08/08/07 - was it not just yesterday? (Or maybe it was 100 years ago.)
That's the day I made my very first stop at the Vientiane International Airport.
I had no idea what I was doing.
No idea what I was getting into.
No idea how much my life would change over the next few years.
I had no idea how much I would learn to love the people in this little country or how frustrated I'd get with cultural differences I couldn't understand.
I had no idea how much I would change and grow.
Looking back it can feel like 100 years ago. Never mind the fact I was 28 when I arrived I'm pretty sure I was still a kid.
Looking back it feels like yesterday. Wasn't it just yesterday I took that first all night bus ride to the south? Wasn't it just yesterday I arrived LATE to that first language class because I got lost?
Wasn't it just yesterday - Oh wait - that was 100 years ago I taught that first class with much fear and trembling.
Wow, so many thoughts, so many things, so many feelings, so many...
I'm at a loss for words!
I'm speechless!
That's the day I made my very first stop at the Vientiane International Airport.
I had no idea what I was doing.
No idea what I was getting into.
No idea how much my life would change over the next few years.
I had no idea how much I would learn to love the people in this little country or how frustrated I'd get with cultural differences I couldn't understand.
I had no idea how much I would change and grow.
Looking back it can feel like 100 years ago. Never mind the fact I was 28 when I arrived I'm pretty sure I was still a kid.
Looking back it feels like yesterday. Wasn't it just yesterday I took that first all night bus ride to the south? Wasn't it just yesterday I arrived LATE to that first language class because I got lost?
Wasn't it just yesterday - Oh wait - that was 100 years ago I taught that first class with much fear and trembling.
Wow, so many thoughts, so many things, so many feelings, so many...
I'm at a loss for words!
I'm speechless!
