The First Days...

Getting used to college life day by day. I'm finally getting used to the campus and even the street names which is a big deal for me!!! Haha'

I've already had some really fun times here. Target opened from 1030-1230 just for college students one night. It was a good time, even if there really wasn't anything special about it. We made it fun. It's almost been a week, but I feel like I've been here so long. I can't even remember everything unless I really sit down and think about everyday.

My first day of classes went well--no horror stories to speak of. My music teacher was playing Chris Tomlin when I walked into class (a class of 180 students!!!)--awesome!!! It really made me miss my music being in there though. I'm going to have to find an outlet. My UH300 teacher moved to the states from Germany last year. He is a former minister and still has a pretty heavy accent, but he is so enthusiastic and genuinely cares about our learning (there are only 15 people in the class). My Spanish 103 class is taught only in espanol. No english at all. Should definitely be interesting, but exciting. Today I have my international honors class. I hope it goes as well as my others. It's going to be a lot of work, a TON of reading, but I think I can manage it.

There are so many spiritual outlets on campus. It is amazing! I could find a campus ministry or church to be at every night if I were able to. I've found two that I really like, so I will probably divide my time between them. God has been so good to me in providing plenty of Christian friends and support. It is amazing. Thank you to everyone who has been praying for me, it has really made a huge difference.

I still struggle with feeling lonely. It is a strange feeling being on a campus of over 20,000. There are so many people that it can make you lonely. Almost a lost in the shuffle kind of feeling. It seems like everyone already knows someone, and it's hard to wiggle your way into their group. "Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink" makes so much more sense to me now. It almost feels like I'm insignificant. I know none of this is true, and church helps me a lot with it. I know it will get better, it's just hard to take on the initial battle in my mind.