There’s something equally exciting and terrifying when you’re the first to try something new. For junior Fayi Nshanji, the first Church Farm School student to participate in a “term-away” program, that adage has proven accurate. Fayi has spent the past four months at the High Mountain Institute (HMI) in Colorado; his “brother” Rafael Arellano will participate in the spring term. We caught up with Fayi via email (access to technology is limited, as you’ll soon find out) to learn more about this unique experience.