Hi! I decided I should have one pre-IBEX blogpost! It is now five days until my friends and I leave for Israel! I cannot express how excited I am. My whole room is exploding with all the items that need to be packed away. I have gotten my camelbak and my Tevas for all the long hikes on hot days. Now, I am just making sure I get all the little essentials packed away.
Having lived about 15 minutes from college throughout the past two years, it is a little nervewracking to realize that if I leave something behind I cannot simply drive home and get it. Other than this, packing has been fun so far! I have wanted to study abroad for several years now and I am so excited that the Lord has blessed me with this amazing opportunity!
We were assigned homework to do before we get to IBEX(Israel Bible Extension) and I have almost completed the amount that we are supposed to finish before we arrive. It is so exciting because the assignment is to read a book that corresponds to passages of the Bible, look up the locations of events on a corresponding map, and then answer questions about what has gone on in this land that we are about to travel to.
So I thought I would share what I am most looking forward to and what I am least looking forward to. The hardest part for me is leaving my family. The longest I have ever been away from them is five weeks and this trip will be fifteen weeks. Yet, I am not super worried about it because I know we can keep up on skype and that the time will fly! The best part is that I am travelling to the land that I have read about in my Bible my entire life! I feel quite blessed and I am looking forward to sharing my actual journey through Israel with you all in the upcoming weeks and months! =] Love you all!
-Susan
Having lived about 15 minutes from college throughout the past two years, it is a little nervewracking to realize that if I leave something behind I cannot simply drive home and get it. Other than this, packing has been fun so far! I have wanted to study abroad for several years now and I am so excited that the Lord has blessed me with this amazing opportunity!
We were assigned homework to do before we get to IBEX(Israel Bible Extension) and I have almost completed the amount that we are supposed to finish before we arrive. It is so exciting because the assignment is to read a book that corresponds to passages of the Bible, look up the locations of events on a corresponding map, and then answer questions about what has gone on in this land that we are about to travel to.
So I thought I would share what I am most looking forward to and what I am least looking forward to. The hardest part for me is leaving my family. The longest I have ever been away from them is five weeks and this trip will be fifteen weeks. Yet, I am not super worried about it because I know we can keep up on skype and that the time will fly! The best part is that I am travelling to the land that I have read about in my Bible my entire life! I feel quite blessed and I am looking forward to sharing my actual journey through Israel with you all in the upcoming weeks and months! =] Love you all!
-Susan
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