Right now I am home in Virginia preparing to leave to philadelphia to go visit my grandparents for possibly the last time. For anyone who doesn't know I have been assigned to the Dominican Republic, a country that shares the border with Haiti. Right now I have mixed feelings, obviously i am excited, but i am also a bit apprehensive. Despite what some people might think I am not going away on a two year vacation to some tropical island. Instead I am going to be spending the next two years of my life living in a third world country as its habitants do working, socializing, and living among them. It should be quite an experience. I will try my best to keep some sort of regular contact but access to internet will be inconsistent at best (no internet! he must be roughing it). I have no doubt the experience will be life changing and I cannot wait to see what happens.