Saying goodbye to my family was far beyond the hardest thing I've ever had to do. As I stood there shaking and crying at the airport, walking away from Grant and my parents absolutely broke my heart. But as my sister reminded me today, isn't it a good thing that these goodbyes are so hard to do? It means you have such a loving and meaningful relationship, that saying these hard goodbyes mean you are leaving something truly amazing behind. I promise, it's only a "goodbye for now".... a "see you later"... an "I will miss you every single day until we are together again". I cannot say enough how thankful and blessed I am to have the support and encouragement of everyone back home for doing this.
So I flew off, alone to LA for the night. When I arrived, I met up with some other WorldTeach volunteers at the hotel. I met a married couple who will also be on the island with me, and we went and had some Mexican food for dinner. I'll admit it wasn't the best, but the hotel is in a super sketchy area of LA and we didn't want to walk too far! I also met some other volunteers who will be on neighboring islands of Chuuk and Yap, and they are all super cool! Very open-minded, free-spirited young people. A lot like myself :)
We all fly out together tomorrow at 10:30, but I gotta leave the hotel by 7am to make sure I can get there on time. It's going to consist of around 16 hours of flying altogether, not including the layovers. Can you say exhausting?! First stop is Honolulu, then Guam, Truk and finally Pohnpei. A lot of island hopping and feeder planes to get to our final destination.
Ok- well I am completely exhausted and ready for bed! I took my last hot shower for a while, and I savored every moment of it. I will update more when I arrive in Micronesia, but for now wish me luck! I'll be flying half way around the world pretty soon. See ya when I return everyone!!
