1 month 18 days 15 hours 53 minutes 35 seconds

After months of waiting, I have finally received my host guarantee form from Germany. That is the form that securers me a place in Germany! I honestly thought it would never get here and that everyone else would go on exchange but mine would fall through.  Luckily, we have now begun to book tickets! The only bad thing is, all of the other Rotary Exchange class of 14/15 people are starting to leave and most will be gone in the next 3 weeks. It makes me so jealous that they're leaving so soon. I still have 1 month and 18 days left in Alaska. Yes, I am counting down. Although, every now and then I will have a mini breakdown. I realize how much I will miss my family, especially my parents. For the other future exchange students reading this, don't try to hold it back. It happens to ALL of us. One of my friends, she leaves for Austria in 3 weeks, has panic attacks. I think it's finally starting to hit all of us that we're actually doing this and we won't see our families for almost a full year. There have been times when I've considered backing out and not doing it, but I know this is what God planned when he moved my family back to Alaska. He meant for me to do exchange. That might sound silly, but I am a firm believer in that everything happens for a reason.