Man!! These last few days have been a roller coaster of emotions! I mean one minute I'm extremely excited, the next almost in tears. This week I have had to say good-bye to my school where I work the past year. I have truly loved working there! The staff were amazing, so helpful, and understanding! It's so hard to leave that for a world un-known. Then there are the students...oh the students. I will miss them the most. There are so many of them that I will think of and wonder if they are ok, and others I will laugh because I know they are doing something funny or entertaining. I got to know my students so well this past year and it's weird leaving them. It's crazy, leaving somewhere you love to go to a far off place to teach English!!! But it's something that I know I will love doing, it will help me reach my life's goals, and enrich my life in so many ways. My heart longs to go to new, different, and exciting places... so I am ready to go. On the other hand Ryan and I found out today that we will be going to different staging events. This is like a pre-orientation and where we fly out of. It's not really that big of deal, because we will meet up in Manila, but just a little shocker! So I will be leaving out of Philadelphia and Ryan will leave out of Detroit, the reason being our different jobs. Our group this year is the largest going ever, 145 to be exact, and the only way to split us up is by jobs. So my group education, his youth and coastal resource. Let the adventures begin!!!!