Well, spring break is over. In fact, it has been for two weeks. It was a wonderful break from school, though, while it lasted!
After my last post I worked on my Exegesis paper, getting much less than I had hoped done, but making progress nonetheless. Then I went to Dallas and spent a couple nights there with my grandparents and my mom, since she was in town. I did some yardwork for my grandparents, and my mom and I did about 12 hours worth of grading to get me caught up on Carburetors lab grading. Then Sunday afternoon I came back to campus, and I've been keeping busy with school stuff ever since.
Last week I did get to hang out with friends for an evening, which is always fun. Mostly, though, I've been going to class and lab and work, working on my papers, and studying for my FAA testing coming up in a few weeks. I've also been going through a bunch of stuff that I have in the apartment, seeing what I should keep and what I should get rid of before I graduate so I don't have to take it all with me. The difference between me and many people on this campus is that many people just take everything they don't want during finals week and throw it into the huge dumpsters that get brought on campus. Me, I go through my stuff and try to sell it. Some of it is stuff I took out of the dumpsters last year, and the rest is just stuff I've accumulated over my time here at LeTourneau. It takes a little bit of time to sort through the stuff instead of just throwing it away, but since spring break I've made probably $125 or so from stuff that I would have otherwise thrown away - so to me, it's very worth taking the time to sort through stuff.
I ask for prayer as I finish working on my exegesis paper (it is due April 9, but I would really like to have it done by the original due date of April 5), as I write my Aviation Law research paper (due April 15) and as I prepare for my FAA Oral and Practical exams (starting either April 24 or 25) and my FAA Written exams (May 3) all while trying to get a job and place to live lined up before I graduate on May 5.
How can I be praying for you?
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Into spring break
Hello again!
Well, the first part of my spring break was a great success! Saturday I ended up not doing much homework, but instead got a text from a friend asking me to help her learn how to change the oil in her car, so instead of doing homework (never fun) I went and worked on cars (almost always fun). Saturday evening I joined several friends of mine at their cousin's house in Tyler for a time of fellowship and reading from "The Life of Pi" (interesting book, at least the section of it I heard), then in the pouring rain we all drove back to Canton, getting in about 12:30 Sunday morning (pre-time change). I wanted to make sure I wasn't in the way as people were getting ready for church and everything, so I got up at 6:45 (post time change) and got ready; it turned out, almost everybody in the house had forgotten about time change, until Alden called at 8:30. There was a mad dash as everyone tried to get ready (not counting myself, there were eleven other people in the house), and we made it to church almost on time, and definitely before most other people. There was a lot of good fellowship on Sunday, making for a very enjoyable time.
Monday I got up, then after breakfast most of the kids had dentist appointments, so Jonathan, Bonnie and I figured out what we needed to get for our 8 person camping trip, then Jonathan and I went to town to buy food. We headed to Tyler State Park about 1:00 Monday afternoon, and were very blessed in being able to camp. We hadn't been able to get through when we tried to make reservations; when we arrived we were informed that the had completely booked out all of the campsites, but a large group had not made it in, so a few campsites had been made available. We were able to get one of those, so we set up camp, changed and went walking around the lake and swimming. We went back to our campsite, hung out, then eventually got the fire going and I cooked hamburgers that Jonathan had made. After supper we talked, played some games, and sat around the fire with Jonathan and James playing their guitars - overall a very fun time; the evening ended with everyone going to bed shortly before midnight.
Just before 2:00 this morning I woke up to a sound coming from very near my head; one of the multitudinous raccoons in the area was apparently at the tree that the head end of my hammock was tied to. I scared him off, and went back to sleep. I ended up waking up about 5 or 6 times and scaring the raccoons away from our sleeping area. It was still a quite restful night, though. This morning we got up, and eventually I started cooking our breakfast of cheesy scrambled eggs with bacon, onion, and tomato in them, while Jonathan was making toast for everyone over the fire. Breakfast took forever, cooking everything with just one skillet, but I believe the overall consensus was that it was good enough it was worth the wait. We hung out for awhile more, then finally broke camp and headed out a little after 11:00 - I came back to Longview, and the others all went back to Canton.
So far break has been very good - now for a less fun couple of days studying and writing papers, then I will be heading to Dallas on Friday, is the current plan.
I'd love to hear from you and find out what's going on in your life, and how I can pray for you.
Well, the first part of my spring break was a great success! Saturday I ended up not doing much homework, but instead got a text from a friend asking me to help her learn how to change the oil in her car, so instead of doing homework (never fun) I went and worked on cars (almost always fun). Saturday evening I joined several friends of mine at their cousin's house in Tyler for a time of fellowship and reading from "The Life of Pi" (interesting book, at least the section of it I heard), then in the pouring rain we all drove back to Canton, getting in about 12:30 Sunday morning (pre-time change). I wanted to make sure I wasn't in the way as people were getting ready for church and everything, so I got up at 6:45 (post time change) and got ready; it turned out, almost everybody in the house had forgotten about time change, until Alden called at 8:30. There was a mad dash as everyone tried to get ready (not counting myself, there were eleven other people in the house), and we made it to church almost on time, and definitely before most other people. There was a lot of good fellowship on Sunday, making for a very enjoyable time.
