Well now, most of my guys have moved in. God has blessed me with a great group of guys and they are all starting to settle in. I have been praying for them all summer and God really came through, just like always.
At the moment things are fairly slow around here. Mostly I just hang out, eat and hang out. But that all changes tomorrow. Classes start on Thursday. I've always said that college would be even better if it wasn't for the classes. I'm only taking 16 credits so it shouldn't be too bad. As for now, I'm also only working at the Learning Center a grand total of 3 hours a week. I'm gonna be a millioniare.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Quick update =)
Need a date? Buy a field and a tractor and leave a little message for the ladies. Um, yeah. So I just read a follow-up on that giant farmer-style personal. (See previous post) That guy had 700 calls on his ad. I guess that's the way to do it when you need a date.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
At the bottom of my game...
My guys move in today. I am so excited. All the training, all the hard work, all the boring meetings, they all pay off today. God has been working in me all week to prepare me for today and I can't wait to see what he is going to do.
I prayed at the beginning of the week for God to break me, to make me humble and empty before him. I arrived at that point on Saturday night and again on Sunday night. I really hit rock bottom. I am so overwhelmed with how inadequate I am for the tasks that he has called me to this year. If anything even remotely right happens this year, it will be all because God worked some amazing miracles. It won't be because of me but rather despite me. My soul has been crying out to him the past couple of days and I am confident that he will be faithful.
Well, pandemonium (which, by the way, is my favorite word, but more on that another day...) is about to break out. Please remember me in your prayers and remember my guys, prayer is such a powerful thing because the one who answers is all powerful. It's gonna be a banner year for GCU!
I prayed at the beginning of the week for God to break me, to make me humble and empty before him. I arrived at that point on Saturday night and again on Sunday night. I really hit rock bottom. I am so overwhelmed with how inadequate I am for the tasks that he has called me to this year. If anything even remotely right happens this year, it will be all because God worked some amazing miracles. It won't be because of me but rather despite me. My soul has been crying out to him the past couple of days and I am confident that he will be faithful.
Well, pandemonium (which, by the way, is my favorite word, but more on that another day...) is about to break out. Please remember me in your prayers and remember my guys, prayer is such a powerful thing because the one who answers is all powerful. It's gonna be a banner year for GCU!
Friday, August 26, 2005
So I'm a slacker
The posts just aren't coming as often as they should. I know. I'm sorry. Next week will probably be bad too. But I'm thinking that by September 5 I should be back to consistently posting. Here's a little update to keep you demanding people happy:
Being an RA, so far, has been tremendous amounts of fun with lots of busy-ness and not much free time. I'm rushing about from place to place, doing everything I can to help out. The days have been starting around 8 in the morning and I am usually able to crash in my room around 10 or 11 at night. I'm starting to get a little tired. My residents move in on Monday. Sigh.
Since I left home on Saturday, so much has been accomplished. On Sunday morning, all of us RA's left for Prescott in northern Arizona for a leadership retreat. While we were there we built relationships, learned to trust each other (most of us anyway, but that's a story for another time), we grew closer to God and learned some things about working together by playing a whole monkey load of volleyball. After we got back on Tuesday we have been in meetings constantly. When I'm not in a meeting I'm prepping rooms for my residents or cleaning or decorating. It's not hard work at all, it's just that there's a lot of it.
Tomorrow I leave for Prescott again, this time for a Bible study leaders' meeting. Although it should be a lot of fun, it does mean that I will be hard-pressed for time tomorrow to get everything ready for Monday Move-in Madness. Pray lots.
Being an RA, so far, has been tremendous amounts of fun with lots of busy-ness and not much free time. I'm rushing about from place to place, doing everything I can to help out. The days have been starting around 8 in the morning and I am usually able to crash in my room around 10 or 11 at night. I'm starting to get a little tired. My residents move in on Monday. Sigh.
Since I left home on Saturday, so much has been accomplished. On Sunday morning, all of us RA's left for Prescott in northern Arizona for a leadership retreat. While we were there we built relationships, learned to trust each other (most of us anyway, but that's a story for another time), we grew closer to God and learned some things about working together by playing a whole monkey load of volleyball. After we got back on Tuesday we have been in meetings constantly. When I'm not in a meeting I'm prepping rooms for my residents or cleaning or decorating. It's not hard work at all, it's just that there's a lot of it.
Tomorrow I leave for Prescott again, this time for a Bible study leaders' meeting. Although it should be a lot of fun, it does mean that I will be hard-pressed for time tomorrow to get everything ready for Monday Move-in Madness. Pray lots.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
This doesn't count as a post!
Life is just a tad crazy right now. I packed my bags and moved in to the dorms at Grand Canyon on Saturday. On Sunday morning, all the student leadership headed up to Prescott for a fun-filled retreat. We came back Tuesday afternoon and have been busy with meetings and prepping our rooms since then. I understand that this update is pretty pathetic but hopefully I will have time to write a real post for tonight.
Friday, August 19, 2005
No touchy
So Jamie and I are on a "Contact Fast". It's kind of like a regular fast where you don't eat for a day or don't drink soda for a week to draw yourself closer to God, only we are restraining from physical contact (Ya know, hugging, kissing, that sorta stuff). I was talking with God on Wednesday night when this idea popped into my brain. After praying about it, I thought it would be a great idea for us to do. So for Thursday, Friday and Saturday we are keeping our physical contact to a bare minimum and we are going to try to spend the time we have together praying and reading the Bible and growing spiritually. We have never done anything like this before so we don't know what to expect out of it. But we know God is amazing and hopefully he will bless this decision by letting us draw nearer to him. If you think of it, remember us in your prayers.
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