So, it's now the third week of classes for my second semester. Last post was the fourth week for my first semester. There's been a LOT of stuff going on since then.
I finished up last semester quite strong. Through the Lord helping me, I managed to get some excellent grades, something that made me pretty happy. I got through a couple of classes that were, at times, very challenging to me. Thankfully, I managed to maintain my sanity too.
Christmas break was pretty amazing. I got to spend a lot of time with various friends and family, unwind, relax, and read whatever I wanted to. I really enjoyed it. The best part was being at Belle Center for church. Even though I've plugged in very well with Eastvale RPC here at school, it still isn't home for me.
So, what am I up to now? Besides "Sweet Home Alabama" having just come onto Pandora, I just finished up reading Chapter 4 of Business and Professional Communication, a textbook for one of my 5 classes + 1 book discussion this semester. I have Business Communications, Communications (standard.. yeah, it helps having them both at the same time), Quantitative Analysis, Bible (New Testament), and Humanities. The book discussion is "The Jesus Way" by Eugene Peterson. I still haven't entirely formed an opinion on this book, but I know it's going to make me think, which is really why I decided to take the discussion. The classes are going well - there's a bit less of a workload than I was expecting. However, I have 8:00 classes three days a week, and that's been interesting getting used to.
The biggest thing that happened to me lately was being able to go to a conference in Indiana over Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. It pretty much shook me to the core... it was just incredibly convicting. James Faris, the speaker, challenged the attendees to forsake the sins of their youth. I realized how much I still have to work on some these particular ones, and how much I really need Christ and others to help me with them, and not just go at them on my own. So, I'm now getting together with a couple close friends, Will and Jake, once a week to be spending time in mutual encouragement and prayer. We do meet more than once a week normally, but we have one time every week where we specifically set aside an hour or two to devotions and such. We also decided to start going on memorizing the Shorter Catechism. By the way, in case anyone wants to hear the talks, here they are.
In closing, one thing that I got for Christmas was a camera. As a result, I'll hopefully be able to start taking interesting pictures of things going on. For a taste, here's a few...
This is my new cousin, Moriah. My uncle and aunt adopted her... she is SUCH a sweetie! :)
These are Jake and Will. Great pic of them. :D They were both at TFY with me this summer.
This was at the conference.. everyone that was there that had been at TFY.
A picture I took last night. I need to get better at night pictures... I took about 15, and this was the only one that turned out nicely.
Lastly... I shaved my head last night. :D
