Hello again and thank you for your continued reading!
On March 2nd I will be headed back down to Tijuana to spend two weeks volunteering. I hope to post daily about what we are doing, the area, and the organization.
I will be spending a few days in San Diego during my two weeks, I will post from there as well. I love visiting San Diego almost as much as I love Tijuana, I hope I have time to do/visit everything I miss about Tijuana and San Diego!
Last year I spent three months living and working alongside the people in Tijuana. While I was there and right when I arrived home I don't think I fully understood what my time there or the what the people of Tijuana meant to me. I have grown so much over the past year. Being in Mexico helped me get out of my comfort zone and helped to open my eyes to what is going on in the rest of the world. It helped me to understand what I want out of life and how I who I want to be as I "grow up." So many people live full, generous, happy lives with very little in the way of material things.
Never have I met more inviting caring people than while I was in Mexico. They opened their homes and hearts to the volunteers and bent over backwards to make us feel welcome and loved, which often meant they or their children had to go without. By working together we worked to accomplish something great, a home for a family that had been saving for years for this dream come true.
It is an amazing feeling to know you helped someone accomplish their lifelong goals. I am hoping that I can share this wonderful experience with more people.
If you do not ever come on this trip I hope that you can find something locally that is as fulfilling as this experience.
