Pre-Trip

Well, I have exactly a week until my flight leaves from SeaTac to LAX at 7 in the morning. From LAX I have a 13 hour flight to Santiago. Thankfully, I will have company on the flight from my fellow study abroad group. I still have quite a few things I have to do and a few things that I'd like to do before I leave. As excited as I am, I am also pretty nervous.

Background: I am a sophomore at Northwest Christian University in Eugene, OR and going into the Education program. From January 14th to April 30th six students and an NCU professor will be embarking on a journey of a lifetime in Santiago, Chile. For years, this trip has been a goal for the university and a few professors in particular, but never before has there been enough interest--until now. We are the trail blazers of this endeavor and as all involved parties continue to iron out the details, the ambiguity of said details have been somewhat frustrating and I'll be glad to get into a routine once I am down there. I will be taking 16 credits: IDS 201/202 (world history), BTH 102 (Bible theology), Ethics, and Spanish.

Some of my goals are to get good grades, learn the language and culture, have fun, grow in my faith and as a person.