It's getting real

3 Weeks...

22 Days...

528 hours...

And I'll be in PERU...

Crazy, isn't it?

As the countdown gets smaller and smaller it is slowly starting to feel more and more real.

I'm getting emails from the program.

I'm thinking about what I have to buy.

I have 3 different To-Do lists.

I'm thinking about what I want my mom to make me for dinners.

But what have I been doing with all this free time? Well I've been working at the BBQ. It's strange to think that I will only be working there for a few more weeks. I started working there 4 years ago. It's like a second family to me. And I'm really going to miss everyone. So many things are changing...

I'm currently watching Marie Antoinette. And I'm watching it in French. I'm not sure why, but I figured that I won't really be able to practice my French for a long time. So I'm sure that Prof. Vanborre would be très contente. I'm going to miss taking classes with her.

And of course I've been thinking a lot about Mexico. Looking at pictures on Facebook. Praying for my friends down there. And I often wake up after dreaming of Mexico. I can't wait to go back. I pray that I will be able to return in January. But who knows...this is a big year for me. A lot will happen. And I think that a lot will change. I will change. Hopefully for the better.

I want to gain a better understanding of who I am, who God created me to be and what my future holds.

I want to become fluent in Spanish.

I want to make new friends.

I want to form relationships with other students and my host family.

I want to travel.

I want to take advantage of all the opportunities that I will have.

I want to try new food.

I want to comfortable with who I am and not try to be someone else.

I want to visit Machu Picchu...again.

I want to visit my sponsorship child, Rosa.

I want all of this, and so much more.