Almost Finished

One day, two finals, a church service, a six hour drive and I'll be home! The thought brings me much joy. It's hard to believe that this semester is already over.

And it's also exciting to look ahead to next semester! I pre-registered yesterday. I'll be taking Music Theory, Adolescent Psychology, New Testament Survey, English Composition, Proverbs, Baptist History, Methods of Mentoring, Methods of Teaching, and of course, Choir and Chorale. That's a class every period of every day. It should be a little more exciting than last semester. :D

I'll have one class with Caleb, actually. Proverbs will probably be our only class together ever, but hey - at least we've got one!

I also switched my major from Music to Elementary Education. This will be more practical for living and working on the mission field someday. I'm sure I'll have the opportunity (and it may even be a necessity) to teach on the field, and this also will give me a means to work a good job here in the States if I ever need to.

I also applied for a work scholarship job (that's on campus, maintenance, kitchen, coffee shop, and whatever else they need) for next semester. There aren't any openings now, so please pray that something will open up. My first choice would naturally be the coffee shop, but I'd be happy with anything. :D

Well, I need to finish reviewing for Algebra and Personal Evangelism. I hope ya'll have a wonderful day!

A Great Week

Today has been quite eventful! Or maybe I should say, this week has been quite eventful!

Sunday evening the Champion Chorale went to Pine Bluff to sing in the new chapel. (Gospel Light has what's called a chapel ministry - where nearby churches who are struggling or dying and need help can call. Then, Champion assigns some college students to go to those places every weekend to sing, preach, teach, go soulwinning, and just build the church. Tennessee Temple had or has a ministry like this, and some of their chapels are today some of the strongest churches around Chattenooga.)

Anyways, singing was great! It was exciting to get to go somewhere and be a blessing to folks. Bro. Blunkall said today that he's working on getting more "meetings" (I dunno what you'd call it) set up for Chorale next semester. :D

This new chapel is an exciting opportunity. The church used to run four hundred, and now they're down to about fifteen. They've got great facilities (the building used to be a racquetball gym - and when they renovated they left one court set up to play on!), and all the folks are excited about Champion students coming. There were about thirty of us there last Sunday. And to top off a great service, we had a fellowship afterwards! And a Baptist fellowship always means good home-cooked food. Fried chicken, banana cream pie, chicken pot pie, cornbread, and all sorts of good stuff!

Well, after church on the way home I started feeling a little something in the back of my throat, but I didn't think much of it. Monday morning I woke up with strepp. :D Monday night I was in the ER with a 103 fever and a very sore, ulcered throat. I took a picture, but I figgered ya'll wouldn't want to see it, so I'm not gonna post it. :D

After two days of sleeping and taking Tylenol, a visit to the good Dr. Gardial, and half a bottle of numbing throat spray (not literally half a bottle - I'm exaggerating), I'm feeling much better. Praise the Lord - I did NOT want to be sick through all of finals!

Finals...it's amazing! I've finished with two classes, and have six or seven more to go. Please pray for all the college students - especially the guys who work crazy hours - especially Caleb.

I'm amazed at how fast this semester has gone. I'm thankful to God for all His blessings and protection this year.

My next entry will probably be from home...that thought brings me much joy.