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I used to have a simple life, spending time with my friends, going to school. It was good but it was terribly boring and formulaic..
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Hey Elena! Come check this out!
Hey Mom, Dad, I am back!
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I got this email from your school. Look..
Let me see..
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FLEX PROGRAM: Provides scholarships to high school student to become exchange students and study a year abroad..Blah blah blah
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You would have to go through an application and Blah blah blah blah
YES!
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MOM? ARE YOU KIDDING? THIS IS EVERYTHING IVE EVER HOPED FOR!!
Yes? You can still think about it you have until the 10th of October.
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The same night I started my application
FLEX PROGRAMAPPLICATION
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The next day in school.. I told my friends about my decision. Everyone was super excited for me!
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Hi!! My name is Elena. I live in a really small village in northern Greece.
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Until, on September 19th, when I came back home from school..
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This email was going to change my life..
Of course they are not going to accept me! They only accept 10 kids from Greece! Why would they accept me? I am not better than anyone else!
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So I tried to forget about it and move on for a while..
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When I read the word exchange student my brain stopped listening.. The only thing I could say was:
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When I read the word exchange student my brain stopped listening.. The only thing I could say was:
...
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Hm.. Unknown number
...
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-Unknown Number-
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Now the only thing I had to do was wait a couple months for them to let me know if I passed.
H..h..Hello?
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I waited..
Hello! Is this Elena Turnanelis??
Yes? Who is this?
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..and waited..
Hi! This is Anastasia from the FLEX program!
OMG HI!!
My heart started racing like crazy when I understood that it is the leader of the program I applied to a couple months before..
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..and waited..
You have been accepted to participate in the FLEX program! Congrats!!
WHAT?? OMG I.. I.. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY OMG THANK YOU
I didn't know what to say and who I should thank..
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After a couple months my confidence was getting less and less..
The first person I called was my best friend, Pantanassa..
What's up?
You wont believe what just happened!!!
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..I told her everything. She cried.. She always supports me and is happy with me..
I knew you would get in.. I knew it! I love you so much!
Are you crying again?
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And then.. on February 21st while I was cooking dinner..
May 29th, I found out I was placed with a host family on Hawaii..
Huh??
I AM GOING TO HAWAII!!!
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My phone rang
I love you.. I will miss you
August 6th, at the airport.. the worst goodbye of my life. First time without my parents, on the other side of the earth.
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And here I was.. 16yo, on my own, flying to the other side of the world.
What am I even doing?
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I usually never pick up unknown calls, they always scare me, but something felt different with this one.

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