Well, off tomorrow to India. Me and Stuart are leading a group of 6 youth workers, so as usual spent my last day in the office running around – one of these days I’ll plan in advance!
Flying out tomorrow morning and think i have everything? I have to say i am really excited about this visit. It’ll be so fascinating to see how the youth workers take to it all and what they can learn form the trip. we are spending 5 days in Nagpur, sharing good practise and learning form the HIV and AIDS work the YMCA does there. Then we head off south (via Mumbai) to do the same, but at out post-tsunami community rebuilding programmes. read about it on the blog they are doing. its at http://ywn-india-delegation.blogspot.com/ (I’ll try and see if i can set a feed up form it to my blog)
I think it’ll be very heavy and emotional, and i guess I’m a bit worried that as I’m leading the group, I’ll have to stay ’strong’ for the group and don;t really process stuff that goes on in my head, but i am going to try my best….and hopefully being able to write my feeling down as we go along will help.
It can be wired when one of us from the office goes away. It happens so often and i think we almost take it for granted…people are working so hard at their own jobs and have their own trips planned, so going don’t usually rarely raises much of fuss…which is quite nice actually. Its like :see you in 3 weeks, off to India”….”OK cool, have fun”
A good idea Bruv, but from is spelt f-r-o-m, and you will never learn to plan in advance.
I await in anticipation for more
by the way, it makes you sign in with a gmail account…hence I will now forever be known as ‘clare’ on your blog…nice
Hi Matt – Good luck with your travels. We will all be watching you now.