So I am in sitting at Gate 2 in Terminal at JFK right now about an hour and a half before my flight takes off.  Right now it is all excitement.  Unlike yesterday, which was one full of tears as I said good bye to all my college friends, this day has been overwhelmingly positive.

Sitting here, looking out onto the tarmac lit only by the lights that outline the runway, I have no clue as to what to expect.  In reality, I feel like I’m going on a plane trip for another Spring Break vacation in the Caribbean; however, I know that I will be ending up in a city, country, and culture entirely different from my own. I know the system of government will be different.  I know Amman will have different aesthetics from any American city.  I know I will not be able to speak the language. I know I will not be able to even know how the street and building signs surrounding me sound when I arrive.  These uncertainties are all that I am sure of; however, it is these uncertainties and differences that excite me so much!

-Joe