I am going to stay in Greece for another year so that I can continue to work with HD in providing recovery to women who have been trafficked or sexually exploited!

This decision has been a long time coming (with a short period of “I’m so homesick!” confusion), and it is based on several things.

• I love what I’m doing, and I feel like my talents are uniquely necessary to the HD team, so why would I stop?
• I think it will take most of this year to adapt to living in a foreign culture, and I want to give myself time to enjoy life in Greece more comfortably.
• There is so much coming in HD’s future – a new office, a one-year anniversary, more participants, graduating participants – and I want to be a part of them!
• I don’t feel called to go anywhere else, so…why go?

I have been talking to my GEM supervisors, and we have created a budget for another year of living in Greece. Continue reading →