you on the other side of the Pacific!
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