This coming spring of 2014, I will be studying abroad in Tokyo, Japan
at the KCP International Institute. This program runs from April 6th to
June 21st and is one of the top language-focused intensive programs in
Tokyo. I did a lot of research in picking a program and marginally
intended to go from January to June. The Lord, however, really showed me
that such a long stay was not for me, at least this time. I will be
staying with a host family in Tokyo and have cultural excursions on
Saturdays. I am really blessed by the fact that I will be arriving at
the height of cherry (sakura) blossom season in Japan, one of the most
breath-taking sights Japan is known for.
I am going
mainly to grasp the Japanese language better and hope to increase my
fluency exponentially in the short period I am there and lay the
foundation for future experiences in Japan (perhaps grad-school,
teaching English, and becoming a translator/interpreter). But all of
that still remains at the alter.
So I invite you to
follow along with me as I, a small-town girl, foray into the unknowns
of city with a population of 12 million.
I AM EXCITED
I am OVERwhelmed.
I am
so INSANELY terrified. that I wonder if I am going to be able to do it,
to go. Go without fear. Go without crying the first minute I step off
the plane. Go without my heart exploding from nervousness.
What if I am not even able to say a word???
But then I remember that I do not go alone.
