Sanj Journey

Sanj took a deep breath and pressed submit. The application for her awaiting trip to Dominican Republic had been sent to the organization Rustic Pathway. Her heart started beating rapidly as if she had completed a marathon. Her eyes were entranced by the scenic photos of Dominican Republic. Her smile stretched from ear to ear. In a few weeks, she will be leaving her suburban home and begin her nine days’ exotic journey. Sanj’s international travels only had been to India and England with her parents, but never to a foreign country to do service work with people she had never met before. Her trip to India was canceled last minute so she wanted an adventurous alternative. She was determined to try a trip offered by Rustic Pathway.
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This is such a special group to me,” Sanj stated.
On the last day of the trip, Sanj couldn’t believe the trip was ending. She was having such an amazing time in the Dominican Republic that she didn’t realize time was flying by so quickly. That night, Sanj and Haley stayed up until 4 in the morning conversing with one another. They talked about everything they can since it might be the last time they will have a conversation like that. Sanj wasn’t able to sleep with ease knowing that she had to leave all of this behind.
When they arrived at JFK airport that afternoon, Sanj was still not able to grasp the fact that her trip was over. As she waited to pick up her baggage with Hailey, tears started forming in her eyes. When she called her parents to pick her up, she burst out into tears. Sanj didn’t know why she had cried, maybe it was because she finally got a hold of reality. The trip ended and she was going home. Her two close friends from the trip, Haley and Nate, were going their separate ways back to Colorado. She then discovered a feeling that she had never felt before.
“I had never known a group of people for nine days and ended up missing them a lot. I was scared to never see them again,” Sanj