my journey contines

so what does that mean for all of us whose hearts is with disadvantaged poor and the “least of these”? i guess we’re set to be wanderers it is good to be home though, i mean i’ve always said i LOVE toronto! it’s an amazing city. and i love my family. my heart is definitely here with them.

but a bit of my heart is with you guys now, cohortians. so to use faith’s expression, my heart is hurting a bit tonight. thanks so much to everybody for spending fun time together last night and hanging out in our room. as for the movie, well ummm… it was one way to wrap up the semester, but we were together. rosa, joe and mary i hope you had safe trips today! everybody else i think you’re leaving tomorrow and monday - safe travels!! thanks for hanging out with me in my room before i left and for the farewell downstairs. hehe… and Rebecca!!! thanks for taking me — it was hard, but i really appreciate it.

love you guys!
shannon

today is the day that we all knew would come. today was our last class before we each return home and prepare for our field placement. it’s a day full of bittersweet emotion, as we’re excited to go to our field placement but also really sad to be leaving our friends — not sure when we’ll see each other again.

i’ve just finished the main cohort dvd… as for the individual msgs i’ll have to send those later to you somehow. but i really hope you enjoy it.

anyways, i just want to say that this has been one of the most amazing 8 month-periods in my life. it’s truly been life-changing and i’ve really grown, as a result of conversations with you (my teachers and peers), as a result of some of the issues we’ve struggled with/through and just as happens with time. you will be missed and i will keep you in my prayers. please do the same for me. i’ll keep you updated on my blog (i know you are excited about that! hehe)… and when you’re visiting or travelling, look me up!

you’ll be missed. i love you all.

today i booked my flight home to toronto. one more month pretty much and philly will be done. hard to believe… again, although i’ve said it before, it’s so hard to believe how much a person can change in 7-8 months. i really feel like i’ve changed so much, grown up i guess. but also that i have a much deeper understanding of who am i, where i come from, and some more direction to where i’m going.

august 18th i’m going home. toronto, for a few weeks before moving to nicaragua.

september 4th, probably, is when i take off for nicaragua. i “met” via e-mail the 2 other interns, both from Canada (one from west coast, one from central) and they really seem awesome. easy going, friendly, they know spanish (yay) and Kiki (Catherine) told me that she’s a master spider killer! hahaha… awesome. i’m getting really excited.

between now and then i have a lot of work to do though… :S