After I wrote that last post about the frustration at my placement, we had a great, great day on Thursday. Orasa, one of the CCS staff, came with Dana and I and we spoke to one of the women (only 14, it's hard for me not to call her a girl, but with all she's been through it doesn't seem right) who stays at the Emergency Home. She had a very sad story, but I felt like (and Dana agreed) that it was really important for us to hear it because it brought everything we were doing into perspective. You can be told that the women who receive support from APSW are victims of rape and abuse and HIV, but to hear about one life and see how the organization has given her the tools to make a life after being raped and becoming pregnant at age 12 made appreciate working with the kids even more. So that was awesome, I hope every CCS volunteer who goes to APSW gets a chance to do that.
For the weekend I went with 9 other kids to Koh Chang, an island in the Gulf of Thailand close to Cambodia. It was so, so beautiful. I can't even articulate how amazing it was to wake up literally 30 feet from the ocean. We spent all day Saturday snorkeling, which I've never done before. That was great too (aside from the cockroach population on the boat that took us out, ewwww). I don't have the time right now to describe it, but if I can figure out my camera, I'll try to post pictures soooooooooon.
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