"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure" Bill Cosby

When you can experience an life changing event you change in ways you might not have though possible.  As this new adventure nears you feel a nervousness inside your stomach that slowly builds up until that moment that you have put all your hard work into has become a reality.  With that nervousness comes fears that you'll have to face, difficulties that you will discover, and change you never thought possible.  My biggest fear of this trip will have to leave the children at the orphanage.  As you leave you feel an emptiness that becomes filled with joy because you know that you have changed the lives of so many children that you barely even knew prior to this trip.  As this trip progresses you build strong bonds with the kids that you meet and this is why it's hard to leave them. Whats an adventure without difficulties, for me it's coming back home.  You see all that you have and remember how little the kids at the orphanage had.  Also you miss your group that you had spent months in advance preparing for this and then it's over.  Coming home from one of these trips changes the way you see your life and how you see others lives.  But with these incredible journeys my personality changes.  I become more aware of the world I change my perspective and gain a new one.  This is a change that helps me think more about me choices and how I do something now will effect me later.  This adventure is right around the corner and I can't wait for it to begin.