Goodbye

Today we said goodbye to Ed, the elderly volunteer who has made such a big impact here in such a small, quiet, unassuming way. This afternoon, another facilitator, Dan G will head back to America. Tomorrow, Elizabeth and Riley Goodrich will leave. By the end of the summer, nearly all of the people that I have worked beside for the whole year will be gone. In their place will be a dozen or so new facilitators from America, who are excited, eager and a little bit nervous about the prospect of staying one whole year in such a foreign place and teaching students who they think will be so different from them. Goodbyes are always tough, but necessary. Geoff will remain here as will a few others and together we will begin the training process again to build the relationships which will eventually lead to more tough goodbyes.