Our last night in Peru

Will and I are ending our adventure in Peru today. We’re staying the night in Lima waiting for our next flight to the states. In my last post, I know I sounded a little bit frustrated, but I'm now feeling a lot better. I was writing in the blog to vent my frustrations, but now I just wanted everybody to know that I'm okay and we're okay, and that overall my experience was not bad.

I feel like I learned a lot. My Spanish improved, I’m more self-confident, and I became more outgoing or willing to talk to people. I also learned a lot about the medical system in Peru and the Peruvian society; for example, I decided to focus on disabled and elderly people for my thesis paper. And for me the best part was that we got to work with the people and bring them services, rather than being stuck in an office and not really knowing what the situation is really like for them. We got to meet the people and we may not know what it is like to be them, but we can understand a little bit more by seeing their homes, hearing their stories, seeing their schools, and just knowing them a little bit more.

Anyways, I really did enjoy my experience in Peru, even though there were some stressful times, we also had a lot of good times and we met so many great people who made a big impact on us :) I'm also happy and blessed really because I now have another family in Peru, a lot of people who really cared about me when I was sick.

I'll be home soon and we're going to be starting the NEXT stage now. Writing our thesis, job searching etc.

Love,
Catherine