The Excitement Grows!

It's less than 24 hours until the adventure begins.  For the last 10 days I have felt nothing but excitement, but the butterflies have arrived.  I knew they would come but I'll embrace them and I know God is there with me which will quell some of my fear.

I must say at first the thing that scared me the most was the language barrier.  Not being able to communicate to those around me in a new setting is a terrifying thing.  Without communication life becomes hard and a person can become quite lonely.  I have learned some things in the past couple weeks that have lessened this fear though.  My host father speaks fairly good English which will help me as I get acquainted with Khmer language.  My host brother goes to the Royal University where I will be teaching.  I will be able to commute with him to school, which will be nice because I hear the roads are very chaotic down there (kinda run by a set of unwritten rules).  And I know that I will not be thrust right into teaching when I get there (at least I think so).  There will be a month where the other SALTers and I can get acclimatized to the country and start learning the language.  For those of you who do not know what SALT is here is a quick rundown.

- SALT stands for Serving and Learning Together
- It is an exchange program operated by MCC
- MCC stands for Mennonite Central Committee
- For more information about MCC you can visit http://www.mcc.org/

It might come as a shock to some of you but they asked me to come and teach English over there.  I am pumped to see if this teaching thing is for me.  At the same time nervous because it is new and something I really haven't done before and I am not sure if I will like it or not.  Either way the experience will give me a good idea on weather or not it is something I want to pursue when I get back.  If I come back...

Just kidding mom.

Oh and before I forget I need to get that playlist started, eh Allison :)!

I heard this song the other day coming from one of the many gatherings I've been at in the last week.  I got to see these guys live last year in Olds and it was one of the best concerts I've been to (of the 3 or 4 that I've been to).  Trooper opened the concert and closed the concert with "We're here for a good time (Not a long time)".  As I spend my last evening here in Canada with family and friends I can't help but think this is a great song to listen to for the situation (Plus I'm getting goosebumps listening to it right now!)

So for just about all of you I will see you in a year or so, but I look forward to hearing from you along the journey.