Saturday, July 26, 2014

Island Hopper

“Welcome to the Island Hopper! We are about to land at the first of seven islands on our way to Guam and the Mariana Islands, the Majuro atoll, capitol of the Marshall Islands. Next will be Kwajalein, followed by Kosrae, Pohnpei and Chuuk of Micronesia.”

The Island Hopper is a unique tradition in the Pacific, in which one plane a day acts like a “bus of the skies,” stopping at many of the islands in the Marshalls, Micronesia, and ending in Guam. Our flight attendants are awesome, and are based out of Guam. This is their route, and they love it.

As for me, I’m doing pretty well. Excited, nervous, happy, sad, you name it and I’ve felt it (probably all in the last 24 hours, too!). It was hard having a second round of goodbyes over the past few days, with family, new and old friends alike. The last two weeks at Orientation have been incredible, and the rest of the people serving with JVC, as well as the Rostro de Christo volunteers in Ecuador, are truly wonderful and inspiring people.


Now we are on our way to the first Micronesian island, and I think that’s all I have for now. Kinamwe (peace)!

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