Wow! Today at chapel, well, I'll admit it...I shed a few tears while singing a hymn. Yes, an old-school hymn and WITH an organ. The organist is this cute, little old man...hehe. But yeah, Dr. J. Ellsworth Kallas spoke and it was good...but overall it was just BAM! I'm excited for chapels for the first time in my life!! Yum. Maybe it's because it's not even mandatory but it's 3 times a week or something and I figure I'll go to at least two.
Today, as much as it was super fast-paced, it was really good. I have two Korean guys in my orientation group which is great. It's helping me get into the community. Plus today God just opened a lot of paths for that which I'm just ecstatic about! At first I felt like I needed to work my way in but I think God's taken care of it and I can see even how timing it working out so perfectly. Yay.
Anyways, more orienation tomorrow so I should go...hopefully I'll figure out how to put pics up and I can show y'all (as they say around here) the books I have to lug around this semester (total will be about $470 just for this semester!!! what?!?).
Laters.
2008/08/28
2008/08/25
in about 32 hours
I'll be heading to Wilmore, Kentucky in less than 2 days! Crazy.
Still have quite a bit of packing to do...definitely exhausted. Can't wait to be unpacked and starting school...nervous...but the excited kind, I think.
I don't really get "excited" for stuff like this. Seems those around me are much more excited...but I guess that's the pessimistic side that comes out, and that foil part where I have the inner need to oppose those around me.
Welp, I've got a full day of stuff tomorrow...woot.
See you in Wilmore!
Still have quite a bit of packing to do...definitely exhausted. Can't wait to be unpacked and starting school...nervous...but the excited kind, I think.
I don't really get "excited" for stuff like this. Seems those around me are much more excited...but I guess that's the pessimistic side that comes out, and that foil part where I have the inner need to oppose those around me.
Welp, I've got a full day of stuff tomorrow...woot.
See you in Wilmore!
2008/08/22
sleepy
It's getting late and I need to get to bed but just a quick post...
6-8 am and 11 am-1 pm, helped freshmen at SEMO get moved in. It was good times with the Ignite House gang. I am sore but it's a good kind of sore, 'cause we helped people...AND I learned that the knots in my shoulders don't form solely due to stress. boo.
Met my district assigned mentor for ordination, more good times. He's a nice guy so it'll be fun. Such a scary process to enter into, so it's good they don't just throw you to the sharks with a raw steak tied to your neck. I feel at least I'm in one of those shark cage things.
Anyways, only days away from Asbury, lots to do. Well, not so much "lots" of things but just not much time left. I'm not rushed or freaking out in any way as I know I'll be back in a bit over a month. So yeah.
Time for bed...a long but lovely day.
6-8 am and 11 am-1 pm, helped freshmen at SEMO get moved in. It was good times with the Ignite House gang. I am sore but it's a good kind of sore, 'cause we helped people...AND I learned that the knots in my shoulders don't form solely due to stress. boo.
Met my district assigned mentor for ordination, more good times. He's a nice guy so it'll be fun. Such a scary process to enter into, so it's good they don't just throw you to the sharks with a raw steak tied to your neck. I feel at least I'm in one of those shark cage things.
Anyways, only days away from Asbury, lots to do. Well, not so much "lots" of things but just not much time left. I'm not rushed or freaking out in any way as I know I'll be back in a bit over a month. So yeah.
Time for bed...a long but lovely day.
2008/08/20
never enough
So, I realized that there will never be enough time to reflect and try to grasp the last 5 years or so of my life. It's ok. Parts are coming into focus, even as far back as high school which I seemed to blur out. But it's been good getting back to it and recognizing where I came from and the fact that I'm here and the way I am.
I leave in less than a week for Asbury Theological Seminary...ATS as they call it. From what I can piece together from the people here, it's a survivable place with a decent pool of solid Christian men. There's about two blocks to the whole town and I will have LOTS of studying to do.
It seems I have a roommate and there will be like 5 girls to a suite with 2 suites sharing lots of stuff and sort of joining with another suite of 10 girls on the floor. Intense, no? Not ALL are on the Masters of Divinity track but it should be a decent group of relatively serious Christian ladies. That should be exciting. I may have to opp out after the first year though of the whole roommate situation, we'll see.
The people here "back home" have been seriously welcoming and hospitable in every sense of the words...my home church and my nieces went and grew up without me but it's nice getting reacquainted with them all.
It seems I've started this whole ordination deal. The first big step was to get a mentor, I believe and I'll be meeting mine tomorrow for coffee around 7 pm. Exciting times. I'm completely undecided now about the right path for ordination, I need some time and I know God will speak and I'll finally hear when things clear up a bit.
But as for now, I really need to get to bed. It's almost 10 pm...so early...but I signed up to help move-in at SEMO from 6-8 am and 11 am-1 pm tomorrow...woot. It's something I had wanted to do for the international kids in Korea and now I get my chance...
Sos, I'm really sorry for those of you who actually read this thing. I think posts will become more frequent now. Please come by more and make comments (nice ones).
Laters.
I leave in less than a week for Asbury Theological Seminary...ATS as they call it. From what I can piece together from the people here, it's a survivable place with a decent pool of solid Christian men. There's about two blocks to the whole town and I will have LOTS of studying to do.
It seems I have a roommate and there will be like 5 girls to a suite with 2 suites sharing lots of stuff and sort of joining with another suite of 10 girls on the floor. Intense, no? Not ALL are on the Masters of Divinity track but it should be a decent group of relatively serious Christian ladies. That should be exciting. I may have to opp out after the first year though of the whole roommate situation, we'll see.
The people here "back home" have been seriously welcoming and hospitable in every sense of the words...my home church and my nieces went and grew up without me but it's nice getting reacquainted with them all.
It seems I've started this whole ordination deal. The first big step was to get a mentor, I believe and I'll be meeting mine tomorrow for coffee around 7 pm. Exciting times. I'm completely undecided now about the right path for ordination, I need some time and I know God will speak and I'll finally hear when things clear up a bit.
But as for now, I really need to get to bed. It's almost 10 pm...so early...but I signed up to help move-in at SEMO from 6-8 am and 11 am-1 pm tomorrow...woot. It's something I had wanted to do for the international kids in Korea and now I get my chance...
Sos, I'm really sorry for those of you who actually read this thing. I think posts will become more frequent now. Please come by more and make comments (nice ones).
Laters.
2008/08/13
hellos
Wow, been weeks...
Super busy...can't focus at the moment but hopefully I'll get some time tomorrow to sit down with my thoughts.
Super busy...can't focus at the moment but hopefully I'll get some time tomorrow to sit down with my thoughts.
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