Finally here!! Well....New York "here"..

Well I thought I would sneak down here to use the computer just to update everyone on my day. I am FINALLY here in New York!! And I am more excited than ever! All of the people here are wonderful and so welcoming. I've met the 5 other girls I'll be travelling with (yes...now 5...apparently we have 2 girls who just finished nursing school coming with us BUT they are staying for 6 months!) All of the girls are great and I think we're going to have an awesome team...we literally come from all over the US and complement one another well. Its been good to have a little bit of time earlier this evening to just sit and chat and start getting to know one another. I'm so blessed to have them to travel with and share this experience with. Tonight was fairly laidback...getting to know one another over dinner and then some "team building" for the 6 of us. There are a few other people here for orientation who are travelling to a couple different places in Africa so its been fun to hear what everyone else is doing and what they're all about! They have a pretty packed day planned for us tomorrow with sessions ranging from culture and worldview to finance and travel info. I feel so confident that this is where I'm supposed to be and continue to be impressed with AIM...now just for the difficult task of actually getting some sleep tonight! :)