1. Manual labor is hard (I know this is obvious but I’ve been doing a good bit lately)
2. Living with 8 girls in a room is crazy- girls tend to be loud and messy but I wouldn’t change it for anything
3. You can love someone you have known for 3 weeks the same as someone you have been friends with your whole life
4. Dwelling on the past/future will not change things- lately I have been so worried about what life will be like when I get home and if things will be different, but the same thing will happen whether I stress about it everyday or just live my life here now.
5. It’s okay if you’ve never heard the booming voice of God- for so long I thought I was doing something wrong because I wasn’t sure I had ever heard God clearly tell me things. I realized this week that I am not alone on this and God talks to people in different ways and I need to chill out.
6. If people leave your life then God did not intend for them to be there- I have tried so hard to keep people in my life that kept running away from me and finally realized that if God wanted them in my life He would keep them there and if not it wasn’t meant to be.
7. 18 year olds are wayyyy smarter than you may think- okay some:) but the ones I am around everyday freaking blow my mind by their wisdom and view on things
8. 2 pairs of socks was not enough- it’s cold out here people
9. I miss my small home town more than I thought I ever would
10. Conflict is okay, but needs to be addressed- once a week our teams sit down together and gives feedback (good and bad) to each other and this has changed my life. I am the kind of person who gets annoyed kinda easily but will never say anything because I don’t want to rock the boat but that just leads me to become bitter. We did feedback for almost 2 hours and it has made my team stronger and helped us to respect each other better.
11.Fear of the Lord is important- we need to realize God is almighty and wayyyy more powerful than we can imagine. It is so easy to have bad relationship with Him if we are constantly competing with Him.
12. Pongu means fart in Korean (thank you Aly)
13. Altitude sickness is a real thing and it sucks- I feel like I can barely breathe sometimes and I have to take a sec to catch my breath
14. I’m totally fine with looking like a dirty hippie 75% of the time- sure I could make myself look a lil more presentable but honestly who has the time for all that?
15. Everyone on my squad thinks I have the most country accent ever- I get mocked at least twice a day but it’s fineeeee
16. I like going to bed early- I use to be the last one to go to bed but now I’m that annoying girl who goes to bed at like 8:30 and yells at anyone who makes a sound
