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| Hello to those who still read these updates. It's been a really long time since I've been on xanga. Right now I'm living off campus in Bensalem with a few girls from PBU. I've been living here since September. Schoolwise, I withdrew from PBU about a month ago and am in the process of transferring to a state school to finish. It's a really long story and don't want to rehash the whole thing here on xanga. Anyways, I've been working a ton. I currently am working 2 different jobs. I'm working for Neshaminy Kids Club (they provide before and after school care for the elementary schools in the Neshaminy school district). I work for them 7-9 and 3-6. Then I work for Wee Care Daycare from 9:30-2:30 4 days a week. It takes alot out of me working with children basically from 7-6 every day but I love it! On a sad note, I'm leaving PA on May 16th. I'm happy to be going back and reconnecting with my family and friends from home, but it's going to be so hard for me to say goodbye to my friends from here, my church family (Langhorne Terrace Ministries) and say goodbye to my second family here (The Shumskis). I love them so much. They've helped me through so much over the last year and I've been their steady babysitter and I abolutely adore their kids and their love and support means more to me than words can say. I don't want to say goodbye to them. I'm also struggling a bit with seeing the majority of my friends getting engaged and married. In church today, Pastor Paul spoke about Jesus calming the storm and what we are afraid of. I'm afraid of being alone. If you think of it, please pray for me as I'm trying to find comfort in the Lord and doing what He wants me to do. I can only do things by His grace alone. | | |
| it's been three months since ive last posted on this thing. this summer has been so amazing and God has done amazing things in my life. i've been attending a new church for the summer and it has a fantastic college and career group. God has blessed me beyond anything i could have imagined with the new friends ive made. ive connected with them so well and so quickly. On a bit of a bad note, my old pastor at the church I had been attending is a little upset b/c alot of the youth either don't go to church or have started going to new churches. We hardly had any young ppl in the church and the new church I'm at is still a strong Bible preaching church. I really feel at peace and that I'm where God wants me right now. If one doesn't have good relationships at a church, they are more liable to change churches and church hop until they find the one they really connect at. This is the case with me. I felt accepted from the first day I went and I feel like I've known the crew for alot longer than 2 1/2 months. It's crazy and blows me away everytime I think about how much God has given me this summer. He is such an amazing and faithful Father and I've learned alot about Him over the course of this summer. I learned that I've tended to take God for granted and use Him as a last resort if I need something. I'm an independent person and I have had to learn the hard way that I can be independent to a certain extent, but I must be dependent on Him 24/7. I can't do anything without Him. The college & career group has been a rewarding experience to be a part of because the ages represented are from 18-30 and I've learned alot from both ends of the spectrum. i also went white water rafting for the first time and i absolutely loved it! the rush i got when we came at the rapids was sweet and i cant wait to do it again! i didnt fall out surprisingly. the best part was the really rough and long rapids when you really gotta pay attention. the guides we had were funny and had lots of stories, though most of the stories scared the groups a little bit. i cant believe the summer is practically over. ive missed my friends from school but on the flip side, im going to miss my friends from here so much. technology is great for keeping in touch but it's not the same as seeing them in person. im going to a drive in movie to see Rush Hour 3 and Hairspray with the group tonight which should be a blast! it's so weird to think that i'll be a college graduate in about 8 months. one more semester of classes and then my final semester of student teaching. i got a job working for the neshaminy school district doing before and after school care, which should be fun. i want more experience working with school age kids before my student teaching experience. well it's time for me to go clean a lil bit and then get ready for tonight. im excited to see some friends in a week! | | |
| it's time for an update. this past year has been an interesting one. classes were ok. i'm just anxious to leave for practicum. i'm leaving tomorrow to do it in philly for two weeks. it should be interesting considering i'm not a city girl and i don't know what grade I will have. It will definitely be a growing experience for me. This coming fall semester will be my last semester of classes and then I will be student teaching in the spring. It's really scary to think that I will be a teacher in less than a year. Time has definitely flown by. Relationships have also been an area of growth for me. I've had to eliminate a few connections with people that were bringing me down spiritually. But on the other hand, I've gained a few new friends this year and I'm very grateful for them. It's still a struggle for me to see many of my friends getting married while I remain single. But I'm learning to wait on God's timing and be content with what He has planned for me. I'm interested in someone but I'm trying to keep it at the friendship level because I know he's not ready for a relationship. So, we'll see how that goes. The summer should be a good time of growth for me and time to reevaluate priorities and values. I'm excited for the summer, although I don't have a job yet. But I'm more excited for the fall to get here because I will be living in my first apartment! It's in an apartment complex that has a pool, clubhouse, and many more great things to offer the residents. It's abt a 10 min drive to PBU and it's in a great location. I can't wait to live in an apartment and be able to cook as much as I want. Granted, I probably won't cook as often as I'd like but it will be great to have the option to entertain friends and things of that nature. Well, it's time for bed because i have to get up early to work in the cafeteria @ 7:30am. It's the last meal the school will be cooking for the JAM event. Goodnight. | | |
| it's been 822 days since i created my xanga page....wicked long time. so to anyone who reads this stuff, my life has been pretty steady...work is going great, except for this week because we have the state coming on friday to inspect the daycare so everyone has to be up to par and do everything by the book on friday....classes are going ok so far. it's been a little tough taking 4 Bible courses. but it hasn't been exhausting yet. things are somewhat ok with my relationships. friends are good. i miss my best friend. i don't get to see her too often and she's graduating from eastern this semester and im assuming she'll go home to NJ, which means i won't get to see her hardly at all....still, i get to talk to her on the phone/aim alot. so no bf yet. still trying to be content and wait on God's timing tho it's getting more and more difficult as the years go by w/o one...however, i am not nor will i ever be the type of person to start a relationship just to be in one. i don't ever want to put myself through that. i'm taking one day at a time. i have good days and bad days. it doesnt help that most of my friends are guys and i've sort of been at a certain point one time or another where i was just going through my list of friends thinking 'i could date him' but then I realized that i wasn't putting my trust and faith in God to provide that man for me....so that's where im at with that. well it's time for me to take a quick nap before i go to New York and Co. to pick up my clothes that I found last night and had the lady hold for me...another story for another entry. i'm just ecstatic that im building up my professional wardrobe! | | |
| im so sick of school....i met with my advisor this morning and got into the ACSI program so far...my gpa is not high enough to get into the full education program....but now that's all done. i have more things to worry about like a place to live for the 3 weeks that i have to do my practicum next summer....i can't afford to live @ pbu and pay rent for 3 weeks when i wont be able to work at all...i wont be able to work at night b/c i dont have a car to get to a job and im not going to only work for 3 weeks. so i dont know what's going to happen... please pray for me: a place to live during practicum, my gpa to get higher, to be able to do my student teaching at home (b/c financially i cant afford to do it here @ pbu)... 
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