School

School started on Tuesday, September 8th! I have loved reuniting with my school friends!...It is good to be back and hang out with them. I really like all my classes. There are definitely some I am not so fond of, like Cell Biology. I am hoping that will get interesting. As I read my book & sit in Physics class, some concepts are coming back to me, so that is useful.

I love school, because I love to learn. But at this point, I am a bit overwhelmed. I am already getting nervous for presentations...Normally, I drop classes when I discover that there is a presentation. Well, I can't this time, because the presentations are all part of my core classes. I have a 30 minute presentation for my Religious Studies major thesis. This will be about my independent study and my one month in Gabon. In my Medical Ethnobotany class, I have a group presentation, where my group has to teach the class for about an hour. In my Cell Biology lab, I have to give a 10 minute presentation about an experiment that I designed and executed. In my Junior Seminar for Biology majors, I have to present for two minutes on what I plan to do with my life post-graduation.

With school sucking up my life, Wednesday night Bible studies have been put on hold. I am not sure when/if those will resume. Right now, I can't handle it.

mhmm...so what else is new? Well, school isn't the only place I am learning, God is also teaching me alot. He is really teaching me how to love. Loving others as Christ loves us is SO difficult. I am sure many of you have read the passage in 1 Corinthians 13, where Paul gives a description of love. A love as he describes is beautiful. So, I am continually reminding myself to really love. I am learning what it is like to really obey God. Sometimes it is harder than others, this time it is definitely harder.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8a
Love is patient, love is knd.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love NEVER fails.