My First Week

It's hard to believe I've been here for a week already. It feels like a week and a day at the same time. We have done a lot of planning this week; I feel very positive and excited about the projects we have set before us for the next four weeks. We've begun teaching English to some adults at Villa Soleada, creating and developing surveys to help us better know the community in which we work, and spend time at a local orphanage. While I don't feel physically strained, the mental and emotional preparation here can be strenuous, but it's all worth it to see the smiles on everyone's faces. I feel that our planning, development, and acclimation to the rhythm of Honduras this week has really prepared, encouraged, and empowered us for the things that we will do here. It may not always seem that the small things that we do make a difference, but we must keep in mind that "How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." -Anne Frank. I believe that is my calling for the next four weeks, and I'm so excited and thankful to be a part of it.