Hey all,
I took the first weekend off to be in my dear friend’s wedding. Took multiple buses there and then flew back. The journey, as always, was a delightful adventure. And a wedding has never meant that much to me. It was such a blessing to have received her letters gushing about “this guy” and then to see them actually get married!
I am still working to catch up on the work I missed, but it was so worth it. So now I’m back kicking up dust in college. I’m taking a drawing 101 course. I was promised an extension. So I come into class on Monday and all the other students have hung up their finished object drawings. And I see this wall filled with drawings and realize. Every other student in the class was Leonardo da Vinci and I was the only normal human being. However, after spending a couple of hours on the drawings, I actually might have found the tiniest smidge of potential. I am not used to such an unstructured class. It’s good for me.
Presentational speaking is a fun venue to vent my dramatic tendencies. (Speaking of I came back to find friends elated that I was not a dead body rotting in my room: “We threw a Birthday party for you, and ended up having it without you!”
Global Issues is incredible. I am beginning to realize the full implications of the call to feed the hungry. We are currently reading Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger. Really powerful. I definitely recommend it.
It’s strange being back after so long. It’s a little lonely. The harsh reality is that each of us, as we should, have grown and changed and life has gone on. This compounded by the business of academics. I find myself craving one of those wonderful, 2 hour heart-to-hearts over tea.
But there are so many blessings. Just today God offered me the unexpected opportunity to tutor an international student. (Yay for more teaching experience.) It was so wonderful being welcomed back. I am ready to get back into a routine. But even more ready to face the “real world.” To find a job…the adventure of settling-however counterintuitive that may seem. God’s teaching me patience.
I took the first weekend off to be in my dear friend’s wedding. Took multiple buses there and then flew back. The journey, as always, was a delightful adventure. And a wedding has never meant that much to me. It was such a blessing to have received her letters gushing about “this guy” and then to see them actually get married!
I am still working to catch up on the work I missed, but it was so worth it. So now I’m back kicking up dust in college. I’m taking a drawing 101 course. I was promised an extension. So I come into class on Monday and all the other students have hung up their finished object drawings. And I see this wall filled with drawings and realize. Every other student in the class was Leonardo da Vinci and I was the only normal human being. However, after spending a couple of hours on the drawings, I actually might have found the tiniest smidge of potential. I am not used to such an unstructured class. It’s good for me.
Presentational speaking is a fun venue to vent my dramatic tendencies. (Speaking of I came back to find friends elated that I was not a dead body rotting in my room: “We threw a Birthday party for you, and ended up having it without you!”
Global Issues is incredible. I am beginning to realize the full implications of the call to feed the hungry. We are currently reading Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger. Really powerful. I definitely recommend it.
It’s strange being back after so long. It’s a little lonely. The harsh reality is that each of us, as we should, have grown and changed and life has gone on. This compounded by the business of academics. I find myself craving one of those wonderful, 2 hour heart-to-hearts over tea.
But there are so many blessings. Just today God offered me the unexpected opportunity to tutor an international student. (Yay for more teaching experience.) It was so wonderful being welcomed back. I am ready to get back into a routine. But even more ready to face the “real world.” To find a job…the adventure of settling-however counterintuitive that may seem. God’s teaching me patience.
