Here we go! A new adventure awaits.

I can't believe it...I'm actually off to medical school tomorrow. In Israel. For those of you who don't quite know my plans, I am doing a unique program between Ben-Gurion University and Columbia University, the Medical School for International Health. The next three years will be in Israel, followed by a semester at Columbia, and then two months working in an impoverished community somewhere in this world. I'm already doing some of my preparatory reading on global health, readying myself for this new world and new experience. We begin with a session on global health and an ulpan (Hebrew language class); that much I know. Beyond that, I suppose I'll see and go from there. Like many of my classmates, I'm coming into this program filled with uncertainty and excitement. I truly hope that medicine is my calling, that I can make a tangible difference in this world through it, in whatever field I choose. I decided to go to school over taking a job, fully realizing that either choice would have shaped my life in a very different way, but that medical school may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I pray and trust that this path choice was the best one, and I will move forward with the good wishes of friends and family behind me. Your support has been really, really amazing, and I can't wait to show you what I can achieve. I hope that each of you finds your path as well, and that we can meet up soon in the Holy Land. As we always say, 'next year in Jerusalem,' but this year in Beer Sheva!!!