of a girl, who cried a river and drowned the whole world... just kidding. I'll leave out all Third Eye Blind lyrics out of my blog.. but I will make all exceptions for Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard. Ok, for real this time.
How was the shock? Now before you go off thinking I am crazy like the rest of the world, or the few that knew about my plan before today, let me explain.
In the past year, I have changed so much, but in the last six months, I've grown up. After getting mono in September, I really did some evaluating of my "six year plan"after being sick for so long, really messed up my semester. I have known what I want to do with my life since the beginning of high school but shortly after moving to Utah, I realized that Physical Therapy is not my passion.. and involves too many physics classes. Ick! Needless to say, I was back to square one. For the first time in my life I had no idea what I wanted. As it turns out, growing up is hard.
After long conversations with Mr. Hughes Jan, and constant prayer, I realized, it was not all about me. My Heavenly Father really knows me, and knows what I need to be doing and as it turns out, that is not being in Utah right now. Soon after my slightly dramatic life crisis, I got a call from ILP.
ILP (International Language Program) is a volunteer internship program out of Provo. If accepted, it gives college age students opportunities to spend a semester abroad and teach english to kindergarden aged kids in China, Russia, Ukraine, and Mexico. It was truly a blessing to get this call from my ILP coordinator, impeccable timimg too. I have learned I am happiest when I am in the service of others and I feel, this is just what I needed in my life at this time. It's not all about me.
I applied and was accepted (thanks to great recommendations from Hughes and Jan). I can't thank either of them enough for how much they have helped me out with this. As you now know, I will be serving at the School-Liceum "Darovanie" in Kiev, Ukraine. 
Since I received my assignment, I have been working two jobs, averaging 43 hours a week plus going to school full time to pay for the program. I can't thank the wonderful people in my life, especially my mom that have helped me out with this. I am so so excited to embark on this new chapter of my life. It will be hard leaving my friends and family for so long, I will keep you all posted. When I get to Kiev, I will try to update my blog every week. Till then, this is probably it!
Check out ILP on facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Language-Programs-ILP/17781657618?v=wall
