So we're officially in week 9 of the quarter, and I think all of us are ready for a break! I know I am! It has been a crazy first quarter here in LA, as I've been adjusting to being a full time student, living in a place where I don't know anyone really well, and getting used to how incredibly intense everything is in seminary. Academics are intense because each quarter is only 10 weeks and the professors have SO much information to give us, and the emotional side of life is intense too as God is constantly working through lectures, chapel speakers, conversations with people, prayer time with people, and one-on-one time with Him. The other day I had a couple of conversations with people and after walking away from my second hard conversation of the day I remember thinking to myself "I think I am officially a grown up now, these conversations don't happen unless you're an adult--am i ready to be an adult?! how did that happen?!" But I do LOVE Fuller and love being a student here--I have had it confirmed over and over again this fall that I made the right decision and this really is where I am supposed to be.
Midterms came and went, and I actually did really well--and then came the apathy and laziness of weeks 7 & 8 as we all kind of recovered from midterms and tried to motivate ourselves to get started on all the stuff we need to do before the end of the quarter! I leave on Thanksgiving morning to fly to Colorado to meet my parents and spend time at my grandparent's house which I am really looking forward to even though I have to haul a lot of schoolwork with me. Then in just a couple weeks I'll be back in Seattle with friends for 10 whole days--YAY!! I am very excited to be back in the rain, the cold, the coffee shops, and the company of people who know me so well. I get to spend time there and then get to head to Minneapolis for a week and a 1/2 for my first white Christmas--I think I might freeze to death though--it is about a 50 degree temperature difference right now between LA and Minnesota--my body might go through a bit of a shock!
The other AMAZING thing God has done this quarter is put me in the midst of a wonderful group on campus--the presbyterian students. We meet weekly for chapel together and have had several social events, and this is where I feel like a lot of my community is going to come from these next few years as we support one another through the long ordination process. Because the PCUSA ordains women, there are a great group of women in this group at varying stages of life and of the ordination process, and just in these few weeks I have already felt an incredible amount of care and support from them. Praise God for leading me to a group I connected with so well so quickly!
Ok, that's it for now, I need to go study some Greek! Check back in a few weeks--I'll write more over Christmas break :) Blessings on your holiday weekend!
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