If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind. ~~Norman Vincent Peale

I am so excited!!! Only 4 1/2 days until I leave!!

I just can't believe it's really going to happen! I have received 2 emails from other staff members and we are just getting so excited. We have decided to make up little goody bags for the 4th of July. We are filling them with the flag wrapped Tootsie Rolls, Red Licorice and probably DumDum suckers! Things from home that you can't get in Korea. We think that will be a fun way to start the day, not nearly as exciting as Fireworks, but hey--

(Other types of candy are readily available. Our family hit the Seven-Eleven that was attached to the hotel every evening before bed and stocked up on Snickers, Milky Ways, and the other candy that is unique to Korea!!)

I am even getting excited for what we fondly call the "Fear Factor Buffets". (We didn't make that up, another family did and it stuck!!) Because we have to feed 120 people, we usually eat buffet style. But....you just don't know what you are getting! The meats, veggies, soups all look very, very different. I was not real adventuresome last time but I hope to try just a few more things this time. (But I have already packed my granola bars, just in case!!)

Mike has written out detailed instructions on how to get connected with the Internet, how to upload pictures onto this blog, and any other "techie" thing I might need to know. I hope I can update you a few times and share some pictures with you!!

Please keep me in mind Tuesday as I have a small window of time to get to the international terminal once I land in Chicago. I am nervous about that!

Lastly, thank you for sharing this process with me. This will be the last blog until I get to Korea. I hope to be able to access it from there and keep you all updated on the trip, but thanks for sharing my excitement along the way.

Also, please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers while I am gone. I am really gonna miss them. I put a picture of them here. (Mainly it was a practic run for me to learn how to upload pictures, but it can be a reminder for you to think of them as well!)

Peg

PS. By the time you get notice of this it will only be 2 1/2 days! My plane flies out of GR at 10:33am Tuesday, June 20th.