The journey home

3/3/18

Group picture before loading onto the busses.

It is a lonely Saturday morning her at the training center. Everyone has set off for home except me, a couple of workers, and Rocky the dog.  I saw the students off this morning at 7:30 am to make the long drive to Burma and then split up into the different treks home. Some will catch a one-day a week flight on Monday to go to the farther destinations. From there some will still have to journey for days to get to their homes. Of the instructors, only Bjorn and I remain. We both fly out at different times today. I will be traveling for the next 24 hrs but, due to the time difference, will still arrive to my home in San Diego the same day I leave Thailand.

Busses lined up ready to go

students on the buses

students on the busses

The travel and jet lag are a small price to pay for being part of this amazing program. To know you help to empower a group of dedicated people to go out and make a difference is indescribable. It is humbling to hear their stories and difficult circumstances compared to our relatively comfortable western lives. It is also so very encouraging to know this is a team effort of international support. It gives me hope in humanity to know so many are working for the greater good and helping others. To all who have supported and this program in various ways, Thank you! It is only successful when everyone does their part. No matter how small that part may seem at the time, it is important to the team. Just as the body has different parts with different roles and none is more important than the other, so is this team effort.

Until next year, May God keep you and guide you all. 

 Rick

Lonely dinning hall this morning.