It's always awkward, starting out a blog. I've tried many times and perhaps this time it will stick!
The reason I'm starting again is because this year will signify new beginnings. In February, I will be departing to Zhongshan, China, to volunteer at the Kaiyin school in Guangdong province - even better, a province that my ancestry hails from! I'm beyond excited, a little nervous, with a healthy dose of idealism.
It seems to me that everything I could have ever wanted in life is happening. I am blessed with great friends, with friends that have brought me into the world of falconry - something that has been my dream since I was 8. I am blessed with this opportunity to travel to China and serve as a volunteer for 4-5 months, teaching English to children to better open up their futures. I am blessed with the chance to get a world-class education at Brigham Young University. I am further blessed with the opportunity to learn ballroom, Latin, and country dance at BYU - something I've wanted to do since I was 14. I am blessed with a wonderful support system in place in the form of my friends, family, and Gospel. I am blessed infinitely and I cannot want to give back to this world and to God when I am in China.
