A different kind of spending a year

I was in my last year of school when I decided to go abroad. Online o read about a program in the Grenadines, where I would be doing gardening work and help the local community. For me it was a really good opportunity to combine my English language skills, getting to know new cultures, being able to make a difference in the world and have a good time the next month's. Now almost at the end and looking back I can say that these expectations where fulfilled. Even though I had a totally different time than expected. Before this program I would not have been able to imagine all the kind of things I learned and experienced here.
Of course there were a lot of challenges along the way. You might even say the whole program is a single big challenge. But you learn so much from it and have such a good time during all of this. It's really hard to explain the kind of feeling you get but what you can say is that after your program you are totally different person, simply because you have so much to experience and learn from.
It's tough but I know many people who it would be worth it for.