It keeps getting longer and longer between the times that I blog. I guess it means I'm keeping busy which means the time will go faster between now and going home!
UPDATE: I've been doing pretty good lately. Took a chemistry exam last night and feel alright about it. I have a football game to work this weekend and I'm planning to go to this really cool church in Moore on Sunday. I was talking to a friend who has gone to this church and she said it's this church that started the app YouVersion, so that's pretty awesome! I've got a math exam next week which I'm feeling pretty good about also. And then there's only another full week before I get to go home for Thanksgiving!! I'm super excited to just be home for a period of time in which I can relax and talk with friends rather than being super busy from the moment I'm home to the moment I leave again. I just can't wait for meaningful conversation and maybe some ambulance calls along the way! :)
So since my time here in Oklahoma is winding down and it's only a very short time until I'll be moving to the University of Iowa, I decided it was time to tell people who are close to me about this change. Rachael is sad but understands, the other girl from Iowa that I know, Holly, was saddened but said she completely understands as well, my friend Eric said he understood and even said he was contemplating moving back to Texas because he doesn't really feel right here either. That was a nice conversation to have.
Then came this girl named Kelsey. I don't really know her that well but yesterday morning we decided to go to breakfast with the other PCS (scholars group) people and then chatted for a little while. She wanted to walk with me to my class and then asked about studying later which was a little strange. Anyway, I told her about my leaving and I got a reaction that I was not expecting! She first looked really sad and walked away. When I went to say something to her later she said, "People always do this to me. They come into my life and then leave with even caring. I can't be friends with you or talk to you anymore." .........*silence*.......... What in the hell just happened? I didn't think we had become good friends in that time. The people I cared about more were very supportive in my decision but she was completely pissed off by it. To each its own though.
One last thing I want to talk about was another street preacher that came to campus a few days ago. I saw this guys and his wife setting up their stuff when I was walking to class and wanted to hear what they were saying so after class I stood there and listened for a while. This guy was calling everyone on the campus marijuana smokers, porn addicts, and even said that a group of guys standing next to each other were homosexual because they were simply standing next to each other. They claimed that they have absolutely no sin in their lives as of however many years ago and are "perfect". After listening for a while, I decided to go talk to the wife of this guy who was standing near him holding a Bible. I ended up having a very interesting, hour long conversation with her, all while a group of students were behind me yelling and screaming at her husband the entire time. Her reasoning behind her beliefs just didn't really add up to me. She was telling me that the bible gives them the right to judge righteous acts and then later that the Jesus wasn't the only perfect person in the bible, that Job was also considered perfect. Nothing she was saying really made any sense to me but it was a really good conversation otherwise. When I had to leave I thanked her for standing there and talking with me and she said, "God Bless you" and then I was on my way. I feel that her intentions were pure but her way of going about expressing those intentions were very wrong.
Wow this is a long post! Have a good day everyone and God Bless!
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