Where to Begin???

It has been precisely 4 months 3 days and some odd minutes since my last post. Quite frankly, a lot has gone on during that time – to much for that matter. Maybe one day when the beautiful craziness of life has died down a tad and time is provided for contemplative reflection, perhaps then I will write about that time when I departed from my beloved life in North Carolina and embraced the foreign world of college and what life was like during the months of my first semester. I can’t really write on it now, because honestly, I still do not know what to make of it all – everything is still in process; transition is still taking place.

So where to start? Or re-start? Right here seems pretty good. It is December 1 – as it has been for the last 15 minutes – the weather is cold (can’t really expect much else from a New England winter); there has been no snow, but I have spotted Jack Frost lurking about. I have precisely 7 days left (including today) of classes, then I must embrace that darsh-gone-wonderful culmination of the semester: final exam week (insert chorus of groans, shrieks, and coffee being brewed – get it? because everyone is going to need caffeine to stay awake due to the final late night cram/study sessions.).

As of right now:

I am still a Youth Ministry and Biblical Studies major – that has not changed. However, my geographically location has. I have stepped up in life. I, Katrina, am no longer a commuter student. That’s right! I am now a resident on the Gordon College campus. For a while I was dorming solo in a room, just me, myself, and I, but that eventually changed. I was lifted from my quarters, moved down a floor and over to a different hall and am now dorming with a roommate (however, that is a very long story for a very different time).

My days are filled with: classes, which the majority start off with prayer; attending chapel to get some spiritual feeding while covering the hidden agenda of obtaining mandatory chapel credit (which I have achieved); takings wogs (a walk/jog combo); getting my roommate further hooked on Friends; writings papers, takings tests, studying a foreign language, and reading (there is a lot of reading) as a part of my homework load; building friendships with a wonderful diverse group of students (you all know who you are); getting involved with Young Life; immerging myself into a new church community – The Harbor; late night runs to Gilles to grab a late night snack; listening to Pandora (I am quite fond of my Glee Cast radio station); and ultimately striving to develop and deepen my relationship with Jesus – this is also very much in process and will be till eternity. (However, this still doesn’t cover everything – further reflection to come.)

So here I am.

And so I begin. Or re-begin…