We left for home at 8:40 pm on Saturday after a nerve wracking and long wait at the Kilimanjaro airport. It turns out that we had to pay an extra $10 USD to leave the country, but I was lucky because all I had was my Visa and one of the girls in our program had enough for all of us. We ran across the runway to the airport and boarded at 8:30 pm after waiting in line to check our bag for two hours.
Both of the flights went by quickly and we landed in Minneapolis at 12:00 pm yesterday after 24 hours of travel. It feels so surreal to be home, but I was so glad to see my family waiting for me when I walked through the airport doors. Mom and I cried when we hugged and I'm pretty sure my dad got teary. Although we had plenty of ups and downs on our trip, I know that this trip has changed my life and hopefully I will look back on it positively in the future. Before we left everyone asked if we would return and I think I will in my future. I believe I want to come back to Tanzania or East Africa after I finish college and go while in medical school or residency. I hope that my trip this summer and my first trip out of the country is the first of many around the world.
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