Well, I have now been here for over a week, and the Jumpstart orientation week has come to an end. I am officially a freshman at Walla Walla University, and I will be starting classes tomorrow. At 10am, I have Intro To Music, followed by Pre-Calculus, then A&P at noon. I'm in the process of looking for a job and getting textbooks purchased. Those things are SOOOO expensive! I priced them out at the University Shop, and they were nearly $800. Online I found them for $462. But I can't afford either, so I'm buying some at the University Shop, and some online.
Tonight is the Welcome Back Bash. We will have a bunch of activities and such, and will have the opportunity to sign up for various on-campus clubs. I'm really enjoying dorm life, as I always have. Last night from 11pm-1am I played a game called Battlefield, basically a huge game of tag that covers several blocks, even miles. The person that is "it" is in a car with a spotter holding a flashlight, and everyone else has to reach a certain place that was preassigned without being caught. Pretty much anything goes, as far as running through people's yards, hiding in bushes, etc. But we hope that most people have the respect not to encroach on private property. :-) And if the cops give someone a hard time, they're on their own.
So now I'm sitting in the dorm (Sittner, the main men's dorm). I'm in the lobby where everyone is watching the Dallas-Washington football game on the big-screen TV. It's hilarious how many girls are hardcore football fans.
Anyways, I'm going to go buy some books at the University Shop, then see who I can come up with to hang out with....
And I'm off!!!!
Well, tomorrow's the big day!! I'm going to COLLEGE! Finally. It's about flippin' time.
Do you know how stressful planning for college can be though?? Do you realize how incredibly MUCH there is to do as far as registration, financial aid, packing, financial aid, laundry, financial aid, and financial aid?? You can probably tell that there has been something on my mind lately, eh?
So today was my last day at work. I got off at about 10:30pm, and I'm headed out tomorrow, hopefully by 6am. I have to get up at 4:30am so I can finish getting packed. I'm going to stop and say good-bye to Nicki on my way through Auburn. My parents are taking me over there, and apparently there is some parent meeting or something they are going to stay for on Sunday. Then I'm on my own again. I'm really actually looking forward to dorm life again. It'll be pretty fun, especially since it's college dorm life. More freedom, ya know?
Keep me in your prayers as I embark on this new journey. I really need to stay strong, and get myself into a good routine. I need to start really working out. Quiznos has wreaked havoc on my waistline. :-P I gained 20 pounds in the 6 months I worked there. But according to my doctor, I am now the perfect weight for my height. I guess I just need to tone it. But ya.... I need a good established schedule for devotions, work, school, homework, sleep, and working out. My schedule is looking pretty full. My classes are as follows.
Anatomy and Physiology- 4 credits
Pre-Calculus- 4 credits
Intro to Music- 4 credits
Survey of Health- 2 credits
Parables of Jesus- 2 credits
Then I also have an A&P lab for three hours on Wednesday afternoons.
Anyways, I need to get some winks before we head out in the morning, so I shall bid you all adieu, and shall continue more when I have arrived at that great place that's so cool they named it twice--
Walla Walla.
Do you know how stressful planning for college can be though?? Do you realize how incredibly MUCH there is to do as far as registration, financial aid, packing, financial aid, laundry, financial aid, and financial aid?? You can probably tell that there has been something on my mind lately, eh?
So today was my last day at work. I got off at about 10:30pm, and I'm headed out tomorrow, hopefully by 6am. I have to get up at 4:30am so I can finish getting packed. I'm going to stop and say good-bye to Nicki on my way through Auburn. My parents are taking me over there, and apparently there is some parent meeting or something they are going to stay for on Sunday. Then I'm on my own again. I'm really actually looking forward to dorm life again. It'll be pretty fun, especially since it's college dorm life. More freedom, ya know?
Keep me in your prayers as I embark on this new journey. I really need to stay strong, and get myself into a good routine. I need to start really working out. Quiznos has wreaked havoc on my waistline. :-P I gained 20 pounds in the 6 months I worked there. But according to my doctor, I am now the perfect weight for my height. I guess I just need to tone it. But ya.... I need a good established schedule for devotions, work, school, homework, sleep, and working out. My schedule is looking pretty full. My classes are as follows.
Anatomy and Physiology- 4 credits
Pre-Calculus- 4 credits
Intro to Music- 4 credits
Survey of Health- 2 credits
Parables of Jesus- 2 credits
Then I also have an A&P lab for three hours on Wednesday afternoons.
Anyways, I need to get some winks before we head out in the morning, so I shall bid you all adieu, and shall continue more when I have arrived at that great place that's so cool they named it twice--
Walla Walla.
So expensive...
Good grief. They say that college is expensive, and especially private universities-- and they sure aren't lying! My goodness...
I'm really thankful, though, that as of today, Walla Walla has offered me $19,383.00 in financial aid for this first year-- and only about $6,000 of that is in the form of loans. So I will be leaving to officially begin my collegiate experience on Friday, September 19th.
