...and the adventure begins!

Welcome to my blog! I hope that you will find this helpful in keeping up with me while I'm in France!

I will be an assistant in the English department at the Institut de Langues Vivantes (Institute of Living Languages) - which you will see me refer to as the IPLV. I'll be working with students who are studying for a Masters in English. While I'm not exactly sure what kind of classes I will be teaching, I believe that they will be mostly conversation courses and phonetics classes.

As some of you already know, I've already had a little "road bump" in my trip. I was scheduled to leave 8 October to go to France when I found out that I had misunderstood the email from my IPLV supervisor, M. Atkinson. It turns out that classes start on 5 October, putting my in Angers a week late. Luckily, through the patience of several friends, family members, and professors, I calmed down enough to call and change the date of my flight.

I am now departing for France on 4 October, arriving on the 5th. I'm not sure whether or not they will have me in class that day, taking me from the train station to the school, or whether they will let me rest and start on Tuesday. I am still waiting for response from M. Atkinson.

So, simply put, the adventure has already begun and, without a doubt, will have a few surprises in store. Please pray for me as I prepare to move onto the next stage of my life. I will certainly need it. :)