10 Goals:

1. Grow in my relationship with God and become a better example of Christianity.
   
2. Establish a relationship with SOMEONE in Ecuador. Anyone. Whether a friend, or a family, or a person at an organization that I am interested. Someone to come back to in the future.
3. Improve my Español (obviously...).
4. Maintain a good GPA (no more than 2 B's).
5. Learn to dance some type of dance (Salsa, Tango, whatever I can).
6. Learn a skill from my host mom (sewing, cooking, something! I pray that my host mother and I become close and that she can teach me something interesting that I can carry with me to the States and throughout my life).
7. Step outside of my comfort zone and explore (at least once. Whether it is traveling to another South American country, or hiking [yikes!], whatever it is I must come back to the States with a good story that could not be replicated here).
8. "Find myself" (whatever that means. I don't even know what I'm looking for but I think I'll know it when I see it).
9. Not gain weight (losing weight would be preferable).
   
10. Conquer my fear of bugs, as I'm sure there will be several and it would probably be rude of me to get my host family to kill every single one of them like I would make my real family do over here :P
    

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