Holy Moly! What a beautiful journey it’s been. Went to Costa Rica looking for answers and left with more than my heart could even handle. I am overflowing with gratitude and contentment. Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breatks your heart, but THAT’S OKAY. The journey changes you.…
I can easily say that I have grown a completely different perspective on community and team work. Getting to meet the mahouts and be submersed in the Surin community has made me look at how a little can go a long way. Upon our arrival to Surin, I was expecting to do hard labor and…
Reflecting back on this first week in Thailand, a lot of life changing and impactful moments have happened in these short eight days that we have been here. The most impactful and eye opening moment I have experienced has to be seeing how the mahouts that are part of the Surin Project treat and take…
I travelled to a new country because I wanted the experience, and the good and the bad that accompanied it. I feel like it is important to experience different cultures, but only if one is in the mindset to soak it all in. I was ready to act as a sponge. In my profession, there…