Fourth Day at Mt. Carmel

Today marked my fourth day at Mt. Carmel. As I was getting ready to go to Mt. Carmel this morning I realized that I was truly looking forward to going to my service learning. In all honesty, this was a first. It's not that I didn't have fun working there in the past, I just never really wanted to get up 3 hours early so that I could fit in my service learning before going to religion class. I think the reason I was so excited today was because I have started to create some relationships with the sisters there that I am working with. The first sister I help is named Sr. Julissa. She always greets me with a big smile and asks how I am doing. I get a similar response from all of the sisters that I help. Since I have been there for the past few weeks, we have started to get to know each other better and I am really starting to feel like I am a part of their community.
While I was taking one of the sisters to her appointment she asked me if I was considering working with "the aged" in my life. I don't know why but this question stumped me. I have never really thought about continuing this experience any further then this class, but I don't see why I couldn't. After I delivered that sister I stood in the elevator and thought about how being with these sisters has impacted my life. They really have left an imprint on me. Last Monday, for example, I saw that one of the sisters I always take down to therapy was not on my list. I was so worried that something terrible had happened to her that I asked one of the orderlies. Turns out she just had a appointment that she had to go to. I feel like my response was an indication as to how much these sisters are starting to mean to me.