Today is my last day here at Mission Mexico. I leave first thing tomorrow morning and arrive in Dunedin late Friday afternoon. After the chaos of getting everyone ready for school this morning and waking up at 5am again, I am looking forward to going home. I have quite mixed feelings about leaving. I have started to get to know a lot of the kids and it will be a little sad to say good bye. However, I am hoping to sponsor one of the boys to go to a better school and so will be able to stay in touch with everyone here.
It has been a challenging expereince but has surprisingly gone quite quickly. Although it does seem a long time since I hopped off the aeroplane at Tapachula airport. I really enjoyed my first week here and my last week here. The couple of weeks in the middle were lots of hard work and the behaviour of the children was very upsetting at times. The highlight has been the beach trips. At the beach, just about everyone is happy. We have such fun surfing with the kids and mucking around in the water.
I am pleased to say my spanish has improved quite a bit. Although I don't know how "Aora, por favour" (now please) or "quatro de ilempia" (clean your room) can be used outside of a home environment.
Thank you everyone for all your emails and comments on the blog. It has been quite an adventure and it was so lovely to hear from everyone. I still have lots more stories to tell so look forward to catching up soon.
Adios for now,
Petra.
p.s. Whilst I am crawling with some friendly head lice, I am hoping to get rid of them all this afternoon!
Just a quick note to say welcome back to Dunedin. Hopefully you've left your hair visitors in Mexico! Look forward to hearing more about your trip as I see you round the school.
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