Hello Everyone,

We made it to China safely! It was a very very long flight, about 12 hours. Everything went pretty smoothly, we had about a 1 hour delay taking off because, the baggage belt broke so they had to bring all the luggage to the plane by hand and load it. Other than that, the trip went great. We landed in China around 3pm on Sunday afternoon and picked up our accreditations at the airport and then we were bussed over to the village. The ride to the village was neat because we passed several of the Games venues. We got to see the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube. They are very impressive structures. The village is a small community of apartment buildings which house all of the athletes for the Olympics. Our whole building is comprised of other USA athletes. Our actual apartments are very nice. There are three bedrooms (two people to a room) and two bathrooms. We are on the first floor and have a nice little patio with about a 4ft by 3 ft fenced in grass area. It is very accommodating. My roommate is Amy Tran who is also from the Lancaster-Lebanon area. We are looking forward to sharing this Olympic Experience together. Inside the village as well is a dinning hall, which is about 14 times bigger than your average high school cafeteria with a McDonald’s in it. There is also the International Zone. Inside the international zone there is a souvenir shop, general store, post office, small cafes, and some other vending areas. I have yet to journey over there to check it out, but according to other athletes its pretty neat.

This afternoon we will have our first opportunity to train and check out the facilities. We are very excited to get out and see the hockey fields and of course we will explore the village more in our free time.

Through out these Olympic Games there are hundreds of people back at home supporting me and our field hockey team. I would like to show all of my appreciation for the support by recognizing as many supporters as possible throughout this experience. In order to do this, I will be posting as many pictures of supporters from home as I can. Thanks again for all of your support!

These are my #1 Fans: my parents. Thanks to them for all the amazing encouragement and love that has helped me get to this amazing achievement. They have showed me that God has a plan and you need to trust in it.