"It Was All A Dream"

Teaching abroad has always been a thought that was placed on the back burner of my life: like a pot burnt with yesterday’s grits waiting to be washed and clean from overnight soaking, my dreams of possibly exploring my horizons in the field of education sat and sat until that faithful day in November.

I knew I had a strong likelihood of being successful with turning my thoughts of going overseas into a promising reality because of all I went through with leaving Conyers, Georgia and starting fresh in Houston, Texas. Besides travelling to a few various cities in the states, I had never moved outside of Georgia to work and live. However, I thought about the quote from Thomas Jefferson: “If you want something you have never had, you have to do something you have never done”.  This meant that I had to step outside of my comfort zone to achieve something greater. I had to get over my fears of the unknown, put in some hard work, step out on faith, and trust that things would fall into place. It was time to stop thinking and wishing and start DOING.

After a successful two years of teaching in Houston, building myself from the ground up, and creating an incredible life for my daughter and me, my spirit and confidence in my situation screamed with enthusiasm that the sky was the limit. I decided that the time had come to research information about teaching abroad and reach out to people who knew something about it firsthand. Networking through a teachers’ group that I was a part of on Facebook led me to two popular recruiting agencies used by those currently teaching abroad. A little website exploring, resume uploading, and information inputting led to a recruiter from Footprints emailing me to set up a preliminary interview. She went over my resume with me and decided that I would be an excellent candidate for recruitment.  I felt great about our conversation and was assured that she would do her best to land me a contract. The process had begun.