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It's been a good weekend. Not so much for my schoolwork but in other areas of life it's been great. I really don't like the fact that school consumes my life at times; that makes me think that maybe getting a PhD isn't in my future.
Well I decided at the last minute to go on this Women's retreat with DTS. I had kind of thought about it when I first heard about it b/c I had some friends that went last year nad had a great time, but then I decided a weekend at home with no baby-sitting would be great. But then some people really started talking to me about going and I even got an email from one of the people leading so I decided to go. And to be honest going on a retreat with just women really wasn't all that appealing to me. I"m not sure why though. And I'll admit is was kind of weird it being all women. The speaker-she was great-but I wasn't exactly challenged. I had a great time just hanging out with people and with my group.
Then Saturday after 45 min. of bumper to bumper and more driving I was home in time to watch the Bama/Florida game,which I sincerely was hoping Bama would pull out a win. But alas, it didn't happen. I slept through a bit of the game b/c I was exhausted. I don't sleep well when I'm not home (or a place familiar to me) so I took a nap. Then I went to an Inside Islam dinner. I went early to help register. It was really interesting. A guy with Frontiers spoke and another man gave his testimony. He's from Sierra Leone and grew up in a Muslim home. It was incredible. And we had Arabic food-does it get better than hummus, chicken, pita bread and falafel? =)
Today, I didn't do much, except watch alot of LOST. And I did some reading.
Tomorrow I have work, then a little baby-sitting from like 3:00-5:30. And it's the weekly grind again.
I feel like I'm turning a corner being here. My attitude has changed. I realize that my online class is not going to be my favourite. God has me here and I'm not sure if I exactly have to know why other than He wants me here. I think we (I) get so wrapped up in having to know why, why why, which is something I like knowing, but I'm not sure if it's always necessary. I was thinking of that this weekend. I've also been thinking about the Cross-cultural missions program. Alot of people guess that's the program I'm in and I'd honestly love to have those classes and that degree as well. But I don't know how that would work financially. And really the thought of being in Dallas longer is not pleasant. But we'll see what happens. If anyone reads this I'd love some prayer for direction.
Well I"m going to concentrate on some LOST now.
Peace out!!
Well I decided at the last minute to go on this Women's retreat with DTS. I had kind of thought about it when I first heard about it b/c I had some friends that went last year nad had a great time, but then I decided a weekend at home with no baby-sitting would be great. But then some people really started talking to me about going and I even got an email from one of the people leading so I decided to go. And to be honest going on a retreat with just women really wasn't all that appealing to me. I"m not sure why though. And I'll admit is was kind of weird it being all women. The speaker-she was great-but I wasn't exactly challenged. I had a great time just hanging out with people and with my group.
Then Saturday after 45 min. of bumper to bumper and more driving I was home in time to watch the Bama/Florida game,which I sincerely was hoping Bama would pull out a win. But alas, it didn't happen. I slept through a bit of the game b/c I was exhausted. I don't sleep well when I'm not home (or a place familiar to me) so I took a nap. Then I went to an Inside Islam dinner. I went early to help register. It was really interesting. A guy with Frontiers spoke and another man gave his testimony. He's from Sierra Leone and grew up in a Muslim home. It was incredible. And we had Arabic food-does it get better than hummus, chicken, pita bread and falafel? =)
Today, I didn't do much, except watch alot of LOST. And I did some reading.
Tomorrow I have work, then a little baby-sitting from like 3:00-5:30. And it's the weekly grind again.
I feel like I'm turning a corner being here. My attitude has changed. I realize that my online class is not going to be my favourite. God has me here and I'm not sure if I exactly have to know why other than He wants me here. I think we (I) get so wrapped up in having to know why, why why, which is something I like knowing, but I'm not sure if it's always necessary. I was thinking of that this weekend. I've also been thinking about the Cross-cultural missions program. Alot of people guess that's the program I'm in and I'd honestly love to have those classes and that degree as well. But I don't know how that would work financially. And really the thought of being in Dallas longer is not pleasant. But we'll see what happens. If anyone reads this I'd love some prayer for direction.
Well I"m going to concentrate on some LOST now.
Peace out!!