1. How to have the confidence to pray for strangers
2. How to open a can without a can opener
3. How to handwash my clothes
4. How to go to the bathroom ANYWHERE
5. How to grade English papers
6. How to cut down corn stalks and shuck the corn
7. How to make a bamboo fence
8. How to act out what I am trying to say
9. How to take bucket showers in cold and hot weather
10. How to eat spicy food
11. How to sleep anywhere
12. How to keep myself busy with lots of free time
13. How to live with 8 – 40 people at a time
14. How to be flexible
15. How to ride a bike through busy intersections
16. How to light a gas stove
17. How to bargain at overseas markets
18. How to braid hair
19. How to live on $5/day for food
20. How to cook and plan meals
21. How to budget personal and team money
22. How to make homemade Nepali Samosas and Momos
23. How to get around foreign cities with public transportation
24. How to use a mosquito net properly
25. How to use an outhouse at night
26. How to shower under a water pump
27. How to grade English interviews and speeches for an ESL class
28. How to shuffle (dance step)
29. How to teach guitar
30. How to speak/sing in tongues
31. How to fit 9 people in a small car
32. How to communicate with anyone
33. How to hear God’s voice
34. How to love without expectations
35. How to live with women for eleven months
36. How to go through customs and passport control in any country
37. How to set up a tent
38. How to simplify my English for non English speakers
39. How to pretend I’m by myself amongst 40 people
40. How to share the gospel to a group of strangers
41. How to follow different leaders with different personalities
42. How to lead without being an official leader
43. How to extend grace to people
44. How to create relationships without speaking the same language
45. How to keep a backpack organized
46. How to put others before myself
47. How to go without internet for a week
48. How to live without a cell phone
49. How to pay the local prices for transportation
50. How to confidently travel the world
These are just a few of the many new skills I will bring back to America with me. Some will be more useful than others, but all of them have been a part of my year. I can’t wait to share more with you all in just a few short weeks! Love you all!
