As I sit and wait in excitement and nervousness for the next week to go by, I ponder what I will experience when I arrive in El Salvador in just under two weeks. The practicum has gone by so fast, and I feel as though I am not ready to embark on my CFE just yet. This will be the first time I will travel by myself to a country I am unfamiliar with. That is where my nervousness comes in. I must rely on the Lord to guide me through this amazing experience I get to embark on.I never thought in a million years I would do something like this, but I feel the Lord has called me and I want to follow the Lord’s calling. He calls us to step out of our comfort zones and declare his glory among all nations.
Throughout the three weeks I expect to have days of sadness and days of extreme joy, this trip will be a great journey for me. I hope to understand other cultures, and to get a glimpse of how our international students feel coming to Canada by themselves and learning to speak a new language. We take for granted the country we live in and do not understand how lucky we are to have the school system we do. I will be teaching a kindergarten class which is drastically different from my practicum experience of teaching grades 9-12. I look forward to the new challenge and seeing what God has in store for me.
I would have also liked to read your responses to the guiding questions I provided you for your pre-departure reflection post.