Starting to Speak

So I have been here for a month a 2 weeks or so. And yet I am still scared to speak in French. I know the whole point of coming here was to improve my french and to use it, but it seems like whenever I go to talk I lose all the words I have learned and everything goes blank. I don't know how I am going to get better though if I don't practice. I took 2 years of French in school before jumping in this. Yet I feel as though I have only taken 1. I feel so lost all the time. Although I am starting to understand more and more each day, I still can't tell people how I feel. It's so hard because I feel like I have been studying the wrong language this whole time. From the accents, to writing, to reading, to talking, and even observation. Everyone is different from what I learned in school. All the stereotypes are completely off base too. I am determined to disprove as many as I can. But that is  a different story. Anyway starting of the beginning of November my family is going to try to only speak french with me and I have to respond in french. I hope this ends well. Oh at least I can text in french though with my friends and they text me in english. This way we are helping each other out. =) Well I better get to bed. GOOD NIGHT!