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Josee Chiasson |
Hello all.
I know it has only been like 3 days since my last email but today we have arrived to the retreat place and for some reason i feel compelled to share with you the srtong emotions that i feel after leaving Pimpollo. First of all, I can't believe how fast the time spent there went by... I am sooo incredibly sad right now after leaving all those kids whom I have built a bond with. I think the motive behind this email is to share this with you so that I wont have to explain my intense desire to come back to Pimpollo SOON!!!
It is not about the difference that I have made in there lives, but totally about the impact that these beautiful children and teens and adults have had on my heart. They have made me feel so welcomed and so loved and every day there was a new lesson to learn...it feels like NONE of my questions have been answered because they are just so numerous and I find myself thinking about the personality of these children and wanting to foster their individuality and to encourage their growth...I cannot imagine not being involved in their lives beyond this point...there is sooo much potential at Pimpollo and I just want to be there to see that develop.... I found out the other day talking to one of the teens that Pimpollo means {flower bud}...I just think that it is sooo appropriate and I want to see them grow into blossoming flowers... hahaha that sounds corny but I feel really deeply about returning and living there for a few months next time-..- The challenge will be letting go of the goals that I have set in Canada for a while... just postpone them a little--
Yesterday I had to say good bye to like 50 kids...it was sooo hard. I woke up sooo early and stayed up sooo late trying to spend every moment possible with them-.. We had a party and it was a blast... We had ´piñatas and water balloons...before the party we had a mass and all I was overwhelmed by how greatful I am for the time at Pimpollo : } I shared many laughs with the children and many great conversations about life in Juchitan, about life at Pimpollo and about life in Canada and also about lif in general... I learnt sooo much Spanish and about hard work and about caring for others and serving others. I received so much love from the children and was given the gift of having the opportunity to love them. hahaha never have i gotten so many sloppy kisses and bear hugs in my life...I loved every single one.
One thing I realized is that what has made this possible is the attitude that I am serving another. there is a certain liberation in that that allows me to work really hard and keep a willingness to learn.
When I close my eyes I can still here the children saying {aMIga] hahaha in their korky way of stretching the {mi} so that it sounds like an irritated
a-mmmmmiiiiiiiiiii- ga. hahaha THinking of Pimpollo makes me smile. and i know that this will wear off but at the moment everything my group says or does i can somehow relate to Pimpollo because it reminds me of a moment i shared with a child or with my group... for example, there is a bell ringing somwhere in the distance and that reminds me of the dinner bell that they ring when the food is ready to tell the kids to come and eat...
I am greatful for this time to reflect and chill.-.. I am thinking of heading down to the beach after this and sitting on this awesome rock I spoted earlier and letting the waves cool me down...I have not been able to journal yet...it will be really good when i do I think... it will help me let go of Pimpollo FOR NOW!!! There are a lot of precious moments that I want to record but I need to find privacy because remembering makes me cry because I miss Pimpollo already.
I am looking forward to the village stay... I am of course scared but I know that the novelty will wear off and that I will probably get attached to my family as I have to Pimpollo---and I will embrace every moment of it-....
paz mis amigos Canadienses,
tanto amor y amistad
joe