Sigh
Classes start for me tomorrow. I'm not ready-I don't think most of us are. Like I'm usually a little pumped for classes to start but not this time. I don't know if part of it is I know what's in store for me or what exactly, but I'm not just not ready. Alot of my other friends have been in a state of syllabus shock. Oh, seminary.
I had a pretty great conversation with Lera yesterday on messenger. She had sent me an e-mail Saturday night/Sunday morning and in it she said she was jealous of my belief in God and wished that she had one. So I asked her what was keeping her from having one. And she said that in Russia or for a Russian it's not enough to just pray to God and read the Bible that you have all these hard rules to follow. I told her that I know Russians that believe in God like I do and it's not about following rules but about a friendship with Jesus. She didn't respond to that. And she also said that it's hard for her to explain in Russian why she doesn't/can't believe in God so she couldn't really in English. She told me that she just thinks that she's a person that can't believe in Jesus. I told her that when I was her age that I thought the same thing about herself. And she said maybe when she gets older she can as she thinks about things more. So that is awesome that she's open to it and she's open to me talking about Jesus to her and my relationship with Him. This is so huge b/c last year when I asked her just what she thought about God she told me it wasn't any of my business and wouldn't answer the question. This is huge. And it kind of confirms for me that I'm going back next summer. I'm going to ask her if she would consider going to the Baptist church there and if she doesn't want to go alone I totally understand that, but I'm going to ask if she would go with me b/c she might just do that.
I'm bummed about school starting also b/c I can't talk to Lera on MSN as much and it's been so nice to be able to and talk about these hard questions that she has. God is amazing. He is the only one that can change hearts and it amazes me how He does it.
I've really got to get back into the mind-set of school and work.
Does it kind of weird anyone else out that Hoover High school is one MTV? B/c it does me. It's just weird.
All right, it's time to get ready for tomorrow. I need an attitude change-I don't want to scare any of the first timers. =)
I had a pretty great conversation with Lera yesterday on messenger. She had sent me an e-mail Saturday night/Sunday morning and in it she said she was jealous of my belief in God and wished that she had one. So I asked her what was keeping her from having one. And she said that in Russia or for a Russian it's not enough to just pray to God and read the Bible that you have all these hard rules to follow. I told her that I know Russians that believe in God like I do and it's not about following rules but about a friendship with Jesus. She didn't respond to that. And she also said that it's hard for her to explain in Russian why she doesn't/can't believe in God so she couldn't really in English. She told me that she just thinks that she's a person that can't believe in Jesus. I told her that when I was her age that I thought the same thing about herself. And she said maybe when she gets older she can as she thinks about things more. So that is awesome that she's open to it and she's open to me talking about Jesus to her and my relationship with Him. This is so huge b/c last year when I asked her just what she thought about God she told me it wasn't any of my business and wouldn't answer the question. This is huge. And it kind of confirms for me that I'm going back next summer. I'm going to ask her if she would consider going to the Baptist church there and if she doesn't want to go alone I totally understand that, but I'm going to ask if she would go with me b/c she might just do that.
I'm bummed about school starting also b/c I can't talk to Lera on MSN as much and it's been so nice to be able to and talk about these hard questions that she has. God is amazing. He is the only one that can change hearts and it amazes me how He does it.
I've really got to get back into the mind-set of school and work.
Does it kind of weird anyone else out that Hoover High school is one MTV? B/c it does me. It's just weird.
All right, it's time to get ready for tomorrow. I need an attitude change-I don't want to scare any of the first timers. =)