Hey Tumblr followers! So as some of you may know, I will be embarking on a 10 month student exchange scholarship program called Kennedy-Lugar YES Abroad. I will be hosted in Muscat, Oman with a new family, a new school, a new community, and a new language (Arabic) to adjust to. It will be one heck of a ride, but worth it. This is all part of a decision I've made to go down the path of the foreign service (I hope to be a diplomat or ambassador one day). I want to chronicle my time in Muscat by blogging and making videos for my new site, The Curly Muscateer (http://www.thecurlymuscateer.tumblr.com/). This site will be dedicated to getting the message out about the benefits of international education for U.S. students. Only 1 in 10,000 of us goes on a year or semester abroad, and I want to make my blog a resource to those who may not even know about the opportunities available to them. In order to expand my current site and make high-quality content for you all and other American students like myself, I've decided to launch an online fundraising campaign via Indiegogo to help fund my site and make it into the amazing exchange student resource that I know it can be, and with your donation, I can reach my goal. For any range of donation starting at $10, you'll receive a "perk" or gift from me as thanks. The larger the donation, the larger the perk, and the larger my thanks! Thanks so much for all the love and support! The campaign will go live at this link within the next 24 hours: http://www.igg.me/at/FundTheCurlyMuscateer #FundTheCurlyMuscateer