Leaving

My Venezuelan odyssey is coming to an end. These almost 8 months have passed so quickly living me with an impression of not believing. With all the places I have seen, all people I met and friends I made it was a truly wonderful time. Thank to the Rotary Scholarship I had a great opportunity not only to study Spanish, but also to discover and immerse in Venezuelan culture. As a Rotary scholar I had a chance to participate in many events of the local Rotary clubs. My friends and I were frequent guests of the meetings of Rotary Santiago de los Caballeros club and Rotary Merida club.

From all activities I have done one had a truly special meaning. July the 19th we celebrated the Child Day alongside with Rotaract club. I went to visit a group of 22 kids with the ages ranging between 4 and 16. We brought them gifts. All of them were victims of mistreat and broken families, now living in a place run by nuns with no or very low material help from the outside. To see them smiling that day was one of the most important views of my Venezuelan experience.

I have always wanted to learn Spanish and travel to South America. Thank to Rotary International this dream of mine became true. I would like to thank North Banks Rotary Club of North Carolina for being my sponsoring club and all the trust and hospitality I received. I would like to thank Jeff Fischer, person who introduced me to Rotary, its projects and the Ambassadorial Scholarship being my true guide all the time. And last, I would like to thank my classmates Whitney Eulich and David Glasgow for helping me editing this blog. Also all the people from Iowa Institute for making this time so great.