And so it begins... I leave for Majadahonda, SPAIN the first week of September (it's looking like September 6 or 7) and I couldn't be more excited. The nerves haven't yet kicked in, all the things that I've heard and seen so far look surreal. I have three host siblings, Beatriz, Javier, and Jacobo, and I've seen and communicated with my host parents Ana and Javi. Beatriz has been incredibly kind and has been talking with me via email since around March. Everything looks BEAUTIFUL in Majadahonda (which is located about 10 miles North of Madrid) and I'm sure it'll be a real shock to live surrounded by people again, instead of goats, sheep, and a dog named Bruce :) my brother is still devising ways to keep my plane grounded or temporarily give me a deadly disease and my sister is licking her chops laying out the blueprints for my room. Just a few short weeks left!

THANK YOU to ROTARY one million times over!
--Sam