day of departure

I am sitting at the lA airport trying to guess what my next nine months will be like. Its hard to imagine but the unknown certainly has an intense excitement and mystery to it. My flight leaves at 1 am tonight and goes to el Salvador. From there I fly directly to Lima. I am going straight to the orphanage on arrival and will start my volunteer work the following day. I have an eleven hour layover now so I'm off into LA for the next four-five hours or so. Adios

Don't worry mom, I'm not going by myself. Ha I'm meeting up with ivory

eve of departure

Departure

Today is the 26th so the countdown is six days; less than a week! I fly out of Boise the morning of the 31st to Denver, then L.A., then El Salvador, and then to Lima, Peru, which is my first stop. I will be working in an orphanage at the base of the Andes for the month of September.