It’s been nearly 4 days since I moved in my apartment and started this journey called Masters... and I am already starting to feel stretched, scared, and amazed by how God moves. I’ll start with Saturday first, when I first walked in the church doors... It was raining hard, but I was too excited to care. I met all my roommates, Allie White, Kasey Peiper, Lyn Bohyn, Heather Robertson, and Danielle Klock. I love them all! We are all so different, and come from very different backgrounds... but we all have the same goal this year, and I am truly excited to be living with them! Our apartment is really big, nice and new. I am going to love living here! Anyway, at church on Sunday, Jeanne preached... and it was amazing! One of the best sermons I have heard in awhile. After that I went out with my parents for lunch and to get some groceries, followed by a tearful goodbye. I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t sure if I would be able to watch them go! But I did, and I’m really doing okay. We had a girls night on Sunday night, and as an apartment we went to Ikea to get some stuff for our little home. Then we came home and made pizza, and just got to know each other.
The first day we really “started” was on Monday, when we spent most of the day going over our Masters handbook and talked about all the rules. I didn’t know prior to coming to Masters that I was not allowed to contact guys from home, as well as the guys attending first year. One thing Masters is big on is the fact that they don’t want us to be emotionally or actually dating when we are there. They want it to just be “you and God”, and teach us to view males as brothers in Christ rather than potential dating material. Some students are engaged, and even broke off the engagement to come here for a year, and I totally respect them for that. I think it will be very hard... but so worth it in the end!
Last night, we went on a “surprise” field trip, and after eating at a Wild Wing restaurant, we drove to Athens Georgia. There is a beautiful botanical garden and a little chapel we went to, and even though it was dark, it was absolutely beautiful there. I hope we go back! If you want to pray for me, pray that I we be willing to be stretched. God is already starting to work on me and some areas in my life... and I am scared to death! I looked at the schedule today, and I realized I am going to be SO busy... so pray I manage to fit in some sleep time as well!
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