The Experience

I will start posting entries that will be divided by themes to attempt to cover as much as I can. Please feel free to reply and ask me specific questions about this experience.

When I interact with people here I am repeatedly asked how was it? was it good or bad? how do I feel about it? I decided to answer "It was hot and dusty". I can't figure out a better answer to this question. This experience was very rich. It was neither positive nor negative. There were many moments when I thought how great this is, and there were many times that I was completely horrified by the events. It was overwhelming and I had to deal with many things that I've never dealt before. All of us did. We are all very tired, sad, and glad at the same time. Lots of emotions, thoughts, and feelings.

At the end, personally I found that I do not want this experience to be my last. I want to do this again and again. I am planning to look into companies that work in neglected countries such as Doctors without borders and figure out a way to join them to do this for a period of time. This was one of the richest experiences I've ever had and I want to do this again. I repeatedly felt very helpless and useless during this trip. Because the magnitude of problems is beyond words. Having said that, regardless of this overwhelming feeling I want to contribute.