Today has been a great day. We went to the outdoor market in the town next door, Crespano, and it was really awesome! I bought a Pashmina for about 3 euro, so now I look like a local, hahaha. But yeah, it was really cool because I felt really immersed in the culture, and it was great to get out of town and see something different. I also just had an amazing conversation with Heidi. We talked for the past 3 hours about her life, God, and everything in between. I ...

Hey everyone!! I am writing to you now as an official Rapport Leadership International Leadership Breakthrough One graduate!! WOOOO!!! I know you don't understand what the heck I'm talking about, but trust me when I say I EARNED that graduation status. I have just been through the most challenging and intense class I have ever had in my life, but it was also the most rewarding. I had heard bits and pieces about the class from my friends who had aleady ...

Hey everyone!! As I'm writing this, my body is aching from the low ropes course we did on Saturday. We had to do such things as trust falls (where you fall backwards off a platform and pray to God people catch you), getting lifted through a spiderweb rope thing, and climbing a 12 foot wall. Needless to say, I'm still in agony. My muscles are like dead, but it feels good of course! I actually ended up crushing my finger on the wall because I was on top hel...

So this morning I came to the realization that this program couldn't be more perfect for me. I was sitting in a leadership orientation and the director of the program (who is also my professor for my class of 7) was the one presenting. He was talking about the characteristics of leaders such as behavioral traits, process thinking, and knowledge, and how there is something that stands out about those who decide to study abroad. Many people like parents, adviso...

So I made it safely to my campus in Paderno Del Grappa, Italy on sunday. I've been here a couple days, and I just absolutely love it. There are 150 students from 24 different universities, some of which being Kansas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, etc. We are studying at a place named Instituto Filippini, and it is a shared campus with a prestigious Italian boarding school for high school students. It's a VERY small town, which really...