As my departure approaches, I find myself constantly thinking about the adventure to come. I have started to say my teary-eyed goodbyes, as I will miss my dear friends and family back home. However, it is definitely a bittersweet goodbye (or as I should really be saying - see you later). I will miss them very much, but I know that it is only temporary and that this experience will be well worth it. To get over my sadness of leaving everyone, I star...

For those of you who don't know, I am about to leave the comforts of the United States in order to spend ten months as a volunteer teacher's assistant in Israel. In a few short weeks, on August 25th, 2012, I will begin my journey with a very long flight from Miami to Tel Aviv. I will spend one night in Tel Aviv with some of the other teaching fellows in the program before we make our way to Netanya, our home for the next ten months. I will warn you now, I am not ...