St. Lucia Service Trip

As I made my transition back to the United States, I found myself missing a lot more aspects of Saint Lucia that I thought I would.

The pace of life and the type of relationships you can have with people you hardly have met and the trust you can have with mutual acquaintances is something astounding that I feel can be lost in the United States. I feel that this is due to the type of communities that exist in Saint Lucia.  They are close knit communities were all family members are aware of your safety and where you are at all times.  I miss all my fellow RC and LC friends that I have made and I am glad that this group of students surpassed my expectation of how college aged students would handle this type of experience. 

I am glad to be home, but I see a bit of my own Venezuelan culture that is intwined with the Caribbean culture.  I realized as I was there how at home I felt and comfortable, yet now that I am back in the United States this contrast of cultures seem even more apparent.

 The more lasting effects of the trip will be in weeks to come when I have digested all of the trip, and as I continue to keep in contact with all the students from Anse Le Ray, CARE in Odsan and with other people I have met throughout the trip.  The current state of the island culturally, politically and the lifestyle all will still be imbedded in my memory as only first hand service learning can help us to see.

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