Hello faithful readers! It's Anna here!! It seems the theme of this trip is adaptibility. So far nothing has been what the group planned on doing, but has been exactly what we have needed. Today we had intended on volunteering at two local charities, but due some miscommunication that did not end up happening. Instead, we learned about the closing of institutions in Canada, ate our lunches with the core members at the day program, and took the grand tour of Hamilton. Our beautiful community partner, Karen, took us to see the hidden treasures of the area. After an adventure involving waterfalls and stone bridges, we were taken to the ultimate coffee-lovers paradise. THE ORIGINAL TIME HORTONS(which has a museum attached to it)!! As a coffee enthusiast, I was like a child in Disney World. We spent a lot of time talking and learning from one another before parting ways to go to the homes we have been spending time in.
Today was filled with a lot of anxiety, uncertainity, willingness to let go of control, and most of all joy. As the student leader, and a self-proclaimed control freak, even a slight deviance of plans sends me into a panic. However, when plans fell apart and we were scrambling to figure out what to do, the place where I found intense comfort was in the craziness of the day program. It was entering into the lives of the core members that I remembered the purpose of this trip. While plans are nice and sometimes necessary that is not where we encounter authenticity. We will not discover what it means to be human through a perfect agenda, but rather embracing the imperfections and allowing them to teach us something. Moving forward, we know that our "plans" may not be flawless, but we know that's okay. In fact, coming to terms with this within ourselves opens the door to healing and allows us to be instruments of healing for others.
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