The Last 3-ish Months

So somebody reminded that I hadn't been posting on here. I haven't had time to sit down and make anything! Six classes, (17 credit hours), eight hours of work, lots of reading and homework and even a couple of weeks of canvassing for the first time have kept me busy! I have immensely enjoyed school though and it's a great feeling to be busy and productive.

Like I said, I did go canvassing for a little while. This was my first time doing this and it was very scary at first but by the end it wasn't too bad. I had so many funny experiences happen! Like one time I saw a bunch of people and I got scared and didn't want to talk to any of them so I hurried into a nearby bathroom. Inside the bathroom was a woman that I ended up talking to and she eventually bought two books from me!
Another time I knocked on a door that I thought was the back door to an apartment. It turned out to be the door to a full cafeteria of a large retirement home. I was surprised to walk in and find so many people looking at me but when I regained my composure I was able to talk with a lot of people in there!
I did have many divine appointments as well where I was able to meet people, encourage them (and they encouraged me too!), pray with them and praise the Lord for goodness and mercy. It never ceases to amaze me how God orchestrates everything in our lives- whether it be while canvassing, at school, at our churches, and even in our daily duties.

The weather at my school in Arkansas has been really crazy. One morning I walked out of the dorm and it was short-sleeves and flip-flop temperature. By evening time we had freezing rain and the next day it snowed. Talk about weather that can't make up its mind!

Right now I am in Louisiana for two weeks. One of my friends in the academy was unable to go with her classmates on their senior mission trip. Instead, her and I are helping out with an evangelistic series in my hometown and then we will be traveling to New Mexico to volunteer at a Native American mission school and afterwards we will be traveling in Colorado. This is an exciting experience for both of us. I am really excited to travel to New Mexico and Colorado as I haven't been to either of those states! Although I am missing a couple weeks of school it has so far been well worth the time! The evangelistic series in my hometown has been going well with around one-hundred people in attendance each night!

Before I left for Louisiana with my friend I was really worried about getting lost. I am super directionally challenged! We did get lost twice....once I ended up in Texas and that took about forty-five minutes to figure out. No, I don't have a GPS in case you were wondering. All I had was a page and a half of directions that I had printed out from Google maps.

While at school, about two weeks ago, I made an impromptu decision to try my hand at keeping some goldfish. I bought two fish and kept them in a medium sized vase. Unfortunately, the day after I bought two containers of fish food one of them died. Two days later, the other fish died. I don't think I'll try that again....it was kind of sad to flush the poor fishies down the toilet. Instead, I just filled my vase up with daffodils and spring buds. That's a lot easier. I went out for a walk, though, and found some bullfrog eggs. I considered bringing some back to the dorm and trying to raise some frogs but I didn't know how that would go over with my roommate so I chose not to do that.

So that's been my life for the past 3-ish months. Lot's of school, reading and homework! But it's been fun and I can't wait to see what new adventure comes up next! Unfortunately I haven't had time to make any creative/artsy things. Oh-well....now you know why at least! :)