New Brunswick

Wow what a great event!!! I am so lucky to have been able to go. I learned so much about foreign lands, their cultures, their music, and what they experience on a daily basis that differs so much from my life. The friends I made have already translated into a facebook expansion and my 'New Brunswick Mother' has shown new ways to overuse "LOL" in her messages. The people there were amazing. Some of them wore cool dance costumes straight from the Discovery channel while others appeared to have been dropped in from the cast of a play. From the differences in drinking age – 14 in Germany – to the lack of good shopping resulting in a Walmart extravaganza for the visitors from Singapore, we all realized that we have many similarities. We were able to come together to help build a Habitat for Humanity home – I think someone should inspect our work – and we all enjoyed the Bay of Fundy – very cool. We shared music, laughs, and good times. Who would have thought that people who not only had never met before, but also had no knowledge of each others country or life situations, would come together in only four days.

This gives me hope that if we can do it, anyone can. This just proves that most people are good and have positive intentions. All we have to do is be open to listening to them and learn from them. Just because we are different does not mean we are really different. We just have different experiences, but deep down we all want the same things in life. This was a very cool realization for me as I never would have thought it was possible. Now I know that anything is possible and that we need to unite with others on this small rock we call Earth.