Well, ladies and gentlemen, let the countdown begin! There are five weeks left until I embark on the most exciting trip of my life...Évora, Portugal! The Lord has given me a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to intern at a beautiful hotel an hour and a half east of Lisbon. I am grateful for this chance to learn more about my choice field of education and to see what God has in store for me this summer. The next 17 weeks are going to be some of the most amazing and trying weeks of my life and my goal is record some of those experiences and memories here in this blog. It will also serve its purpose by letting my precious mother know I am still alive and well (hiiiii Mooooom!!). I would love to post at least once a week, but who knows what will happen and how much free time I will have once I am over there. There are still a lot of details being hashed out...
In this moment, I am excited beyond belief. I am anxious to wrap up this semester and move out of my house here in Fort Myers. I am ready to pack everything I need into one duffel bag and leave my home for three months. I am ready to learn, stretch, and grow in more ways than I can imagine. I am ecstatic to be living in a foreign country, to be immersed in a new culture. I am curious to meet new people, coworkers and guests I will serve. I am nervous as can be to travel transatlantic by myself (I can't sleep on planes and am very prone to jet lag--not a good combo!). I am scared about being on a continent without any familiar faces. I am worried I am not qualified for this job. And I am not ready to say goodbye to the people I love and leave them for three months. I am feeling each of these emotions so strongly and all at the same time. But at the end of the day, I feel myself breathing and I am humbled above all else. Words cannot express how humbled I truly feel!
Not many people can say they spent their last summer in college working in a job they can only dream about. Here is to the next 17 weeks and every person who has and will continue to support me through this journey-- my friends, my family, my professors, my boyfriend, my small group girls, and everyone else. Thank you all!
Ps--Sorry this is such a lame post....I spent a looooong time trying to format this dumb blog and I need a break from it before I can look at it and post something that is actually cool! Haha
Love it! I got all excited for you!
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