dancing in the rain

Well it has been a while since I have posted. I think of doing it often, but due to an excessive amount of homework I have not been able to write as often as possible. I am going to have to add it to my schedule of things to do often.

Well as most of you know I moved into an apartment two weeks ago today. I am still adjusting and trying to make it home. It will get there, it is just going to take a little patience and time...which are two things that I lack. Some of you have asked why I move out of the center, so here are my reasons. I am taking 18 hours in school (Marketing, Management, Microeconomics, Spanish, Accounting, Web-Based Design), so that is one of the main reasons. I have had meetings after my classes for assignments, as well as preparing for graduation in December. Working at the center requires me to be on call 24/7, which I do not mind to an extent, but it requires a lot of my time while I am there with meals and bible studies. I like being a part of those things, but with the attendance policy I do not feel that I am being fair to the others that live there by not attending or being involved. I feel by not living there, I can be available during the day after class, but the evening I have to study and do homework and be able to attend activities when I can. Also, I will be graduating in December and they are going to have to find someone to take my position. I was asked if I thought I could do my job even if I didn't live at the center and I said I think so, but I would be willing to try it to find out for sure. So with the school burden, I saw the opportunity to help my work load with school and be able to tell the board if the job would be as effective without living at the center.
I do want to clear up one thing that people have been wondering. I had to go before the steering committee (which is a group of local board members that help with disciplinary issues), for breaking one of the rules. This is not the reason I moved out. I have not hard feelings about the situation. I know that I messed up and had to suffer my consequences like anyone else would have, but this has nothing to do with the reason I moved out. I hope this provides a clarity to the situation, so that assumption with not be made as to reasons why things happened the way they did. I think the center offers great opportunities for underclassman and I hope that it will continue to serve them in that way, even after I am no longer employed by the center.

I have seen God working in my life, so much lately. I always feel like I don't have time, but when I keep him first it all seems to work out. I was talking with one of the college students last night about time and stress. And she said have you notice that when you think that you will never get it all done, something gets postponed or cancelled. We feel like that is God's way of helping us and giving us the time to get it all done. It is up to us to use those cancellations to get things done that we thought we couldn't do. The more we talked about it, the more I notice this happening more often than I ever realized. If I would just not worry and stress so much, but keep in my mind how it always works out..my life would be a lot less draining.

There is light at the end of the tunnel....I will be graduating soon and if I can get through this semester, I think is will be smooth sailing (except for Spanish in summer school) til December. But I am trying not to stress, to give it all to God!

It is about 7 weeks before we leave for Argentina this summer. I am getting excited and looking forward to getting away for a while. But there is still much work to be done, with fundraising, weekly meeting and a training weekend. But God is working in my life so I will get it all done and it will all work.

Today I am thankful for:
family
friends
the opportunity to try new things
God's love
prayer
money to pay my bills

I will try to be better about posting...please forgive me if I don't post as often as I would like...