Preparing for Rwanda

We are just a few short weeks away from going to Rwanda! I am a healthy mixture of excited and nervous. I'm so scared that I will be leaving family, friends, and my home as I know it, but on the other hand this is an opportunity of a lifetime and I can't wait to experience it. I remember when I first got accepted into going to Rwanda I honestly didn't know what to expect, but I said it would only bring good. Now that we are and have been preparing for it I am genuinely  just ready to soak in everything I will experience and I know it will only change me for the better. We have been preparing in our meetings by doing our group exercises which have ultimately brought us closer together. We have also been putting a story together that has been directly been created by the village, and it warms my heart to know that we have been doing it. It's something to be truly proud of. There are so many ways to tell our stories as individual people, but the way we do ours just seems to be such a special and effective way to do so and I can't wait to put it out there for the people of Rwanda. On a different note, I have yet to start packing. I am a literal mess, but I will be fine. Rwanda, here we come!