Much Wanted News!

Today we finally got our school placements and our roommates!

When we get to New Zealand we will be living with host families. I'm really excited for this. This will give us the full cultural experience. Anyways, I will be roommates with one of the nicest girls I've ever met. Her name is Kirsten Harper. She is super nice and I can't wait to get to know her better!

Then, we found out what school we're going to be teaching at! I can't wait for my teaching experience at Colwill! It's going to be great!

The Countdown Begins!

Many of you already know that I am going to be going on a study abroad to New Zealand! Yes, I said New Zealand! I am incredibly stoked! I will be taking off in exactly 33 days! Its finally come and its becoming so real, it still seems like a dream to me.

I am going to be using this blog for my main form of communication with the outside world because we don't have any phones and the internet there is kind of strange. Instead of paying a monthly fee for unlimited use, you pay per minute. I don't want to use all of the families minutes so you will just have to look on here for all sorts of awesome pictures and stories!

Many people have asked what I'm going to be doing so here is the low down. I'm going to be taking classes (the normal ones I would be taking here at BYU). Then we will have an awesome adventure traveling the south island. Then we will be teaching in the elementary school back in Auckland with the adorable Maori children. Needless to say I can't wait for this once in a lifetime opportunity.

P.S You should check my blog often so you can see what I'm doing!