Finally!

After months and months of filling out applications, getting shots, making appointments and shopping shopping shopping, it is FINALLY time to begin my trip to Guatemala! I am super excited-nerves have not hit me yet, and I am thankful! I think because of all the waiting I have been doing, now that the trip is here I am just ready to go!

For those who have not heard, I am traveling to Antigua, Guatemala to study Spanish for my fall semester of college. I will be gone for three months, being tutored one-on-one by a native Spanish speaker, as well as volunteering, and getting to know the Guatemalan culture! On weekends we will be doing a lot of different excursions to get out and explore the beauty that God has created for us!

I am very excited for this trip. I am a Spanish minor and although I have taken years of Spanish, I am still far from feeling comfortable speaking it. I have only heard wonderful things about this program, and a lot of people I know that have gone on this trip have come back almost fluent in Spanish! I am looking forward to what God has in store for me this year. He has already blessed me with an amazing summer, and now I look forward to new adventures with new friends!

Prayers for me and this trip would be very much appreciated. I want to be challenged on this trip-I want to feel comfortable, but I also want God to make me feel uncomfortable, so that I am stretched and forced to step out of my comfort zone to experience new things and better myself while I am away. Prayers that I don't get homesick are also welcome!

Thank you all for your support! I am going to do my best to keep up with updates on this blog so you all can know what I am doing throughout this trip! Thank you for your prayers!

-Kara