Jon and Jess

So I have realized that I easily run out of things to blog about! Maybe that is a sign that I need to add some fun to my life, something besides work and school that is :) But things are great, I love my life and the opportunities that I'm presented with each day. Spring semester is about half way over, so that is GREAT!! My classes are going good, and so are the grades, so far anyways haha. In April, after this semester is over, I will be more than 1/2 way done with college! Having the end goal in sight definitely makes things a little easier. I'm excited to get to be a teacher here in a few years. :)
Here's some new big news...I get to move to MEXICO!! To a city called Tehuacan, its just southeast of Mexico City. I'm going there to teach English to kids this summer with a program called ILP ( ilp.org - it is an awesome organization! ) and I am so stinkin' excited!! Here's a map of where I'll be living, Tehuacan is the RED dot.

I will be leaving April 26th and will be back August 12th. I will be living with a host family who won't speak any English, which I'm sure will be tough, but I'm excited to get to practice and hopefully improve my Spanish! I love new people, new places and new challenges - so I think this will be a really good experience for me. Mexico.... Here I come!! :) While I'm gone though, I will be missing a few very important things.. which I am really sad about! #1 - I will be missing my dad's birthday, and my niece's birthday!. #2 - One of my good friends will be getting home from his mission from Chile while I'm gone! I wish I could be home to at least say hello and make it to his homecoming. and #3 (and the most important)- One of my very best friends, Kayla Marie Orton, will be getting married!! On May 22nd. I am really sad I'm going to miss her big day... I'm sorry Kayla! Hopefully she'll be sending me lots and lots of pictures though :) This is probably my favorite pictures of me and Kayla, and this is Jesse, the amazing guy that she's marrying!