Get ready...

I thought I’d give this blogging thing a try, since I will soon be embarking on one of the biggest leaps of faith I’ve ever taken in my life. In T-minus 4 days, I’ll be heading off to San Jose, Costa Rica to spend 5 weeks volunteering in a Children’s Hospital, improving my Spanish, traveling the rain forests, beaches, and volcanoes of the country, and having the time of my life!

I’ve wanted to go to the "Switzerland of the Americas" for a while since I hear Costa Rica is a really beautiful country, and what better way to improve my Spanish than to be completely immersed in the culture? I chose to volunteer through GeoVisions(http://www.geovisions.org/) because it seemed to be exactly what I was looking for, and they offer a variety of voluntour adventures for cheap!! Being as indecisive as I am, it took me quite a long time (more than a year) to figure out which program to use. But, in the end (less than 2 months ago), I finally figured it out, and since then, everything has fallen into place.

Still, I do have my worries. Because this is an independent volunteer program, meaning that the volunteers are pretty much on their own, I am kind of nervous. I know I will meet some other people like me there, though. I’ll live with a host family, who will cook all my meals, and even do my laundry if I want them to! Of course, I’m pretty nervous about the flight. I haven’t flown anywhere in years, and I’ve never flown overseas. I feel that, not only is this something I want to do, but it’s something I have to do- I have to get over my fears (flying, just to name one), and I have to travel and have fun while I’m young and able!

I don’t know too much about what will happen, which is why I feel it’s such a huge leap of faith. I guess I’ll just see when I get there, and go with the flow!

Always do what you are afraid to do.
Ralph Waldo Emerson