It's time to experience the world by myself!

Rachael Hardy Start Date: May 4, 2020 - End Date: Sep 3, 2020
  • London, United Kingdom
  • Paris, France
  • Bangkok, Thailand
  • Dublin, Ireland
  • New Zealand
  • Australia
  • Barcelona, Spain

My Travel Story

by: Rachael Hardy Start Date: May 4, 2020 - End Date: Sep 3, 2020
Hi there! I am currently a senior in Ohio and will be graduating in about a month from now. After many long talks with my parents about life after high school, I have decided to take a gap year before college. I did a little research and found a program called the EF Gap Year program. It is for college aged kids like myself who are either in college or taking a year off before college. EF is short for Education First. I will be traveling the world, learning a new language, serving for a good cause, gaining internship experience, and I will also be developing my leadership abilities while away. This trip will help me gain a new perspective on the world, learn new things about myself, and get out of my comfort zone before I begin to start my own journey in life. I will be leaving early September for New York City to begin my training for my gap year program. After three days in NYC, I will then take a flight to London and spend two weeks traveling around London, Paris and Amsterdam for a cultural immersion. From there I will be heading to Barcelona, Spain for six weeks studying Spanish. After I have completed my language study, I will be traveling to Thailand for another six weeks to take part in their elephant hospitals and I will also be building homes down there. I will be able to return home and see my family for six weeks. Come early January I will then depart again for Australia and New Zealand for another cultural immersion. After exploring Australia and New Zealand I am traveling to Dublin, Ireland to gain experience as an intern. I am writing this letter to you today to ask to consider and pray about donating towards this amazing opportunity for me! I will be relaying solely on scholarships and donations. Due to the coronavirus happening, I am not sure that I will be traveling this upcoming year. But that being said all of your donations will be put into a fund and saved as a voucher for me next year. I am very excited and blessed to have so much support in this next step in my life. Thank you in advance for donating! And as always please lift me up in prayer for this HUGE opportunity as I start adulthood. 


  • London, United Kingdom
  • Paris, France
  • Bangkok, Thailand
  • Dublin, Ireland
  • New Zealand
  • Australia
  • Barcelona, Spain

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