The Bonner Trip to Puerto Rico was an interesting as well as eye-opening one. Prior to this trip, I had only been to Puerto Rico with family and this trip was an experience through which I experienced an enitirely different side of the island and culture located there. The trip also provided an outlet through which all of the Bonner Leaders were able to bond together. By pushing us outside of our every day comfort zone as well as our weekly service sites, were were able to work with each other in new and challenging evironments that proved extremely valuable learning situations. One of the most rewarding sites for me was the soup kitchen where I was able to interact with many local people and learn first-hand about the demographic of people that eat in these community havens. At the grssroots level, we were able to learn about the education system, the local Red Cross Organization, ad the people by interacting and working with them throughout the San Juan area Over the course of the trip, we made many friends and met people that I definitely plan on keeping in touch with. The trip ultimately offered a side of Puerto Rico that many people never get to see or appreciate. As a result, the group became more and more close knit and open over the course of the trip and now share many experiences and stories of our time in Puerto Rico. I really hope that we have the chance to do another proram similar to this because it allowed us to bond in a new, unique, environment and experience new sides of ourselves and each other.
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