Reflections on the Journey to Antigua

A New Experience

We just got off the plane and I honestly feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

I have taken a plane in the past, however I have never really taken the plane or traveled out of the country by myself or basically without my parents. But me being kind of scared to travel without my parents is not the only thing that made the weight heavier. Another thing that made that weight heavier on my shoulders is, before I got to the airport and since the beginning of all the meetings and what not, I really thought that no one was going to be talking to each other and the only people talking would be the people that already knew each other, which was kind of true at first, but after we got through security everyone started to converse and joke around with each other. Even right now as we are in Trinidad and I am writing this, all I hear is laughter and kids that just met having a good time. I really cannot wait until the end of the week because I feel that we will all be very close and act like an actual family.

Matthew Johnson

The Hours

Being punctual did not feel as sweet as it appeared. I was supposed to arrive at the airport at 5 O’clock. I got there at 3:30pm. After 2 minutes it was 10:30pm and I was boarding the plane, I only have a few thoughts:

I will get hotter

I will be smarter

I will be blessed

Soon I WILL BE INTERNATIONAL!!!

In a few more hours my environment will be different. I will see new people, In a fe hours I will help someone in need. In a few hours I will make a difference. I just have to wait for it...

Steven Cox