索菲亚·希利亚德和凯文·加布里埃尔今年夏天通过澳门线上博彩官网平台的海外复临学院(ACA)项目在国外学习. 盖伯瑞尔, a junior graphic design major, studied in South Korea, 和Hilliard, a junior psychology and Spanish major, 西班牙留学. 阅读下面的内容，听听两位学生分享他们在国外的独特经历和经验教训.
索菲娅HILLIARD:
你今年在哪里学习，为什么选择那个地方?
Sophia Hilliard: For this past year, I was studying at Escuela Superior de Español de Sagunto, 在Sagunto, 西班牙. 我选择那个国家是因为我妈妈出国留学的地方, 当她告诉我她在那里的经历时，她说那段经历极大地改变了她的生活, 往好处想.
当你决定出国留学时，你为自己设定了什么目标吗, 如果是这样的话, how have you been working towards them?
希利亚德:当我决定出国留学时，我为自己设定了两个目标. The first was to learn a new language. 第二是鞭策自己，不要让恐惧阻止我尝试新事物. 为了实现这两个目标，我与西班牙当地人建立了友谊，并答应了每一次邀请我的冒险.
What has been your biggest adventure so far? What did you learn from it?
希利亚德:我经历过的最大的冒险是一个人被困在英国24小时. 我的航班取消了，所以航空公司给我订了一个酒店房间，但我找不到. 我在公共汽车站看到一个人要去同一家旅馆，就向他求助. He helped me navigate my way to the hotel, 最后我和一个人聊得很开心，他原来是一个著名乐队的成员. 我了解到，有时寻求帮助的结果是更好的, 这让我想起世界上还有那么多伟大的人, despite what we see in the news.
How have you seen God at work this summer?
希利亚德:西班牙校区的教堂张开双臂欢迎所有的学生，真正关心和照顾所有在那里的美国人. I saw God work in so many ways by watching people, who were raised across oceans, come together to praise Him and serve others.
What has been the biggest change for you?
希利亚德:对我来说，身体上最大的变化是每天有三个小时的午睡, 太棒了. 对我来说，最大的心理变化是我在用另一种语言交流和在不同的语言中导航时建立起来的信心, 未知的地方.
What advice would you give students looking into a year abroad?
希利亚德:我会告诉那些考虑出国留学的学生，去做吧，因为谁知道他们下次在另一个国家生活的机会何时会出现. 我还会建议他们加入学校提供的俱乐部或团体，这样他们就可以和一些当地人建立联系.
凯文·加布里埃尔:
你今年在哪里学习，为什么选择那个地方?
凯文·加布里埃尔:我在韩国首尔的三育大学学习. 我选择这个地方是因为我对这里的文化和食物很感兴趣, 我想体验一些远远超出我舒适区的东西. I also wanted to go to Asia, 和韩国, being a new Adventist Colleges Abroad (ACA) option, became an extremely enticing opportunity.
What has been the biggest change for you?
盖伯瑞尔: The biggest change for me, as I'm sure is the case for many other ACA students, 是语言吗. Even when I got on my plane to Korea, seeing and hearing different languages was fascinating to me, and I wanted to embrace the unfamiliarity as much as I could. Before the summer program, I was only able to learn how to read Korean characters, 所以我尽我最大的努力去解读我周围的所有迹象，试图在这方面做得更好. 由于所有的帮助和教导我从工作人员和同行, I would say that I became more comfortable with the language.
How have you seen God at work this summer?
盖伯瑞尔: During this summer it was monsoon season in Korea, so it would be raining during a lot of our days there. 正因为如此，澳门线上博彩官网不得不在雨中工作，并希望它不会破坏澳门线上博彩官网的许多计划. 澳门线上博彩官网特别担心这场雨会破坏澳门线上博彩官网的济州岛之行——济州岛是韩国南部的一个热带岛屿——并阻止澳门线上博彩官网进行任何活动. 然而, like many other similar situations throughout the program, 澳门线上博彩官网在那里的那几天雨停了，尽管没有预料到. 这只是我在韩国期间上帝工作的一个例子.
What has been your biggest adventure so far? What did you learn from it?
加布里埃尔:虽然我参加了无数的活动, 我想说，对我来说最大的冒险是导航和探索首尔. During our free time, 澳门线上博彩官网很多学生会乘坐公共交通工具深入城市，学习如何使用正确的公共汽车和地铁线路成为一种必要, given the frequency of our excursions. By the end of the program, 我想说的是，澳门线上博彩官网所有人都对在城市中旅行感到非常舒服.
What advice would you give students looking into a year abroad?
加布里埃尔:除了一些实用的建议，比如确保你的电子产品有电源适配器，或者你手头有零花钱, 我想说，我对任何考虑出国的人的建议是，去吧. You don't often get many chances to study abroad, 在另一个国家，你可以学到很多关于你自己和世界的东西，这些东西可以适用于你正在从事的任何工作领域.
9月发布. 4, 2024
