First Week of Classes

Well, I have had 5 out of my 6 classes this week and so far I love them all. They are going to be challenging with quite a bit of homework, but it's going to be a great year. God is really going to push me, grow me, and show me new things, but I'm very excited. I also am very tired. I haven't been sleeping all that great, but that might have to do with the fact that I'm not going to bed as early as I should. But it's college, right? ;)

This week, most of the IGNITE (the missions program I will be going into next semester, starting in January) team was here for orientation. Yesterday, I had the chance to spend most of the day with them since I didn't have anything else going on. Pastor Jack Hayford (the U.S. Foursquare President) came and talked to us and told us how excited he is for this program starting and how excited he is about what God is doing not only in Foursquare but around the world. This whole campus has a sense that we are on the edge of something great. God is about to do something never seen before and it's going to be awesome. I am just excited to be apart of it, in anyway I can be. I do have to say though, that it has been hard not being totally with the team, and being torn between that and school. I'm trying to find a balance but it's hard. Especially with my very full load of classes.

And that brings me to a decision I made today. I'm not going to be working this semester. I feel like I will have enough homework and class work to keep me busy and I don't want to have anything come between my studies and what God wants to teach me. This also means my budget will have to be tighter, but I'm totally trusting God for everything. He brought me here, He wants me here, He'll get me through school. I'm just totally believing that.

So life is going fantastically! Everything is going really well and I thank you so much for your prayers! I know if it weren't for them, I would not be here. Continue to pray for strength, for friendships, for relationships, but also for this campus. Pray that God would move in ways He has never moved here before and that the world would be changed, starting here California and spreading to the ends of the earth!