My First Blog Post !

BONJOUR MES AMIS! lol. HEY GUYS! Welcome!

So... as promised, I'm starting a blog to keep everyone up to date on my travels in Guinea. I'm headed to the Peace Corps in about 2 1/2 weeks! I can't believe it's finally here! For those of you that have known me for a while, you know that my Peace Corps process has been the longest process of life (1.5 years), but the time has finally arrived. Thank God! I can't wait to share all my stories with everyone.

I've finally received my staging kit for Philadelphia! Staging is basically like an "orientation".... but multiplied by 5,000. Before we depart for Guinea on July 9th, all of the volunteers are sent to Philadelphia to meet each other for the first time. (I think there are probably going to be about 30-40 of us.) Then we go through a quick 2- day, intense overview of the Peace Corps experience, safety, paperwork, shots (eeek!), questions and any other concerns we might have before we leave. So this will be an exciting time!

But until then, there is much to be done. Going on a family vacation tomorrow, still have to pack and say my goodbyes :-(.

So...I will be in touch with everyone soon!