Monday I got up, then after breakfast most of the kids had dentist appointments, so Jonathan, Bonnie and I figured out what we needed to get for our 8 person camping trip, then Jonathan and I went to town to buy food. We headed to Tyler State Park about 1:00 Monday afternoon, and were very blessed in being able to camp. We hadn't been able to get through when we tried to make reservations; when we arrived we were informed that the had completely booked out all of the campsites, but a large group had not made it in, so a few campsites had been made available. We were able to get one of those, so we set up camp, changed and went walking around the lake and swimming. We went back to our campsite, hung out, then eventually got the fire going and I cooked hamburgers that Jonathan had made. After supper we talked, played some games, and sat around the fire with Jonathan and James playing their guitars - overall a very fun time; the evening ended with everyone going to bed shortly before midnight.
Just before 2:00 this morning I woke up to a sound coming from very near my head; one of the multitudinous raccoons in the area was apparently at the tree that the head end of my hammock was tied to. I scared him off, and went back to sleep. I ended up waking up about 5 or 6 times and scaring the raccoons away from our sleeping area. It was still a quite restful night, though. This morning we got up, and eventually I started cooking our breakfast of cheesy scrambled eggs with bacon, onion, and tomato in them, while Jonathan was making toast for everyone over the fire. Breakfast took forever, cooking everything with just one skillet, but I believe the overall consensus was that it was good enough it was worth the wait. We hung out for awhile more, then finally broke camp and headed out a little after 11:00 - I came back to Longview, and the others all went back to Canton.
So far break has been very good - now for a less fun couple of days studying and writing papers, then I will be heading to Dallas on Friday, is the current plan.
I'd love to hear from you and find out what's going on in your life, and how I can pray for you.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
So close to spring break!
Hello!
Well, it's almost spring break - my last spring break. Wow - I can't believe I've gotten to this point. I graduate in 57 days, 12 and a half hours.
The past month has gone pretty well; I've been enjoying work, I've started working with a group to get ready for Oral and Practical exams at the end of the semester that are required to get our Airframe and Powerplant mechanic certificates from the FAA. It's been going pretty well. I've been applying to lots of jobs - this week I applied specifically to jobs in Florida, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Virginia, and Texas. I'm trying to decide whether or not to apply for jobs in Singapore and Jakarta. Prayer for wisdom would be appreciated.
This next week will be spring break. I finally decided over the past couple days what I'll be doing. Saturday I'll sleep in, do laundry, and do homework. Saturday evening I'll be joining a friend of mine in going to her cousin's in Tyler, where a group gets together and hangs out on Saturday evenings, then after that we'll go back to her house - I've been good friends with her family since my freshman year, so I'm really looking forward to that. I plan to stay there with them until Monday, when at least several of us (me and some of the family) plan to go camping in Tyler State Park. Tuesday I'll come back to campus and do some work on my research paper for Aviation Law. Wednesday and Thursday I plan to work on my exegesis paper for Biblical Covenants. Friday I plan on driving to the Dallas area, where I'll spend some time with my grandparents and my mom, then Sunday I'll come back to campus.
I'd love to hear from you, including how I can be praying for you.
Well, it's almost spring break - my last spring break. Wow - I can't believe I've gotten to this point. I graduate in 57 days, 12 and a half hours.
The past month has gone pretty well; I've been enjoying work, I've started working with a group to get ready for Oral and Practical exams at the end of the semester that are required to get our Airframe and Powerplant mechanic certificates from the FAA. It's been going pretty well. I've been applying to lots of jobs - this week I applied specifically to jobs in Florida, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Virginia, and Texas. I'm trying to decide whether or not to apply for jobs in Singapore and Jakarta. Prayer for wisdom would be appreciated.
This next week will be spring break. I finally decided over the past couple days what I'll be doing. Saturday I'll sleep in, do laundry, and do homework. Saturday evening I'll be joining a friend of mine in going to her cousin's in Tyler, where a group gets together and hangs out on Saturday evenings, then after that we'll go back to her house - I've been good friends with her family since my freshman year, so I'm really looking forward to that. I plan to stay there with them until Monday, when at least several of us (me and some of the family) plan to go camping in Tyler State Park. Tuesday I'll come back to campus and do some work on my research paper for Aviation Law. Wednesday and Thursday I plan to work on my exegesis paper for Biblical Covenants. Friday I plan on driving to the Dallas area, where I'll spend some time with my grandparents and my mom, then Sunday I'll come back to campus.
I'd love to hear from you, including how I can be praying for you.
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