can't stay in one place...but for tonight, i'll stay with you.

well friends, it's been a month and two days since i packed up betsy ford and headed west.  there were setbacks--some on I-85, nonetheless, some at the storage unit, some with the rain, some with timing, some with being homesick and columbia-sick and envious of what i left--but all in all, it's been a good month.  i think.

i'm one month into classes. while i'm frustrated with not being able to do ministry quite as much as i did in undergrad, on the other side i'm learning so much. about God. about His word. about others. about serving him.  about ministry.  i feel...like i'm being prepared.  and it's a good feeling.

i'm trying to allow the preparation to be more important than the grades. while i'm doing well, i'm not doing quite as well as i did at usc.  grades have always been important to me, so it's difficult to let that go, but i'm trying to be satisfied and trust in the Lord's provision and guidance.

getting to know people has been a fun adventure.  i click with people in my classes, but outside of class, our lives are crazy, so it's hard to build community.  i love my church....it's different than my "normal", but i love it, and i love the people there.  i've loved getting to know my small group and sunday school group, and enjoy community.  and it has been SUCH a blessing to live so close to the splawns'...i couldn't have survived this last month without them!

working with babies again has been a blessing, although i miss rocking them side by side with misti bailey.  i forgot how much i love kids, and sometimes they are a much needed distraction from the craziness of the world of academics.

in short...life is hard, but good.  no such luck on the mrs degree...but after all, is that really why i'm in seminary?

don't answer that...haha!