Getting ready to leave!!

Hi everybody:)

This summer I will be spending my 2 and a half months in Okinawa, Japan, for an internship, so I thought I would start a blog for my family and friends to follow me. I leave June 5th (tomorrow) for a 12 week program so I will first start by explaining what I will be doing. Last semester, I started training for a program called Camp Adventure. It is normally a 10-12 week day camp that services the military children overseas. We work 35-40 hours a week planning activities and taking them on field trips throughout the summer. I am doing a separate branch of Camp Adventure because I will be doing their aquatics program. I have been working hard getting certified in life guarding, water safety instructor, AED, CPR, and first aid. So everyday I will be teaching swim lessons to children anywhere from 6 months to 12 years of age. All of the children I will be working with will be American so their won't be any language barrier for me. I will be living on the Marine base called Camp Foster, which is one of the bigger ones in Okinawa. There is many other college students from around the US who will be living in the barracks with me and also doing camp. Along with getting an almost all expense paid trip, I will also be receiving 12 semester hours of college credit through the program. This will be the longest I will be away from home which will be very hard for me, especially when my nephew is born in a couple of weeks. I will try to update as much as possible! Please feel free to email me at natalieryther@gmail.com, I would love to hear from you.

Love,
Natalie