5,4,3,2,1 BUNGEE!

Today was our last day at Sir Lowry's pass. It's hard to believe that our days in Cape Town are coming to a close. It's sort of like when we went bungee jumping on adventure week. Everyone talked about it all week. We planned for it and wondered how we were going to feel and what it was going to be like. We knew it would be amazing but we were still a little scared. We waited and waited and waited. When the day came everything was so hustled. You pay and then you throw on a harness and the next thing you know you're standing on the side of a bridge with people yelling in your ear “5,4,3,2,1,BUNGEE!” AND IT'S GREAT but you feel strange because now it's over. You've been looking forward to this thing, letting it consume you, and now it's just OVER. What next?

We spent months looking into different study abroad programs, days applying for Global Lead, and finally weeks preparing for the trip. Although most of us were nervous but for the last 5 weeks, Cape Town has been our home. Is it really all about to be over? Do the weeks really just go 5,4,3,2,1, home? What next?

Many of us will return home to our family and friends, while some of us start jobs and go out on other adventures. What's important is that we take whatever it is that we learned back to whatever state we return to. Although we did so many of the same activities, many of us had different experiences here. We were scared or excited by different things. We were touched by different stories and spent time with different kids in Sir Lowry's Pass. Despite that, we still share something that no one at home can understand, something that is nearly impossible to explain. That's why we CAN'T forget the stories of forgiveness and courage that we heard, the sunsets that we saw, or the welcoming local people that we encountered. We shouldn't be afraid to let it change us. Although we'll miss Africa, we can always take a piece of it home with us, sharing what we loved about Cape Town (like the old biscuit mill) with those in our own towns (old athens mill anyone?) and using what we learned here to promote good in our own communities. Remembering that we don't have to travel across an ocean to have an adventure or even change a life.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. -Desmund Tutu

-Blair Prescott