Saturday, May 25, 2013

Update and just for kicks...

Hey, guys, just a brief update!
We are down to just 4 weeks left of this course and 9 books of the Bible left.  It is crunch time and we all feel it.  We are struggling for the end game motivation.  The books are so jam packed with good stuff and it's all we can do to take it all in!  I will miss these people so much.  It's so strange to think of the beginning and how we barely knew each other.  We have grown so close.  What will I do without my Asian roommates cooking?!!  (Just kidding, it's so much more than that-) Living on this mountain has gotten my legs in better shape than they have been in years and my cardio is kickin'!!  :)

I will be home (God willing) for 8 weeks this summer.  I have so much to do but I am confident God will allow for down time as well.  I think I might sleep for a week when I get home!  Actually- I know I won't- I'm already anxious about all that needs to be accomplished and NOT having homework every single day will probably drive me nuts as I transition.  I won't know what to do with myself so accomplishing all I need to will be a good thing!  I am going to have a yard sale and earn some money that way- I really hate yard sales- but hey, do what you have to do, right?  We are to 'be ready to do every good work' (Titus 3:1).  I will also be preparing for and ultimately teaching a few four hour seminars on the method of studying the bible I have learned here.  A couple of you have asked me about that and I promise as soon as I nail down the dates I will let you know.  It will probably be early July before I know.  I appreciate your interest! I am excited (and nervous) to share with you!!!  Please pray for me in this way. 
I will also be going to Southern California shortly after arriving home.  I am going to visit a girlfriend in LA and then my precious "Other Parents" in Palm Desert for retreat.  What an amazing gift it will be to see and spend time with people I love.  Can't wait. 
Please pray for me- I am praying about selling my Truck. If you know me- you know the dagger this is.  It is literally my last asset.  It's paid for and a great little truck.  Low mileage, dependable... I seriously thought I would have it forever- or until I drove it into the ground, you know what I mean!!  It's not worth THAT much- but to me it's very valuable.  It is my 'miracle truck.'  The way God gave it to me is a miracle story.  I know we aren't supposed to be attached to 'things' but I have given up everything to be here and the thought of that last thing- my truck- just for the sake of money just kills me.  It doesn't cost me that much to keep it sitting at my mom's- and it is soooo nice to have a car when I go home; but I've committed to two years here and I'm not sure if paying to keep it sitting there (as small as the fee is for insurance) is wise when the money of selling it could go towards my rent next year.  I also feel like, once my truck is gone, that's it, I don't have anything else in case of emergency.  Don't get me wrong- I am absolutely aware of Who controls my emergencies.  I am more confident than ever that He is in control.  This truck quite literally was His gift to me- even now I am honestly not sure this is the course of action He would have me take.  It might not be wise to sell it.  I'm praying... I just ask that you pray, too.  I value your prayers so very much.  I cannot express my gratitude.
Okay, that's it... just one quickie funny for kicks before signing off.  On Campus we are literally every nation.  So one day I was walking and this big hunk of a kid was walking right along side me at the same time... I heard him say something so we just kinda started talking.  I asked where he was from and he replied, "Ireland."  "Ireland? Good Lord-" I replied in my best Irish brogue. (Sorry, I apologize to those who believe saying 'Lord' is wrong) "Isn't it something there!"  His eye brows went up like he couldn't believe I just did that... and I just addressed it.  "So was it awful?  Just tell me, man, did it suck or was it okay?"  His face had told me all I needed to know but he kindly said, "It was okay."   "Nooooooo, it wasn't!" I said and we laughed together.  "It sucked, huh!!!"  Anyway-
now when I see him around campus I shout, "Ireland!" and we wave.  It's so funny.  He came by our fundraising table last week and I got him to do a California accent.  It was great.  My roommates, who now love the story, are ever asking me to do my Irish accent!  hahahahahaha.
Love you guys, peace out! or should I say, "May the good Lord bless you and keep in the mighty palm of His hand." (In Irish, of course.)



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