The summer is winding down quickly, which honestly is okay with me at this point. I have about 2 camper weeks left, then a few extra days 'til I head home on the 25th. Usually around this time of the summer I start to get nostalgic and weepy about the friendships I'll miss and the environment that I'll no longer be in, but this year I'm kind of like, "Meh. Whatevs." I know very well how much I will miss LW and the people here, but I'm ready to go home and move on to the next step, i.e. England.
I'm not at the point where I'm nervous or excited about spending the semester overseas...it's not close enough to the date where I leave yet, so the fact that I'm about to travel thousands of miles to a place I've never been with no one I know hasn't caught up to me. I am however very much looking forward to the move. It's so amazing to know that God can work these things out. Last summer and fall, I went into a mild depression because I had no idea what my life was amounting to, and there was absolutely nothing on the horizon. Now, a year later, the Lord has more than provided for my trip to Canterbury, and also has provided a possible direction for the time when I get back.
On another good note, I think I can get my Associate's degree in English by the end of this school year. That would be awesome, to at least have some tangible evidence of the work I've done. It's discouraging to know that of the 45 credits (plus sacrificing blood, sweat, tears, and a social life) at Liberty, only about 12 of those credits transferred, but I definitely would do the year there again.
That being said, there has been a thought in my head which popped up several weeks ago, and I haven't been able to shake it as of yet--and with the little I know of how God works, I realize that sometimes He just puts a small idea into our minds and waits for us to catch on. I've been praying for a little while now about finishing up my English degree and then possibly returning to Rend Lake in the 2010-11 school year to begin an Associates in Nursing degree. I'm still not positive about it, hence the prayer.
Anyway, random camper quote of the day:
*In reference to a plastic owl we sometimes place on the swim area floating dock in order to scare away seagulls*
Camper - Do you lifeguards use that for practice rescues?
......absolutely we do.
2 comments:
Wow, I pray you find the direction and discernment for the decision! Anytime I've ever thought/prayed/considered school was for nursing. But still no for-surety on that. I think it would be a neat thing to do.
I'm excited for you to be home for a little while. When do you get home, precisely?
God is amazing, when we feel like we've got not direction at all, all we have to do is pay attention and we find something He's been trying to pound home. A semester in England sounds positively exciting. Day by day, you just never know what good things will happen in the meantime. Nursing is an excellent field to get in to, though. Will keep you in prayer.
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