Hola y Bienvenidos

Hey everyone. Welcome to my blog! This blog is an attempt to keep all of those who are interested in my travels up to date on what's going on. I first want to say thank you for those who have been supporting me along the way. This trip would not be possible without your love, encouragement, and positivity. Along my 6 month trip I will do my best to blog and keep the updates rolling. This will of course be one of my many goals on my journey down to South America and back so bare with me if the updates are not regular, especially with limited access to la red (internet). Also keep in mind that this trip is giving me a lot of firsts. This is my first blog, first time leaving the country, and first time being around a different language every day! To those who I will be away from; My family, friends, beautiful Warren Leadership, and my lovely girlfriend, I will be thinking of all of you. You encouraged me and challenged me to be who I am today. Thank You all. My good friend Andrew Eller is traveling with me. Andrew is also a junior at Whitworth University and he is pictured here with me, along with his girlfriend Ariella and my girlfriend Heidi!

So as far as the plan goes up to this point. On Jan 1 I will be boarding a plane to Guatemala to start a new year and a new adventure. During January I will be at a language school in Guatemala in a town named Quetzaltenango with a group from Whitworth until the 22nd. At the language school I will receive 5 hours of language instruction every day, the rest of my time will be spent in cultural and volunteer activities as coordinated by the faculty leader. On January 25 we will separate from the group and take a long bus ride to Honduras where we will be doing an internship with Union Biblica Honduras and Proyecto Aldea Global. We will be doing community work at various locations. Then on March 1 we will fly from Tegucigalpa to Lima, Peru and then to Cuzco, Peru. In Cuzco our main activity will be a 4 day hike on the Incan Trail to various Incan ruins, culminating in our visiting Machu Picchu. We will arrive in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 9 for our orientation. After the orientation we will begin classes at Universidad del Salvador which we will continue until July 5th when we fly back to Seattle. It's going to be super exciting!

Thanks for reading and hopefully this will be a good tool to keep people updated!