Beginning of the Journey

This is not the end. This is not, even, the beginning of the end. But it may, just possibly, be the end of the beginning. - Winston Churchill

I love the wit and wisdom of Sir Winston. He always has an interesting way of assessing the situation. For us we are standing on the cusp of the end of the beginning. We are excited as we look ahead to what lays in front of us. We are excited and grateful for all the things that have brought us to this point and have prepared us for what is to come. The next few weeks, months, and years are going to be an exciting adventure. So we hope that you will follow along as we use this site to keep our friends and family up to date on the things going on in our lives and as we share the adventures and lessons we learn.

We are beginning this journey from my hometown in Denver, CO. We have been out here for the past six weeks. I have been working and saving money, something that was quite difficult as we finished college and graduate school this past May. Kylie has been completing an intense teacher certification course. In the end it really has been a profitable time - but it is about to come to an end.

Just a few days ago Kylie was offered a contract to teach English in the English Language Program at Zirve University in Gaziantep, Turkey (if you are wondering where that is look at the top left corner of the background of this page). We will give you a lot more information on Zirve and Gaziantep and Turkey in the near future, but that is where we are headed.

We need to arrive in Gaziantep by the 1st of September. So the next few weeks will be full of a lot of details and preparations. We are in Denver for just about one more week. Then some time with Kylie's family in Pennsylvania and then we will depart for Turkey in time for our arrival date prior to the beginning of the school.

So thus begins the journey and it is going to be a grand adventure that we trust will teach us a lot about the world, other people, and ourselves. The primary purpose of this blog will be to help us to record the things we are learning and, we hope, to help you take part in our adventure too.