Homework at Starbucks

For some reason it's just so much easier for me to focus at Starbucks than it is anywhere else. And because of that, I rejoice in the fact that once again I was able to spend the day there working on my homework. It really wasn't all that difficult of homework to do because a majority of the time I was writing a book report about an amazing book I had to read called The Peace Child. I highly recommend it if you haven't read it. I rejoice in ipads to do homework on and in good books to read and write about.

Stats

Has actually been much easier than I expected. And today marks the halfway point of class. Both definitely worth rejoicing in.

Graduation Petition

I submitted my paperwork to petition to graduate today. It's going to be here before I know it. So exciting! I rejoice in the fact that I am in the final stages of school before I graduate.

So close...

To being done. Tonight was my last night at my normal major class and tomorrow I have a final for one of my ge classes. I rejoice in the fact that I'm that much closer to being finished. Graduation will be here before I know it!

Also, I haven't blogged all week? I just saw that. Things have been crazy...my sister is getting married in just over a week...weird...but exciting :)

Back at school

After a 5 week break from Biola, it felt so good to be back tonight. I rejoice in the chance to spend time at a place I love, with people I love, learning about things I love :)

Studying

Funny how much you can enjoy it when it's something you're interested in. Once I again I rejoice in the opportunity to spend time learning and growing. So, so thankful for Biola and the Bold program!

World Civ Paper

I rejoice that I finished it, just in time :) All I have left is an easy test and I'm finished with another class. Hurray for being one step closer to the end!

Oh, and I didn't blog the last 2 nights because our internet was down...

Another step closer

I finished another Bold class tonight. Which means I am one step closer to being done. Crazy! But so exciting. I rejoice in the opportunity to get a great education and the knowledge that I will be finished before I know it!

Graduation Meeting

I had a meeting with my counselor today to discuss my last few classes and my official graduation date. December 16, 2011 I will be an official college graduate. Hooray! I rejoice in the opportunity to get my degree and that it will be happening less than 11 months from now!

Speech Class

I petitioned one today. And I got in! Crazy considering the amount of people I heard were trying to petition in some classes. But, I am very thankful. I now attend three different schools. It feels weird to be back at a community college, but I rejoice in the opportunity to be one step closer to graduation in December. Woo hoo!!

New Testament

Yes, I know it didn't blog last night. But I have a good reason. I had my first show with Premier Designs! It went really well. But that was after having worked at Banana earlier in the day. So, needless to say I was exhausted when I got home. I went straight to bed. And didn't even think about my blog. Until I was just about asleep...but by then it wasn't worth getting up. I rejoice in the existence of grace and the fact that I don't "owe" anyone a blog post every single day:)

But, on to today. I started a new Bible class with Bold. New Testament. At 8 in the morning on a Saturday. And the teacher was late. Now all of those things might seem like things I would not rejoice in. But, the grand thing is, none of that matters in comparison. The teacher is seriously soooo good. He is a pastor at The Fields Church down in Carlsbad and is seriously passionate about the word of God. And it shows in his teaching! He started with some of the basics of inspiration and composition of the New Testament and such, along with some of the important aspects of studying the Bible. I'm so excited to get into the meat of the New Testament next week. I'm sure there will be quite a few things I already know, but hearing it from a fresh perspective, from someone who knows what they are talking about and is excited about what they are talking about, is always good. And, I know there are still tons of things I have left to learn so that will be awesome too! My teacher is also a dad to six kids, so that may have had a tiny bit to do with why I liked him so much:) Either way though, I rejoice once again in the opportunity I have to attend such a great school and to learn from so many smart, well educated, passionate teachers. Ones who are also genuinely interested in my life and regularly want to know how they can pray for me. Oh, and in my teacher's defense, he wasn't actually late. We just met in a room, in a building, on a campus that he wasn't used to meeting in.

Back to the books

I started on my homework for the new semester today, as you can see from my pile of books...

I rejoice once again in the opportunity I have to attend a Christian university and to continue to learn more about my wonderful Savior and his amazing Word.

Last Night

Tonight I rejoice in the completion of yet another class. I'm getting so close to the end...

Easy

All my homework that was due in class and the quiz I took tonight were all really easy. I rejoice in a super easy day school wise.

Surviving

Tonight I rejoice in surviving my first night of physiological psych. This class is gonna be a toughie! But, thankfully, I have had this teacher before and she is a great teacher. I rejoice in having good teachers to learn from. I also rejoice in having good friends to sit in class with.

Marriage and Family

Tonight I rejoice in the end of probably my least favorite class in the Bold program so far. Although the content doesn't necessarily pertain to me in my current time of life per se, I was excited about learning more about it. The class ended up not nearly living up to my expectations. So, I can of course do nothing but rejoice in the fact that it has finally finished. I also rejoice in having great friends/classmates without whom I would not have survived!

Spiritual Journey

Tonight in class we had to share a quick version of our testimony or "spiritual journey" to speak in Psych and Spiritual Development lingo:) I rejoice in the chance to share a bit of how God has worked in my life in the last almost 29 years and also simply the fact that he has. I also rejoice in the blessing of hearing and being encouraged by the stories of others' lives. All of our stories are so different and unique and yet each one has played out exactly the way the God has ordained.

Psych and Spiritual Development

Tonight I rejoice in the blessing of being able to go to school at Biola and learn so much about myself and more importantly about my amazing God and how he works, especially in our lives. I think for the next not quite a year (can you believe that's all I have left? I rejoice in that too!) that many Thursdays will be filled with some sort of rejoicing having to do with school. It's just hard to find something much better in my life right now. It is definitely the place where I am growing the most in my walk with the Lord, and that is certainly worth rejoicing in. That is another thing I can be thankful for. I probably wouldn't have rejoiced this much in school had I gone to college "when I was supposed to".

New Class and Cute Boys

First of all, sorry to all those who noticed and missed my lack of post last night. I was at a sleep over with my high school girls and in the midst of hanging out forgot all about blogging. I do however rejoice in the joy that comes from hanging out with those crazy girls :)

For tonight I rejoice in the first night of a new class. It was nice to have a week off but good to be back in the classroom and with all my fun classmates. And, this is going to be a great class! Psych and Spiritual Development. So excited to continue learning and growing.

I also rejoice in the return of the Talbot Seminary students ;) It's been a long summer without them. Cute boys wandering the halls makes break time just that much more enjoyable. And who knows, maybe one of those boys will someday be my husband...

Bible, Bowling, and Bubbles

The day started off oh so splendidly. It was my last day of Old Testament survey. Which means...

I never have to see these books again. 

Unless of course I decide to on my own free will. Now don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved learning so many things about the Old Testament, and more importantly God, that I didn't already know. But, cramming info from 39 books of the Bible into 7 weeks, not fun. I was pretty nervous about our final, as our professor warned us that it's the most challenging. However, I'm fairly certain that I did better than I did on any of the other tests. Go figure. 

On to the afternoon. I got to not care about whether what I was wearing matched or not and go have some fun bowling with my high school kids from church. Here's a few shots of our wild and crazy outfits...

And to end the day, I got to hang out with this cute kid...

She spent the afternoon at a birthday party and missed her nap, so she had to go to bed early which meant not much hang out time. But, I was able to capture this...

Can you see the bubble??? :)

Today was a good day. Definitely one worth rejoicing in. Thank you Lord!