Belgium and the end of my tour

This is the last entry in this blog. It shouldn't be, but it is. After The Netherlands, we travelled to Belgium. It was a whirlwind of a week, full of many VIPs and an interesting community service project. Many alumni were in Belgium since the European Headquarters is here in Brussels, Belgium. We got to meet many of them and it was fun to see all the different cast years represented. We had to look our very best most of the week because of all the VIPs. AS far as community service goes it was the most unique project I've ever done. We built a cosmogollum for children in Chile to give their hopes and dreams to. It s 4meters high and looks like a giant wooden robot. In the front there is a door leading to a hollow area over the location of the gollums heart. Here is where the children put there hopes and dreams for the gollum to protect. After the unveiling in the city of Leuven, it is to be sent to Chile. It was a unique expereince for many of us. Now onto the show...or at least the first 20min of it. Here in Leuven we had our largest audience yet with close to 3000 people in attendence. We had a guest performer, Sandrine, who was spectacular, and it was shaping up to be an awesome show. The lights go up, the music starts and we burst in to view with as much energy as we've ever had. the cast gathers for the country introductions and the audience goes wild. The lights go out and I walk off stage like I always do...except this time instead of walking down the stairs, I missed the stairs because I couldn't see them, and fell off the stage and landed sideways on my ankle. I'm taken the emergency room and x-rays are taken. The nurse comes in and calmly tells me I have broken my ankle in two places and require surgery. So after many tears and a phonecall home it was decided that I must go home to have the surgery - and with this news my tour ended just as quickly as it started. The cast continued on to the Philippines yesterday where they will spend the next four weeks. I miss them and cant wait until our reunion. I will never forget the people of Cast B 2007. Nor will I forget all the incredible experiences this tour has allowed me. I am so grateful to have been given this chance of a lifetime, and I know the lessons I learned will stick with me forever.