Martin Luther King Day

I think Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is a great man... after all the reforms and waters he stirred, he still manages to get a holiday-- a holy day.

I had my first full week of school last week. I'm not gonna lie, it was a bit overwhelming but it went by super quickly. I didn't realize how busy I'd be every day. It was nice to take a three day weekend to gear up for this next week.

This past Friday, there was all-music and worship during the chapel service, which was amazing! I helped to cater the athletic banquet for the fb players, which was interesting-- to say the least.

EU had this 24 hours of prayer in the chapel and I went there after work. I didn't realize how exhausted I was from the week until I started stumbling around walking in the chapel. "24" reminded me of the "45" at Hope Community Church, except there were more people there praying and students were playing the music... I think I'm gonna make it a point to go to the "45" more often.

Saturday was a blur. Sunday, I went to Evangel Temple (not affiliated w/ the school) College Service. Pastor Jason spoke on getting back to the basics in terms of growing in spiritual maturity. I like his messages because they're simple, humorous, and applicable.

This week, I have a social work practicum meeting on Tuesday and a leadership meeting on Wednesday. This week is also Spiritual Emphasis Week with something in Forgiveness. I don't know how well this will go over, but I'm praying God will reveal something in my heart about this topic in my life.

The Practicum Fair is next week when a lot of the practicum sites will be coming to recruit students. I'm really praying about going to Missouri Rehab or St. Johns-- two places with a strong emphasis in physical rehabilitation. I'm leaning more towards St. John's because of the distance (MO Rehab is about 45 minutes drive away). Please pray with me about that.

One last thing: pray for the girls on my floor.... that we become unified and grow more towards God.

That's it.

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So I did a catering event this past weekend w/ Collegiate Catering, a company in conjunction with the school. reminded me of my times at zips, but was a lot less hectic :) i might do another event this friday.

friday went rock-climbing w/ a couple friends and then to the 45 at Hope Community Church. The 45 is forty-five continuous hours of prayer when people can come before the Lord hearing sweet melodies. couple friends and i were there from 2am-4am-- it was amazing and revitalizing! Evangel might have something like this on Friday-Saturday. :)

went to james river assembly on sunday. some big author came and presented the idea that loving fathers need to be present in their children's lives. i felt so convicted after service b/c my parents still aren't saved...

please pray for me. um, i can't really explain the details, but maybe for wisdom in handling a situation...

day 2

so here i am on the second day. it was a relatively easy day... class, chapel, class, pau. i was pau at noon, which was really nice. i got to get a lot of work done for the next week and outlined some of the things that i need to get done next week.

my room isn't flooded anymore. i don't know if i mentioned it earlier, but a pipe burst couple floors above and leaked into my room. the smell isn't in my room anymore, which is nice :)

it was nice to get back into the routine of chapel services. for the first time in a while, i felt really happy to be there. i think i was going through a "chapel dry-spell" or something. although i don't know if i agreed w/ what the campus pastor had to say on some issues... rather inappropriate, but whatever...

tom'w, the president is speaking in chapel. i like his messages. his voice is very soothing too, but what he has to say is very valid.

so i've made it so far... tornado and everything

Classes Began

Hey all--

I'm putting this up in hopes that I can keep in touch w/ you all and let you know how life is like on this end of the world. (truth is, i'm too lazy to write it out a dozen times...)

I got in a couple days ago. my luggage was left in dallas-ft. worth because my layover was so short. so after berrating the luggage delivery service, i got them back yesterday. :)

On the first night back, there were several tornado sirens going off. The girls in the dorm had to cramp in a hallway for several hours (not all at once, but a couple times that night). Couple of the tornadoes touched down a couple blocks from the school. A friend and I drove over there and was shocked at the devastation it had caused (no wonder they call it a natural disaster!) At one point when things were clear for just less than an hour, couple girls and I hightailed it to the nearest McD's to get some "sustenance." we arrived back just in time to hear more sirens go off. oh, there's nothing like a natural disaster to bring people together!

first day of classes today. had helping skills so far. two more classes in a bit. helping skills is gonna be lighter than welfare (PTL! haha).

it's good to be back.

more to come!