30 days...

...until I will arrive in Philadelphia for staging. Here's what I know so far: When I arrive, I'll register and get settled in my hotel room, followed by the next day of immunizations and icebreakers. I'm not sure which shots I will be getting yet, maybe rabies, hepatitis and a flu shot. It doesn't matter to me, honestly I would rather take 5 shots to the forehead than play any team building games, I really hope that isn't what the icebreaker involves. That being said, I am very excited to meet the other people I'll be training with! I wonder how many are in the L.I.F.E program with me and what other programs there are, if I have to find this out at the bottom of a pyramid or during the untangling of a human knot than so be it. This should last til 6 p.m then we take a bus at 2 in the morning to JFK airport in New York where our departure is around 10:30 a.m. After a 15 hour flight we'll arrive in South Africa, then just another 2 hour flight and we will arrive in Zambia.