drum roll...

ta da! my officially first blog. nothing too exciting for the first post; i'm just gearing up to go. i leave august 27th and arrive the next day in frankfurt, germany to spend a couple days with stefanie, a former unt study abroad student who was in denton for a year. then i'll hop on a train to marseille and then lyon to spend three days in each place with several girls i haven't actually met yet who are missionaries. after ten days of traipsing around playing tourist, i'll arrive in le mans and get my place set up before orientation starts! more on all this good stuff after it happens!