The end of an awesome week

The past week in NOLA has been the experience of a lifetime. Working with the other AmeriCorps members really gave me a deeper meaning of what it means to be a Bonner and do service. Although their entire life revolves around service, I gained a better insight of what it means to help people and give back to a community. Besides working at our house, the bonding experience I had with the rest of the freshmen and even the chaperones was awesome. I got to know everyone so much better and learned more about everyone's Bonner site and things I never would have guessed about everyone. Getting closer to the chaperones was definitely fun, however, it's sad to know some of the senior chaperones will be leaving after this semester. I definitely want to get to know everyone better throughout the rest of this year and hope to build better friendships with everyone. Hopefully this van ride back will help further solidify my friendship with everyone and continue to build lifelong relationships. I couldn't have been more happy about what this week has offered; I'm glad this trip finally came but I'm sad to see it end.