Leaving on a Jet Plane

I can't say I've ever been good at this sort of thing, but I figure now's a good time to start. If you're here, you probably already know the purpose of this blog - I'm heading to Israel for the next 10 months and am using this opportunity to keep in touch with everyone back in the States and let everyone know what I'm up to. A little information about the trip: I'm participating in a program called Project Otzma, which is a service-based program all throughout the country. We're starting off living in a town called Ashkelon, a southern city on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, where we'll focus on learning Hebrew in addition to volunteering in the community.

Outside of that basic info... who knows what's coming over the next year. After graduating from the University of Missouri last year, I've watched all my friends stress out over starting their lives and finding a job, and while this is certainly a very different start to my post-college life, when else will I have a chance to have this type of experience? You know, that "once in a lifetime", "life changing experience", and whatever other cliches you can think of.

In any case, at 11:55 AM on Tuesday I hop a flight to New York, and at 7:55 PM, it's l'hitryot America...