After preparing for this trip for so long, I can't believe that there are only 4 days left until I make the 24 hour journey back home. Since my last post, we have visited an orphanage for children, where I spent time in the infant room helping to feed and hold the babies. I had been to orphanages in the past, but never to one where infants resided. This experience definitely brought me some sadness as to the fact that these babies are living without parents, for whatever reason, yet it also brought me hope that more people like me would come to see them and hold them and hopefully, some would choose to welcome them into their homes and families. We also went to two more schools in the area, one high school and one college, to experience and learn about the culture here in Morocco through kids around our own age. These experiences so far, and realizing that my trip is almost over, have led me to reflect on my goals that I set for myself before the trip.
Two months before I left for this trip, I posted a post with excitement and stated that, "I'm really hoping to take on this trip with an open mind and a new found resilience to accept change and to work with what I'm given." After experiencing 8 days here, I can confidently say that I have already achieved my goals. Not only have I led myself with an open mind, hearing stories from others and learning, as well as sharing my own story, but I can confidently say that I have acted resiliently and worked with what I'm given. As I reflect on my reasons for going on this trip, and what I had hoped to gain, I already feel, without the trip being over, that I have achieved those ten times over. The experiences I have been given so far will remain with me for my life time, and I'm sure the ones yet to come will too. My trials that I have encountered on this trip have taught me so much as well and I feel as though the lessons I've learned through those are equally, if not more valuable to my life experience. This afternoon we went to the top of a large hill next to the city, which overlooked the ocean as well as the city of Agadir. Sunsets have always been a source of peace and time for reflection for me so I figured I might share one with you.
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AuthorMy name is Erika Bolduc. I am a second year Master of Physician Assistant Studies student at MCPHS University in Boston, MA. Archives
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