i'm the traveling world!

Holy guacamole! I am very excited about this summer! First foremost, a week after my junior year I have the opportunity to visit Western Europe with my school. I am like beyond happy that I am able to do this. I will be visiting Rome, Florence, Venice, Austria, Paris, and London. I will be away from June 12th to the 27th! While I am away I will blog every couple of days about the places I've visited and the amazing time that I will have there. 

INDIA! This is the greatest opportunity that I think I will have yet to have in my life. I am so ready to love the people and the service that I am providing for them. Especially the change that will come over me while I am there. In India I will be volunteering in a Leprosy Colony for 3 weeks. The service that I will be doing includes: educating children (the kids don't have leprosy, but because their parents or grandparents had/have the disease they are cast out from the "regular" scene of India.) construction, and medical (which is what I'm most scared about, but I know that I can do it). My brother Carl went last year and convinced me that Rising Star Outreach is a wonderful volunteer program. I could tell that India and the people there, really changed him (in a good way) and I decided I want to be able to serve with him as well. He will be volunteering from May 17th until the middle of August. (Dedication to the maximum!) I am so grateful that he was able to go and that I will be going back with him this summer. I will be blogging about my experiences in India as well while I am there.