The time when we had our beginning and the time when we had to say goodbye would be a more accurate heading. But a bit too long for my liking. Besides, it’s not exactly a beginning, and these were not exactly farewells. At least, I like to think so. Please, allow me to live in my beautiful bubble.
The “see you later”s were said, the hugs were given, the promises were made. It was the time when we had to say goodbye to the previous volunteers in our project. I just have to say some things to them. I’ve said it before countless times but I’m not shying out from repeating it. I’m happy that the Universe gave us a chance of meeting each other. I wish all of you to be happy and accomplished in whatever you do in life. You have such big hearts that it’s hard to let you go. I’m sure the farewell party was more emotional for them, but as Sofie said, it was like looking into our own future. Packing, going to see the people one last time, and a farewell party. Brings a lot of memories to me personally.
The first week we spent around two locations: Szécsény school and Vársany school. Vársany is a picturesque village very close to our base town, Szécsény. And there we met our amazing teenagers a.k.a. the students of grades 7 and 8. To say that I fell in love with this school is to say nothing. It’s a small school, but it feels very cozy and welcoming. Trust me, I’ve never said that about a school where I go to teach teenagers! And while I’m on the topic, these teens are the nicest kids I’ve seen in a while! Sure thing, sometimes (and some of them) are moody, but that’s teenagers we are talking about. It’s in their nature more or less. And the teachers who we work with are the cutest! So far, it’s my favourite location!
In Szécsény it’s something a bit different that we are doing for now. A little info about cool ESC stuff. There’s a thing called “a mini-project” that we have here. And basically, it’s an idea that you can theoretically bring to life within the project. As long as you have passion, motivation, and your idea is a good one, you can do it! Motivate people to invest their time, energy and resourses and you’re good to go! And so it happened that Max, one of the volunteers from the paragraph above (miss you!) had a very cool project, and we just had to continue her work, and it was such a cool idea that we were eager to invest our time and energy into this. So her project was to create some paintings on the walls. And since kids are the main reason for the existence of the school, the kids were supposed to create these paintings! And they did! And if I may add something, it is beautiful! I will talk about it in details a bit later. So if you want to know the results and just about ESC fluff, stay tuned. Oh that was such a weird phrase. Bloody hell I’ll never repeat it again, I promise! But really though, I’m definetely writing more on that later.
Our first week and first sessions have given me something to look forward to. And even if sometimes it can be challenging, it’s exciting! The week when we had our first sessions was just a taste of what was coming later on…
Adventures of a random volunteer 