Overjoyed and a tad sad
I just signed up for next semester classes. I got into all 4 classes I wanted/needed. I am so glad. At the same time it is a little bittersweet to know that is that last time I had to sign up for classes at Flagler. It is seems kind of strange that college is almost over. Seriously. Where did it go? Seriously. I am so excited about the future, but lets be honest: I will not see or probably even talk to half the people I have known over the past 4 years. Is that not sad? Seriously. I will of course stay in touch with my really close friends, but those who I casually knew and enjoyed talking to on a semi-regular basis I will in reality never see again.....Ok. enough boo-hooing...I have absolutely fabulous news!!!!!!! (CAUTION: Those who take offense to or don't agree with people who love Jesus and trust in Him....You may not want to read the following...but give it a shot if you're curious! :)
Saturday morning I went downtown to meet up with my Evangelism Explosion (EE) team for "On-the-job training" (OJT). Quick info for those who don't know: EE is a class I take at church that trains you to share your faith. We have a book we read, workbook we answer questions in, outline we memorize and then tailor to our own needs and personalities (thought I would clarify that), and then we have OJT. This happens every week. We go out on OJT for about an hour every week and slowly start doing more of the outline every time (what we don't do-our trainer picks up). SO:
Saturday: I meet Lisa (fellow trainee and friend) and Ronnie (trainer and friend). We walk down St. George Street and we don't really see anybody that God is saying "talk to that person." So we walk around to the fort on the bay front. We walk past a college-aged girl sitting on a bench by herself studying. Ronnie doesn't tell us, but he thinks about talking to her, but he doesn't. We keep walking a few seconds more and Lisa says, "I think we should go talk to her. What do you think?" I don't want to because I know how hard it is to find time and peace and quiet to study. Who wants to hear about Jesus when you are stressing and cramming for a test? Well, evidently this girl did want to hear about it! Lisa and I split up the outline, made it our own and she trusted in Jesus!!! Woo-Hoo!! Go God!!! She was Catholic and when we first asked her "Have you come to the place in your spiritual life where you know for certain that if you were to die today you would go to heaven?" she answered she wasn't really worried about it. She didn't really think much of it. And when we asked," If you were to die today and stand before God and he said 'Why should I let you into my heaven?' What would you say?" she said she had been a pretty good person. She had never really done anything wrong to anyone. It was so amazing because after we prayed with her to accept Jesus as her Savior and her Lord she was beaming, knowing she was going to heaven because she accepted the free gift of eternal life!!! It was so awesome!!!!!!!!! God rocks!!! I feel so humbled and so honored that God chose me to be a part of that defining moment in her life. I was on a cloud and completely in awe of my God. I still am. AND that's not the end of the story! We missed OJT last week so we had to make up for it by staying out an extra hour.
I wish I had time to type about the rest of the day, but sadly I have to get to work. Ad Design is due tomorrow! Eeeek! God's got it under control though. Aahhhh! I am so unbelievably and undeservedly blessed!!!!! I am so in love with God!!!!
Saturday morning I went downtown to meet up with my Evangelism Explosion (EE) team for "On-the-job training" (OJT). Quick info for those who don't know: EE is a class I take at church that trains you to share your faith. We have a book we read, workbook we answer questions in, outline we memorize and then tailor to our own needs and personalities (thought I would clarify that), and then we have OJT. This happens every week. We go out on OJT for about an hour every week and slowly start doing more of the outline every time (what we don't do-our trainer picks up). SO:
Saturday: I meet Lisa (fellow trainee and friend) and Ronnie (trainer and friend). We walk down St. George Street and we don't really see anybody that God is saying "talk to that person." So we walk around to the fort on the bay front. We walk past a college-aged girl sitting on a bench by herself studying. Ronnie doesn't tell us, but he thinks about talking to her, but he doesn't. We keep walking a few seconds more and Lisa says, "I think we should go talk to her. What do you think?" I don't want to because I know how hard it is to find time and peace and quiet to study. Who wants to hear about Jesus when you are stressing and cramming for a test? Well, evidently this girl did want to hear about it! Lisa and I split up the outline, made it our own and she trusted in Jesus!!! Woo-Hoo!! Go God!!! She was Catholic and when we first asked her "Have you come to the place in your spiritual life where you know for certain that if you were to die today you would go to heaven?" she answered she wasn't really worried about it. She didn't really think much of it. And when we asked," If you were to die today and stand before God and he said 'Why should I let you into my heaven?' What would you say?" she said she had been a pretty good person. She had never really done anything wrong to anyone. It was so amazing because after we prayed with her to accept Jesus as her Savior and her Lord she was beaming, knowing she was going to heaven because she accepted the free gift of eternal life!!! It was so awesome!!!!!!!!! God rocks!!! I feel so humbled and so honored that God chose me to be a part of that defining moment in her life. I was on a cloud and completely in awe of my God. I still am. AND that's not the end of the story! We missed OJT last week so we had to make up for it by staying out an extra hour.
I wish I had time to type about the rest of the day, but sadly I have to get to work. Ad Design is due tomorrow! Eeeek! God's got it under control though. Aahhhh! I am so unbelievably and undeservedly blessed!!!!! I am so in love with God!!!!