Departure Day 1/25

This still doesn’t feel real to me. I’m sitting on the plane on my way to Israel and it has’t sunk in that I’ll be away from my friends and family for four months while studying in Israel. This is never something that I thought I would participate in. I always thought the idea of a study abroad program was great, but it never seemed to be right for me because of my busy sports schedule and social life. However, at the same time, I never saw myself becoming a member of AETY (my temple youth group), let alone being on its board. I am so grateful for the opportunities that I have and I am so excited to see what comes of these next four months. I’ll try to keep everyone updated as often as possible, but I can see myself getting carried away with my crazy schedule and life so we’ll see how this goes. Please contact me while I’m here, I want to be updated on all of the things I’ll be missing out on at home! Well nearly seven hours until I land, lets hope this starts to sink in sometime soon and I get some sleep!