We are just ten days away from our
arrival in Cape Town and I cannot believe how fast it has all approached. It has been a busy holiday break, but I have
been able to spend some valuable time with my friends and family. Cape Town holds a great amount of adventure
and challenge and I am more than ready to get started on this journey.
There were several things that made
the pre-departure course so valuable to me last semester. As many of my classmates have shared, the
course brought us all together. We got
to know one another, put a face to a name, and hear each other’s views and
opinions. The course gave us a way to
bounce ideas and concerns off of one another and that took a lot of the fear
away from this experience as a whole.
Some of my peers who have gone abroad have traveled there alone without
knowing anyone beforehand. The course
took us away from our busy schedules and allowed us get to know who we would be
spending next semester with.
Another part I enjoyed most about
the course was the way Marita set up this large amount of information. We are traveling, learning, and working in an
entirely different culture and there is a lot that comes with that. Marita gave me a large amount of confidence
that I was prepared to live in another country. Everything we were given to go over and
discuss was valuable information. I feel
informed and ready to answer questions if they come my way and that is
something I don’t know if I could’ve accomplished on my own.
It is an intimidating thing to go
overseas for three months, but this course gave us some added comfort. In addition, I think I can speak for everyone
when I say it gave us all a huge amount of excitement. See you all in just 10 DAYS!
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