my mentor, pastor helen, at my teaching church gave me brilliant advice concerning how some people respond the call of God for me to go into ministry.
"never, ever, apologize for the call God has placed in your heart and mind."
i realize i tend to apologize for the fact that i consider myself a christian feminist. perhaps this is because i've always had to qualify my opinion to my male classmates. i don't have to do that here. over half of my class is women. it is very different than what i am used to. and i appreciate the balance this adds to discussion.
greek is getting increasingly tougher. today, we learned the third declension. it's stressful sometimes, trying to figure out how to schedule my life so greek does not take over.
also, my professor today rapped us the third declension paradigm while snapping his fingers and dancing around like the father in "fiddler on the roof."
it dawned on my today that i will not see my family until thanksgiving. this sort of made me sad.
it never ceases to amazing me how beautiful holland is. monday, i and a friend rode our bikes to kollen park (which is right on the water) and did homework until the sun set. the park was full of kids and parents playing together, laughter, barking dogs, and good fellowship. its times like that i forget all the worlds problems. it seemed to me, as the sun sanks lowly beneath the horizon line, that i was witnessing a small glimpse of heaven.
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