Welcome aboard!

T-2 weeks until I leave the country…

Friends are returning to school, my summer internship is over, my visa is stamped and waiting in my passport, my flight is purchased. It is becoming more and more real that I am leaving soon to LIVE in SPAIN for four months!

So, why am I doing this?

• To fulfill my dream of traveling to Europe, a continent I’ve never been to before.
• To improve my Spanish, a language I love and have studied, but have not yet reached fluency.
• To step outside my comfort zone, by living in a new country far from my normal surroundings and community.
• To experience what it is like to be the “international student,” after being a host family for many others coming to the US.
• To draw closer to the Lord by relying on Him to give me energy, confidence, safety, and love.

I expect to feel out of place, miss home, forget to pack something, and be exhausted at the end of each day. But I also expect to see wonderful sights, meet new people, dive deeper into a different culture and language, and learn more about myself and my Creator.

If you are interested in following my journey and reading my reflections throughout this semester, feel free to subscribe! I plan on sharing highlights of my travels, interesting stories, thoughts on what I am experiencing, photos of what I’ve been up to, and things I have learned. I’ll try to post every week or so, depending on what my schedule allows.

Thank you for the support! I hope to stay connected even when I am living across the world, so please reach out and say hi, or ask me a question, or tell me you’re thinking of me. It will mean a lot.

– Cora the Explorer