October 19, 2009

About a month ago we received a letter saying that Will had been nominated for People to People to go on a trip.  The letter said that the trip would be to China.  We didn't know what to think.  There was a website listed, so I logged on, and I signed us up to go to an informational meeting.  That meeting was yesterday.

It was about an hour long.  Will's dad and I went.  We didn't know what to exect.  We didn't bring Will because we thought it was for parents only.  In fact, we weren't even going to tell Will about the letter, but they also sent a postcard, addressed to him, and that's how he found out.  So he stayed home. But there were quite a few kids there.  

We were given a brochure and an application.  Then we sat down and listened to some speakers.  They told us all about the trip...which isn't to China, it's to AUSTRALIA.  They showed some videos, about where they would go, what they would do.  They talked about People to People and the different trips they do.  It was a very interesting meeting, and the videos were neat to watch.

We set up a date and time for Will to go to an interview (November 7, 2009), talked to some people about fundraising, and looked at photos taken on past trips to Australia.

We talked about it on the way home, and decided to go for it.  It's going to cost about $6,000, so we need to do some fundraising.  Will is a pretty good salesman so we're hoping he can pull it off!  He was very excited when we told him we would let him go.  He said he wants to go 'very very much'.

Today we put in an application online.  Tomorrow Will will bring some teacher recommendations into school to be filled out.  There is no guarantee that he will be chosen to go on this trip, so we are keeping our fingers crossed and hoping for the best.

I decided to start this blog to show Will's journey.  Not only IN Australia, but getting there also.  I hope to put all of our fundraising ideas here, all of Will's thoughts, any info we have, and any updates of the situation.  I hope people are just as excited to read about it as we are to live it.

Wish Will luck in his travel journey- or as they say in Australia, his walkabout!