A night for writing

Hello fellow friends and readers of the world,

Tonight for some reason I just feel like writing. I had an ok day, nothing special, nothing horrible, just ok. Whenever I get sad I have to remind myself what I am doing. I have to remind myself about the steps that I took to be where I am today. I have been emailing a professor that I had in college. One that took the steps to teach me about the greatness of teaching and about the culture of our world. One thing that this experience has taught me is to value the culture and traditions of your family. The culture and traditions here are not all that different from home. Besides the fact that we don't gather berries and whale blubber to survive the winter months, we live in similar ways and its not hard to compare the lives of myself and my family to those living here. It is amazing though, to learn about other people's culture and to be asked to be a part of their world and to experience it with them. I don't think I'd give up this experience for anything in this world. I have learned so much from these people and I thank God every day that he gave me the blessing to be here.

I cannot wait to see where I am at and what I am thinking in May. It is going to be considerably different. If I don't have a job here next year I can see myself being very sad. The thought of leaving here and never returning is terrible to think about. To never see my students or the friends that I have made here makes me incredibly sad. I don't like to think about that happening. Even after all of this time I still cannot believe that I live here and that I am THIS happy. Of course I am more than excited to go home and see my friends and family, but when I think about it all I can picture is me sitting on the couch at home hanging out with my parents. That's all that I really want and miss from home at the moment. I miss my friends of course! I miss going out with them and laughing and talking. I think that I have learned the true value of family from being here. They are your whole life, they are what make you who you are. People often wonder where I got the strength and courage to come here from. I often wonder the same thing. But, I always think that it comes back to my family. They encouraged me to follow my dreams, they never turned down any idea that I had about my future. Realistically, they are the ones that brought me here. I just had to build up my own courage to take that next step, literally onto a plane! To my Mom and Dad, my brothers, my Grandparents and friends who are like family. I can't thank you enough for constantly supporting me throughout this journey. I could never have done it without all of you.

Although it's only 8:00 I am tired. I think I will go to bed. I hope that when I wake up there is more snow in the village! It looks so much more beautiful when it snows, and of course... being the person I am. I WANT TO GO SLEDDING!! hahahah

Love you all. Goodnight

Sammy