College Craziness

So, classes started today. But that was far from being the beginning of the college “craziness” that has become a central piece of my life in the last two years. In fact, I lived through the freshman orientation experience twice now, from both the place of a freshman and now as a student mentor. I was assigned to a focus group of ten freshmen ranging in major from Biblical Studies and Biblical Languages to Philosophy and Christian Ministries (Pre-Seminary/Missions). They are quite an amazing group and I have nothing to complain about from them and they have become, to me, a great group of people to hang with, talk with, and laugh with. So, if any of your guys read this, make sure we do so!

We did a lot of fun stuff…PISGAH, a river cruise in Pittsburgh, dinner-and-a-movie at the Waterfront, and a huge scavenger hunt/bonfire, along with some other things. About half of them are now registered in the Elementary Hebrew course that I am TA (teaching assistant) for. So, it’ll be great to get to know all of them better in the course of this semester.

In other news, I finished my first day of classes today. All of my classes look like they’ll be fun, with the exception of SCS 110 (Intro to Natural Sciences), but even that class doesn’t look like it will be too difficult (Praise God!). I have some great professors, great fellow students, and some really interesting books (Yes, I get to re-read The Chosen by Chaim Potok for a class).

At any rate, there is much to do and much energy to expend before the day is out. Do pray that I would be submissive to God’s will, attuned to His leading, and strongly inclined to look out for what He would have me do as I seek to serve Him.

S.D.G.