Out of Canada, Into Kenya - Shawn's Journal

Back to Reality

Tomorrow concludes our travel study portion of the trip. All along we were planning on this three-week part of the trip being our ‘play time’. Never did we expect it to be the most difficult part of the trip. Based on our time here so far, however, it has been the most difficult. We have been travelling non-stop. When not travelling between geographic locations, we are still going places and seeing things from the time we wake up in the morning until the time we go to bed at night. It has been exhausting for everyone. It has been a good part of the trip, though. We have had amazing experiences - we’ve seen and done things that we never dreamed of. We heard amazing stories of people’s lives growing up in war-torn countries and we’ve basked in the sun by the pool. It’s been quite an experience.

Now half of the group is heading back home and everyone else parts ways to do internships and travel. We’re going to be staying with the Felkners for the next week before we join up with WorldVision for two weeks. While with WorldVision, the first week we’re going to an area near Mt. Kenya to work on a photojournalism project. The second week we’ll be at the WorldVision headquarters. More details later, we’ve gotta go.