Right after my last blog, I went to lab, came back to campus, picked up three passengers, and drove to Dallas. There was some confusion on where to go for dropping off one my last passenger, but it worked out okay.
That Saturday morning, I flew out of Dallas, eventually to North Carolina, where my mom, my sister, and Becky met me, we went to supper, and my mom and Becky and I went up to Virginia. My dad wasn't feeling well, so hadn't been able to come down, and wasn't well enough to preach on Sunday, either. We had a very good couple of days with Becky at my house, though, and then on Tuesday afternoon I took her back to Appalachian Bible College. I dropped Becky off Tuesday evening, and drove back home, getting in just before 1:00 AM. I spent the next few days taking care of random stuff, spending a lot of time with my parents, and then on Saturday I flew back to Dallas, to spend the night with my grandparents again. Sunday afternoon I picked up two of my passengers again and drove back to Longview. As I was driving I had the thought "It will be good to get back to Longview" - I stepped out of the car and decided "Okay, that's enough, I'm ready to leave Longview again now." I took the rest of Sunday evening just to get back into the mindset for school, and started back with classes at 7:15 Monday morning. I had some work for a group project due that Tuesday, an individual project due that Thursday, and have been having other projects assigned since then, so I quickly became fully immersed back in school. I have been going full speed ever since.
Right before spring break my Advanced Reciprocating Engines lab group finally was able to start mounting our engine on a run-up stand, and this past Thursday we were able to get everything set and run it. There's just a good feeling that goes with taking an engine that you have taken mostly apart, cleaned, and inspected, putting it back together, and running it. It's even better when it runs as well as our engine did. I love my field of study, and can't wait to be in the workplace, doing what I enjoy, for the glory of God.
This past Saturday I was able to spend the day doing some yard work for a professor, which was good. I enjoy being able to do physical work, and I really like working for this particular lady and her husband. God has blessed me by allowing me to get to know them as well as I have. They are just a really neat couple, who love students, and are such an encouragement to me.
This week I've been doing more work on group projects (I have three of them to finish up still this semester - 2 of them haven't really been started yet), so still keeping busy.
Please, let me know what's going on in your life, and how I may be praying for you! I'd love to hear from you, so feel free to send me an email or give me a call.
May God bless and encourage you throughout the remainder of the week.
