Corrymeela Weekend

Last weekend volunteering at the Ballycastle site of Corrymeela turned out to be a lot less hectic than the previous one. I helped lead a teenage group from Derry who for some reason had about 10 years of maturity on the Scottish group. Not sure why. They were fun to work with and also were curious in learning more about the volunteers, whereas the Scottish group just wanted to run around and be rebellious. I had fun explaining what the heck a "s'more" is to EVERYONE, since it seems the USA is the sole place that makes them. The chaperone's of the Derry group also asked the volunteers to put something together for their talent show on Saturday night, and to be quite frank I think we passed with flying colours. I had let it slip that in my past I used to cheerlead (the fellow volunteers were slightly fascinated), so of course they made me teach them a stunt. Alas, our "talent" at the show was Corrymeela cheer that included lifting Lisa above our heads. Needless to say, the Derry group was amazed. "That was sooo cool..."



I'm at the top, from my left is: Lisa from Germany, Vishwas from India, Chris from England, and Elsa from El Salvador. Pretty neat.

The weekend came and went, and I arrived back in Belfast Sunday night. I absolutely can't believe it's my last week in this city. I feel like I just got here, but at the same time I sort of feel like I've been here forever. I guess it's only natural that the sun is deciding to come out and the weather is beautiful just as we begin our departure...

Last Tuesday ever at my Corrymeela-Belfast desk! I'm so sad-my co-worker Astrid is on "holiday" this week, so I'll probably never get to see her again. Strange. Anyway, hope all is well at home.

cheers,
karen