#2 updates

Hello hello.
Just a few updates.

• On the left side of this there is a chipin widget. It's to help me raise money to go. Going abroad is never a cheap thing so any little donations to help offset the cost would be greatly appreciated and mean a lot to me. It's completely safe and everything donated goes directly to my tuition and is taken out of the remaining balance of what I owe.
• Pretty soon I'll have my in home interview, which I'm looking forward to. we're in the process of scheduling it so it should be pretty soon. basically what happens is an AFS volunteer comes over and talks with me and my family and then they go see my room to see how it reflects me and yada yada. :)
• For future reference, I will try to post a new blog at LEAST once a month but as it gets closer to me leaving I'll probably end up blogging more frequently and when I'm in Sweden it depends on my computer access but probably 1 or 2 times a month.

Well. I think that is it. I believe if you create an account you can comment this and what not. :)

#1 my journey so far.

Hello! I'm Amanda.

In August of next year, I will be going to Sweden for a year through AFS. I'm really excited, and I know this is an experience of a lifetime. It has always been my dream to go to Sweden and now I finally am. It seems unreal. I hope to be able to learn a lot about the culture and the people and be able to share my culture also. I think I'm most excited about meeting new people and meeting my host family and also just seeing new places. I'm really excited to gain new friendships and just more knowledge of the culture and how they live life.

As far as the support I'm getting on my decision to go to Sweden and become an AFSer goes, it's both positive and negative. My mom, has gave me so much support it's incredible, she's been so encouraging and has had nothing but positive things to say throughout this whole process so far. It's really helpful to have positive reinforcement I've gotten through her and some of my family and friends. But at the same time time from others I have gotten no support at all and it kind of hurts. But in the end, this is my decision and this is what I want to do and I'm going to do this for me.