Goodbye...hello

Two and a half days.
In two and a half days I will be boarding a plane for warmer weather.
In two and a half days I will begin the adventure of fulfilling a dream.

For the past week packing has been chased out of my head everytime it begins to cross my mind. (I will need to come to terms with that here eventually...maybe tomorrow).


This weekend I attended one of my favorite winter events, the annual IceFest in my hometown. My best friend is came for the weekend which was very fun, what better way to spend some of my final days Stateside. Sad part...I had to say goodbye to her today...I also had to say goodbye to my brother Nate and his girlfriend Danielle. It is a very sobering thought to say goodbye to someone and realize it may be a very long time til you see them again. At the same time I have been reminded that even though the goodbyes here are hard, in a week I will begin to say just as many, if not more, hellos. I am looking forward to some long awaited hellos...I've been in contact via Facebook and Skype with my future roommates and cannot wait to see them in person. Friends at Espana...HELLO!



Oh PS...I look forward to sharing many more photos with you thanks to my parents who purchased for me a new DSLR camera. The IceFest pictures were from my practice run. If anyone has advice for websites to visit so I can learn how to better use my camera, let me know!

For now, hasta luego...I will write again when I am in Argentina safe and sound.
-kait

And soon it will be summer.

I've tried to sit down and write this entry several times already and have failed. Let's give it another whirl.

A lot of you are aware that something big is going on in my life right now or know that I was on the verge of making a huge decision and have been ever so patiently waiting to hear the outcome. Thank you for your patience.

Since my return to the States from China I have been trying to figure out if I should go back to China or stay in the US to find a teaching job. Honestly, I wasn't sure I wanted to do either. But if I didn't want to do either, where was I supposed to go? "The world is at your fingertips, Kaitlin," a friend told me not even a week after my homecoming. So, I decided to apply elsewhere and see what came up. Three days later I received a phone call asking if I was interested in teaching at a school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I have always wanted to go to Argentina, it's my response to the popular questions, "if you could visit any country in the world, what would it be?" So my obvious response was yes, I am definitely interested.

Then came Christmas. Everything was put on hold for a week and I heard nothing. Nothing from Argentina, nothing from another possible job in China. Anticipation sometimes can be the worst!

After Christmas I heard back from the director in Argentina, he was going to move the availablity of the position from February to August. I was quite disappointed. An hour later he changed his mind and wanted to interview me that same week.

Within hours of completing the interview I was offered the job and emailed a contract the next day.

Now came my problem. The job was starting in a month and I really wanted to take it, but I did not have the finances to get there to start my job. I was confident this was all arranged by God and knew that he would take care of things. Which he did, my plane ticket has been provided for and now the contract has been signed and submitted. I leave in less than a month to start teaching 5th grade at an international school. I have to be there by February 6th. I can't wait, so many more adventures await. Life is more exciting when all you can do is trust God.

So for now, that's the story, but there will be more to come, and the plan is to keep them posted on my blog. Stay in touch!

-kaitlin