The journey so far I am very glad to state that I am writing this from Lima, Perú (finally!), after months of painfully-slow build up. After my acceptance into the YAV program in February, I felt like I was in limbo. I was scared about how unprepared I was for what lay ahead, but also impatient to just get there already. The hardest part was enjoying time with loved ones as a deadline floated around in the back of my head. A part of me thinks I would have moved immediately af