Start of something new...

I'm finally getting a chance to update this!
I reaaally wanted to write something way sooner than this, but it turns out the internet at our apartment had to be re-setup, so we didn't have any internet until Thursday! Luckily I could use my phone if I really needed something, but there was no way I could blog from my phone. ha

So, ANYway. Here I am. Finally able to feel connected to my blog again. (there's just something I really like about it!)

This past week turned out to be pretty great and a major blessing.

When I first got back on Saturday I was not a happy camper. At all.

I honestly just wanted to turn right around and come back home. (I know, BIG surprise there)

But the thing was, since I felt so upset about it, I was praying hardcore and giving up everything to God every time I felt a wave of homesickness or uncertainty.
By Sunday I felt SO much better. God gave me SUCH a peace about everything that only God can give. It was really so wonderful.

This week I've been trying to have my "quiet time" with God in the mornings before I start my day, and it worked out really well this week. (In the sense that I actually got up earlier to spend time with God, bc of course God will meet with me whenever!)
It's become a time now that I seriously look forward to sooo much, and I can't wait to have that time. It's so nice to continually give up my anxieties and stress and human selfishness to God everyday in exchange for His amazing peace and plan.

The first week of junior block was good and also not so good.

I LOVE my teaching literacy class. Dr. Topping is so fun and she makes class really interesting, so those three hours fly by.

On Tuesday after my other three classes I was feeling a bit overwhelmed.
Okay, I was feeling really overwhelmed. It was just a lot to have three in a row. They handed out the dreaded syllabus and then explained EVERY project, EVERY lesson plan, EVERY unit, basically every little thing we would ever need to know for the whole semester. (Now I know why God only let's us know what we need for TODAY! Our minds are certainly not equipped to handle all that other information for later on.)

So I was also able to really pray about that and give my stress and anxiety about classes back to God. He helped me to remember that I was feeling this EXACT way (like really to the T) last semester and I made it out in one piece. Not even that but I was able to do really well. I know that God will carry me through this semester too, just like the last one. :)

I've been learning that our current circumstances, stress, and all the things on our to-do list, can't even touch God's peace. It doesn't matter what we have going on in our lives, we can always lay it down (even for a short time) when we come to God and feel at peace.

I've also been trying to include God in every part of my day, not just that set aside time. That's still a work in progress though.

It's really strange being the "main" one in the house now who pays for everything and knows how to do stuff. I forgot until I got to school that I needed to set things up again. Like the trash, and the internet, and figure things out with the electric.

I feel like such a grown-up sometimes. So strange.

Besides that, I'm loving living with Kay and Shelbs so far. :)

Thursday was also my birthday! I'm 21...which I can't even begin to fathom. I wanted to write a post for my b-day but I'll do that another time.

:)