Well, my first post. I'm honestly having a bit of trouble with it, because it just seems overwhelmingly self-centered of me to start a site based on me and my life alone. Ah well, I'm thinking it might be the easiest way to go about keeping people in touch with me while I'm in Israel. So...with that said, here's the necessary background.
I'm leaving on or around August 8 to go to Tel Aviv, Israel for a two year graduate program. I'll be teaching English as a second language in the Tel Aviv school system and earning my Master of Arts in TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages) at the same time. I'll be interning in the school, attending ulpan (intensive Hebrew classes) as well as classes/seminars to count toward my degree program.
It's quite amazing how God has worked everything out so far, in providing the money required for the deposit, getting together my application materials so quickly, etc. This is, without a doubt, a work He has and is bringing to pass in His time and in His way. Which, to be perfectly honest, makes it scary. One thing about God, He is unpredictable (thankfully). Anyway, instead of sending out a cheesy monthly newsletter, as I had decided to do previously, I decided that I would start my own little blog, that way I could share all the important-enough-to-share-but-not-important-enough-to-send-a-mass-email details about my life in Tel Aviv. The next month or so will probably consist of me sharing the slightly insignificant details of the preparation for moving across the world, so bear with me for a bit.
Anyway, I guess that's really all. And by the way, the name of this site, "L'Chaim" is a Hebrew phrase meaning, "to life." Not to good life or long life, just to life - because life itself, by the grace of God, is a very good and wonderful thing indeed. So, L'Chaim!
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