I am very thankful to God for directing my path to this new development, but even more so for protecting me and seeing me through my 27 months in St. Kitts. As with all PCVs, undoubtedly, I had my share of experiences when I didn't know if I would even want to stay any longer, but with God's help, I got through the tough times, the scary times, and even the boring in-between times. Now when I'm not tailoring a database query or constructing a Crystal report, I am daydreaming fondly of the sunsets at Shipwreck Beach Bar, or leading the kids in a math activity, or hiking the rainforest interior. I never thought I would be subject to the same truth that so many other volunteers before me had averred: "You will leave realizing you are taking more with you than you left behind." But now, just a couple months after returning to the States, I know this to be true for me too. 
It was my pleasure before leaving to participate at the 3rd Annual 2K Walk and 5K Run in support of the St. Christopher Children's Home, my second occasion to do so. This time, however, I volunteered to man the t-shirt distribution table – handing out shirts to all registered runners and donors. It was a great success, raising in excess of EC$200,000 for the orphanage's 2013 operating expenses. Plenty of people, Kittitians, Brits, Ross Students, and PCVs alike all gather in the interest of contributing to the worthy cause, and it has been a great joy for me and many of the other Hashers to align ourselves with the annual event. The 5K race spans the length of the Royal St. Kitts Golf Club course, reaching all the way out to Half Moon Bay. I ran the course in 2010, and I can say with some degree of confidence that the assertion that the path is only 5 kilometers long is a lie. I know when I reached 5 kilometers, and I still had at least half a kilometer yet to go. Anyway, having occasion to help out at the Children's Home myself, I know what a blessing the knowledge that all the resources the home needs are taken care of will be to the sweet people that help out there, and also to the kids. Well well, it's a new (and final) blog header. Just in time to celebrate over 10,000 blog pageviews. Woo!
I was wondering if you ever thought of changing the page layout
ReplyDeleteof your site? Its very well written; I love what youve got to say.
But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people could connect with it better.
Youve got an awful lot of text for only having 1 or 2 images.
Maybe you could space it out better?
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