Back at Biola

Here are some pictures as I promised :) 

My class schedule is packed so far, 18 units and counting, most likely to 21 if I can get an online class. New room and roommates are awesome, ill take some pics of the room tomorrow if I get some time. This year looks like it is going to be a great one :0) I feel so blessed to be here, since I was close to not being able to. It is a little weird, some things have definitely changed, old people have gone, new people have come, which is expected. I guess I am just old fashioned and wish that things could stay the same sometimes.  But the changes keep me on my toes, and really are creating me into who God has designed me to be. 

I miss you all and hope you enjoy the pics :) 

                My roommates and I went to the beach,and had a total blast!

Unemployed

As of 11:15 tonight, after I hung up my apron and picked up my check, I was officially unemployed! Three jobs this summer was really trying on me, cleaning houses and church at the wee hours of the morning, teaching summer school 8 hours a day, and then working all nights and weekends at Cold Stone!  When I walked out of work tonight I wanted to jump and skip and laugh and dance, just to get the full effect of freedom until I head back to school on Sunday. 

It has been a LONG summer. I had all of these goals and plans for the summer, to get back into awesome shape, get better at the guitar, have some better quiet time, spend a lot of time with my family, and get enough money together to buy a car.  I began the summer with my parents telling me that I would not be going back to college for about  a year, and that college as far as financially, was all up to me now.  From there I clicked into work mode, and have been there ever since. I got into 3 car accidents this summer, which cost me a lot. I worked OVER 70 hours every week, some days were 14 hour days.  I worked out on breaks and in the mornings, until I realized that, that was using up all of the energy that I needed on my long days.  I did get to play a little guitar :) I was blessed to hear from Biola last week, and was given a no interest loan, so I am going back!  And I had a few wonderful days of my family and quiet time with God, but for some reason I do not feel as accomplished as I was shooting for.  But thats okay :) 

     Overall, I am so thankful and feel so incredibly blessed that God provided all that work for me, exhausting as it was.  I made some amazing friends, and had the coolest students this summer!  One of them came into Cold Stone tonight to tell me that he passed the English test, and now he is in the new kindergarten class.  We worked so diligently this summer on his English, since his primary language is Spanish, and I am so thrilled that he passed! 

     So I now have one more day before I head back to school :) I will post more about summer, and my family, and things later, on a night that is not so late :)

 

Above is my summer class (minus about 5) after their first day of kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade.

Prayer Request

Those of you who follow my blog know that college thus far has been a bit of a financial struggle for me.  For the past four years I have done nothing but work and go to school.  This summer I have been working 3 jobs and had the mindset that I would not be going back to Biola in the fall.  Thankfully, last week I got a call from Biola and they are giving me a loan, which is great! And with my scholarship, awesome family, and bonds all that I need now is 1,200 dollars. Please be praying that somehow God could provide me with this money for school in the next two weeks. I am sorry that I have been so lazy about blogging at all lately, I have been amazingly busy, but I promise I will do an update blog soon :) I love you and miss you all. Thank you for your prayers.