We are all exhausted after a late night student mentor party! However, we are very sad to be leaving Kwethluk, as we have made new friends and have grown to love the village. At the same time we are happy to be going home because we miss our homes in Juneau.
We finished our exchange with a closing circle, where we all shared something we were thankful for and something that we learned. It was nice to hear what everyone had to say about their week. I was thankful for how nice everyone was in Kwethluk.
We departed the school at 11:30. Our plane however did not make it to Kwethluk until 12:30. As we flew over Kwethluk we could look down and see the whole village and the ice road to Bethel. We arrived to Bethel and quickly jumped on our next flight to Anchorage. We were all excited to go to Anchorage to eat yummy airport food. We thought a lot about McDonald's, Quiznos Cinnabon all week long. It already feels weird to be out of the village. Everything seemed more calm there. Life was simple staying in the school and going to classes and hanging out with our new friends.
Eating our awesome frozen yogurt artistic creations!
After hanging out for four hours in the Anchorage airport and stuffing ourselves, we are now on the plane home. It will be good to share stories from the week in person with our families and to tell of the kids at Dryden about how awesome Kwethluk is.
Thanks for a great week RURE program!
Kristin
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