Hello!!!
I am still in Panama and has it been a rush... the volunteers got here last week and we had to keep 55 highschool kids interested in what we were doing 4 days straight - no breaks unless sleeping and that wasn´t even very much... It was totally exhausting but there were a lot of moments that made it totally worth it as well... like seeing how pumped the kids were and hearing them talk about how they thought our whole staff was awesome and it´s true... we really pulled it together. Then I got to drop the kids off in the comunities I went to last week... and it was really wierd being on the other side of it... leaving them instead of getting left... to tell you the truth I´m a little sad I´m not the one staying in community... this experience is totally different... and some parts are amazing and others sad and others frustrating, but that´s life, right? I went to communities last week and hung out for 24 hours in each of the communities my vols are in and I played Dominoes for the first time in years (the right way) and I walked around one of the entire towns with a kid from the town and got to talk bastante Espanol... needless to say at times my tongue and brain got so tired... Ha.. but it is getting better everyday and I have had a lot of moments where I can´t believe I am in Panama.... truly amazing.
Love it and all of you. And I miss home a lot more than I thought.
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My precious, precious Mary Ann! It's SO FREAKING GOOD to hear from you! There have been too many times since you've been gone that I've been like "wow, i totally miss her." Especially when I feel called to bitch about my living situation. Whatever, I'll have PLENTY too WRITE IN A LETTER. Plus, everyone can read my thoughts here... not cool, I'll save the best ones for your eyes only. I miss you tons my lovely, and if you knew how my day has gone, you would be refreshed to know how big I'm smiling just thinking about the difference you're making in lives down there. I am so fucking proud of you. And I only said fucking because I don't get to say it too much anymore, and I now like to throw it in places where it makes the sentence awkward and doesn't really fit. So yes. I am SOOOOO proud of you and I fucking love you!
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