Christmas Break!

The fall semester is over!!! Today was the last day and we are on break until January 7th. I made it through finals and school until next semester!

YES!

Anyways I am so excited that it's almost christmas. I am going home for a week!! I CANT WAIT!! I will be heading to Chicago Friday the 21st with Stephanie and Miss Naomi. Stephanie is from Chicago and we are going to meet her family. Then I'll be heading home that Monday morning. I will be traveling back to the college Saturday afternoon with the Hartys.

So now that the semester is over I have been reflecting over things.

College is a lot harder than I thought it would be but not in a bad way so don't think this is going to be a whining session. I have faced different challenges that I haven't faced before. Classes are a lot different than I am used to. The pressure here is different than what I have experienced in the past. It's a good pressure that keeps me driving on and that makes me want to do right and better. Sometimes though I feel like it's a losing battle. Trying to balance school, work and God can be difficult. I struggle with the social aspect of college. Not everyone that goes to bible college is good. College has a way of testing you to see if you are going to stand for right. Somehow it seems harder to stand up for right with friends who are christians than with ones who aren't. Choosing friends is so much harder than it EVER has been. I came from a public school where you could basically tell what kind of a person someone was, to a bible college where people are masters of hypocrisy. They are masters at acting like they got it all together. They read their bible everyday and they win someone to the Lord every saturday. They act like spiritual christians. There are people I have met who are like this in reality but a lot of others just act like it. I had to learn the hard way that not everyone wants to do right.

All the pressure and the challenges are driving me on though. Many times I lose the battle but I am not going to give up now. Especially now. My theme song for this year is I want that Mountain.

So now to the highlights of the semester:

* I got to lead five people to the Lord. The first time was when I got to lead a little girl to Christ.

* I am learning how to go soulwinning.

* I have the most amazing roomates ever!!! Sarah and Cheri!

* I made good friends and am learning to avoid the bad ones.

* The hardest class of all my classes was also my favorite- Old Testament

* I have experienced some big answers to prayer. I saw God provide for me.

* I got more hours at my job so now I will be getting 35 hours a week instead of 20!

* Miss Naomi came to see me.

* God is amazing!