I'm really thankful, though, that as of today, Walla Walla has offered me $19,383.00 in financial aid for this first year-- and only about $6,000 of that is in the form of loans. So I will be leaving to officially begin my collegiate experience on Friday, September 19th.
How Many Kings?
Follow the star to a place unexpected
Would you believe after all we’ve projected
A child in a manger
Lowly and small, the weakest of all
Unlikeliest hero, wrapped in his mothers shawl
Just a child
Is this who we’ve waited for?
Cause how many kings, stepped down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
How many gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that has torn all apart?
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?
Bringing our gifts for the newborn savior
All that we have whether costly or meek
Because we believe
Gold for his honor and frankincense for his pleasure
And myrrh for the cross he’ll suffer
Do you believe, is this who we’ve waited for?
How many kings, stepped down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
How many Gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that has torn all apart?
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?
Only one did that for me
All for me
All for you
All for me
All for you
As I listened to this song, I thought of leadership. I thought of the role of a king, and about the kings that we read about in books. I am in the middle of the movie Troy. It tells of the famous legend of Achilles and the story of the Trojan horse. There are primarily two kings in the story, brothers, both kings in Greece. Menelaus and Agamemnon are their names. They are as ruthless, perverse, and bloodthirsty as they come. Absolute pictures of evil.
At one point in the movie, Menelaus is attempting to persuade Agamemnon to support him in a fight against Troy to take back Helen, his queen. Agamemnon mocks Menelaus by telling him, "I thought you wanted peace with Troy." Menelaus replies, "I should have listened to you." And Agamemnon tells him, "Peace is for the women and the weak. Empires are forged by war." At another point, Paris, the young prince of Troy who ran off with Helen, tells his father, King Priam, "Father, you are a great king, because you love your country so much. Every blade of grass, every grain of sand, every rock in the river... you love all of Troy."
As I contemplated these things, along with the lyrics of the song above, I pondered what it means to be a king, what true greatness is. And how these things pertain to the King of kings, the One who stepped down from His throne for you and for me, to give us the life we didn't deserve. True greatness is found in love. Kingliness is most evident in sacrifice. Power and force have nothing to do with these things.
Our God is an amazing God because He loves us so much. Every individual, with their unique characteristics, is special in His sight because that is how He made them. All the way down to the smallest, most insignificant little child in the back-country of the smallest, most insignificant country in the world... "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times." Jesus didn't enter this world a great ruler from a powerful dynasty. He was an unknown baby boy that didn't matter, born in a tiny city in a wimpy country.
Yet He became that one King. The King that did that for me.
Would you believe after all we’ve projected
A child in a manger
Lowly and small, the weakest of all
Unlikeliest hero, wrapped in his mothers shawl
Just a child
Is this who we’ve waited for?
Cause how many kings, stepped down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
How many gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that has torn all apart?
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?
Bringing our gifts for the newborn savior
All that we have whether costly or meek
Because we believe
Gold for his honor and frankincense for his pleasure
And myrrh for the cross he’ll suffer
Do you believe, is this who we’ve waited for?
How many kings, stepped down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
How many Gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that has torn all apart?
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?
Only one did that for me
All for me
All for you
All for me
All for you
As I listened to this song, I thought of leadership. I thought of the role of a king, and about the kings that we read about in books. I am in the middle of the movie Troy. It tells of the famous legend of Achilles and the story of the Trojan horse. There are primarily two kings in the story, brothers, both kings in Greece. Menelaus and Agamemnon are their names. They are as ruthless, perverse, and bloodthirsty as they come. Absolute pictures of evil.
At one point in the movie, Menelaus is attempting to persuade Agamemnon to support him in a fight against Troy to take back Helen, his queen. Agamemnon mocks Menelaus by telling him, "I thought you wanted peace with Troy." Menelaus replies, "I should have listened to you." And Agamemnon tells him, "Peace is for the women and the weak. Empires are forged by war." At another point, Paris, the young prince of Troy who ran off with Helen, tells his father, King Priam, "Father, you are a great king, because you love your country so much. Every blade of grass, every grain of sand, every rock in the river... you love all of Troy."
As I contemplated these things, along with the lyrics of the song above, I pondered what it means to be a king, what true greatness is. And how these things pertain to the King of kings, the One who stepped down from His throne for you and for me, to give us the life we didn't deserve. True greatness is found in love. Kingliness is most evident in sacrifice. Power and force have nothing to do with these things.
Our God is an amazing God because He loves us so much. Every individual, with their unique characteristics, is special in His sight because that is how He made them. All the way down to the smallest, most insignificant little child in the back-country of the smallest, most insignificant country in the world... "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times." Jesus didn't enter this world a great ruler from a powerful dynasty. He was an unknown baby boy that didn't matter, born in a tiny city in a wimpy country.
Yet He became that one King. The King that did that for me.
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