Reporting from Ephrata, Pennsylvania

Well, folks, I'm officially home safe and sound. My day of travel on Saturday was long, but all planes were on time, thankfully. It feels strange to be home; I really miss the kids and my host parents and the volunteers, but at the same time, I'm really enjoying the time I have to catch up on a few things and prepare for the Fall Semester. Here are a few pictures from my last few days:


This was on my last day, at my "despedida" party where the kids danced and sang for me and gave me a goodbye card. It was precious.

This was also on my last day, on Friday. We brought water balloons to have a water balloon toss as part of the gym lesson. Of course, it turned into a water fight, and I ended up walking around with wet socks for the rest of the day.

A balloon broke on Angel, and here he is ringing out his pants. He doesn't like getting wet.

This would be me mixing the milk (yes, that's milk) that the Peruvian Government supplies for the school. It looks better than this when we serve it, but it's still really gross.

I had to say goodbye to the dinner ladies that cook lunch for the elderly people in the area. It's a GVI project called "plan ancianos," and it was started pretty recently. They invited me to lunch a few times each week, and we became good friends.

Fernando looking like a bobblehead.

Ruth is the most beautiful girl. Period. I'll miss her.

I find myself thinking about the kids and the volunteers a lot during the day. I would love to return someday, maybe next summer as an intern, but we'll see how my plans evolve. I now have friends all over the world, literally, and would love to visit some of them (and of course I invited them to Pennsylvania, although they didn't seem too excited about the idea). Thanks for reading my blog and keeping in touch with me. Hope to see you all soon!

Love,

Señorita Jenna