less than 6 hours left till departure time!

My mother, Brad and I all drove to Utah on Saturday night and have been waiting it Utah buying some last minute items to take and also visting some friends before I left. Today was the start of my adventure. I had to come to a manditory meeting in Utah before I left talking about all the rules and the things that we will be doing while we are there. Orientation started at 11:30 today which went until 4. It was a long time of sitting! However, it got me incredibly excited! I kept looking around the room thinking that all the people I was looking at were going on this same adventure with me. I am so excited to meet all of them and to be able to share amazing experiences with them. I already know I will make great friends while I am there. I also met my roommates. They seem like wonderful girls and I lood forward to getting to know them better. I wake up in just a few hours and head for the airport. It is so silly of me to be up now but I am just so excited it is hard to even want to go to sleep. I have four stops, one of which is a five hour layover in Denver. Pretty funny that I have to wait in my home airport for five hours but oh well. More time to get to know others I guess!! I dont know how often I will be able to update my blog because the University does not allow anyone to either send pictures through email or post pictures on a blog because it slows down the internet or something like that. I dont really know anything about computers but I will trust them. Anyways, I will let you know when I am safe and sound in Jerusalem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY! Love you all!

8 days and counting!

I am so incredibly excited to head off for Jerusalem! I still have a lot to get ready and will be incredibly busy till the minute I leave. However, I would not want it any other way. Being busy will make the time go that much faster which is always good. I talked with one of my friends that went on this same study abroad experience just a couple days ago and she got me very excited for my upcoming adventures. I know I will have an incredible time and I can barely wait to start learning all about Jerusalem, the surrounding countries as well as learning more from the scriptures and most importantly about Christ! Wish me luck on the next 8 days till I leave. I don't know how I will ever make it!