Ok. Wow. I finally have time to breathe.
Saturday was my "going away" party and it was tons of fun and it was extremely refreshing to know how many people are supporting me and loving me through this whole process. I am so thankful to God for giving me such amazing friends and a wonderful church family. I am so unworthy of it all.
After all the circles the FBI and the Chilean consulate sent us in, I finally have my FBI background check (Chile is on of the few that requires one...convenient right?) Originally I was scheduled to leave yesterday at 9:20pm but due to circumstances out of my control, I was forced to reschedule my flight for this Saturday instead. I also had to get Congresswoman Kay Bailey Hutchison's office involved with hopes of them helping me get my FBI check expedited. They were very nice and patient and did everything in their power to help me out. I was extremely impressed with the patience and diligence that they put into my case. In fact, they said that if I had not contacted them, who knows when I would have actually gotten the coveted background check. Although it was not in time to leave on Sunday, it finally arrived Friday afternoon. I am going to Houston tomorrow night and will go for my interview at the Chilean consulate to get my visa at 11:30 am on Wednesday. Then I will get on a plane at 9:30pm on Saturday night at DFW airport and fly nonstop all the way to Santiago International Airport where I will be greeted by my host family and possibly some Rotarians. I was talking to my friend Jenna, who has been there a few weeks and she said she absolutely loves it! I can not wait. I was ready to go yesterday. Ok well thats not true, I have not packed yet but it is a slow process. Packing for a year. I think the longest I have ever packed for was maybe two weeks? So packing will be a new experience, but I am ready for the challenge of packing my life for a whole year.
Today, my sister started kindergarten and my brother started high school. I can't even believe it. People always told me "time goes fast" but I never thought it would go this fast. My friends started back at school today, most of them for their last year. It is sad that I didn't get to be with them but I'm hoping I can meet them for lunch sometime this week. I will miss my friends so much! The up-side to the delay as I mentioned earlier, is that I am able to go to my high school's first football game and see all my friends and then hang out with y church youth group at 5th quarter afterword. So I am glad things worked out the way they did.
I will try my best to post as often as I can. Thank you all for reading :)
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