Group Life

So I am still just killing time until I can finally talk about the real interesting and new experience to come. Recently though the group has visited multiple NGO's including The Heritage Foundation, Teen Aids, and the Woman's Collective. These groups all represent different people with different ideas. For instance The Heritage Foundation is a conservative think tank that is independently funded and aims at achieving a traditional American life through changing public policy. While the Woman's collective serves DC women assisting in HIV/AIDS prevention and counseling. Although extremely different these groups both do amazing work and it was very eyeopening to be able to see from the inside how these NGO's work.

Anyway to touch on the title of this blog, living in a group of 35 in close quarters is an interesting dynamic. Being so close all the time has its pros and cons. For instance there are always people to talk to and hang out with, but at the same time it is pretty hard to find any quiet time. Two of us got sick a couple days ago and are just recovering, the after math of that though is now many more people are getting sick, bummer for them. I am glad I blazed that trail.

In quick summary living with 35 new people is really cool. There are always interesting stories that are being told. The group dynamic makes me excited for the countries to come, with all the different backgrounds and interests these experiences promise to be enriching and fun.


Joel