I feel SO SO SO bad about neglecting my blogs. Yes. Blogs. I just updated my tumblr...with like, two pictures so it wasn't even really worth it. And then there's the becoming a woman of God blog...it needs some attention too. (Sorry Jess). Anywho. I guess I feel better about neglecting this instead of neglecting school work. Really. So what is new?? So much.
Classes have been going really well. I love our professors...most of them are too smart for their own good but that's fine. I seriously have to use a dictionary when I'm doing my homework. GROWING. (Growing is a common theme in our apartment.) I've been learning SO much. I need to start journaling every night so I can actually look back on it and pick up on some lessons I might not quite be grasping yet. I really do enjoy all the reading we do. I can't even begin to tell you how many PAGES and PAGES of reading we do. I personally don't mind it. It's kinda nice to just read a book every night. Although I seriously miss taking art classes.
JFA=scary. We did an event with Justice For All this week. It involved a day of training and a day at Colorado State University talking to students about abortion. We were trained to create dialogue between opposing sides. There was also a huge display with very graphic pictures depicting what aborted babies look like. Well, it wasn't just depicting it, they were actual pictures. It took everything I had not to throw up every time I looked at it. Needless to say, this experience will not be a highlight of my semester. What I did learn is this: the power of prayer is important...sometimes you just have to pray for those around you when you don't feel like you can really do anything else, and that's okay. I also learned that it IS possible to have discussions with people about things you disagree on. You can find "common ground" and go from there. Yep.
FCA. My practicum has been very interesting. I have no idea how I'm going to have enough hours for this thing. This, is the only thing that is stressing me out this semester. But, a huge blessing came out of it. The other night we were talking about faith and how when we really believe something, it has the potential of happening. Going around the circle, we (all the FCA leaders) shared what we were believing that God was going to do. I shared that I still believed that God would somehow still provide the remaining $872 for my tuition at FLI, and such. :) Then we went around and prayed for the person on our right about what they had shared. The man on my left, Jeff, started, but before he did, he turned to me and said, "Don't worry about the rest of the money. I want to cover it." I stared at him in shock. He started praying and I started bawling. Seriously you guys, to see God answer a prayer like that SO fast was amazing. So that was awesome. Now I'm just really praying that God uses me and Cody (my partner) in the students lives. We're thinking about planning a lockin/retreat type deal...so if you could pray about that...
Well...I don't know what else to say, other than I love the Springs and FLI and the people I'm with. Seriously. I feel beyond blessed. ;)
