Anticipation already begun

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.