LIBRARY

Well tomorrow Cory and I will be in the library ALL day!  We have a big 10-13 page exegetical paper on a passage in Nehemiah to do for our Intro to Bible Study and Interpretation class.  And it’s not that its hard, it’s just so time consuming.  There are so many different sections to it and different things to do that it just takes a whole lot of time to analyze it and disect it and process it.  It’s really interesting though learning all these steps to interpreting the Bible.  So anyway, hopefully we’ll be able to knock out this paper tomorrow, as we become quite acquainted with the library.

~Sarah

“There’s No Place Like Home, There’s No Place Like Home”

Just some random thoughts…It’s been such a blessing to have my family so close by.  But at the same time, it’s weird calling it home.  Since they moved up to Lakeland, TN just about a month before I started school, it’s pretty much only home because my family is there.  It’s just a weird situation.  I love having them close by, it’s been such a blessing, especially with all the health stuff I’ve had going on; and with school being overwhelming at times, it’s good to have a place to go on some occasional weekends and just relax a bit.  But it’s strange being at home, and not knowing anyone.  But nonetheless, it’s not like I had very many friends in Orlando, but I did have my few close friends, and also was extremely familiar with the area.  So all in all, I’m just rambling a bit, but I’m thankful my home and family is just an hour away, but also thankful I have a home in Florida, where my few good friends are and where I’m familiar with the area.  So I guess I have two homes, and there are highs and lows about each, and I’m thankful for each.  But I also feel like I have a third place to call home, and thats here at Union.  I know this is where I am supposed to be for this time in my life, and am learning so much here, and never want to take this education for granted.  I am so blessed to be able to be here and just amazed at how God is working.  There really is no place like home, no matter where home is.

~Sarah

I’m Healing Finally!!!

Well my last doctor’s visit was encouraging, the first encouraging visit in a long time, well actually, since this all started almost a year ago.  What the doctor decided to use last time for my wound worked!  And so now I’m just keepin on keepin on, using what she gave me, and then I go back next Friday.  I go to my nurse here at school once a week, just for him to check and make sure I’m doing things right and that this stubborn ole wound is looking ok.  And yesterday when I went to see him, he was sooo encouraging and said that the next time I go see my doctor I should be 90% healed!  It’s such a delight to hear those words and so wonderful to be healing.  I was joking around with Nurse Paul saying I don’t really remember what its like to not have this wound, and to not be bandaged up all the time.  It’s going to be weird being “normal.”  But God is so good.  I know He has a plan and reason behind why I’ve gone though everything I have this past year, and I know He is good and His timing is perfect; there is a reason why I haven’t been healing up till now, even though I may not be sure of what it is right now.  I’m just so thrilled to actually be progressing in this whole healing process.  It’s such an answer to prayer.  Speaking of answers to prayer….Now if the house down in Florida could just sell…

~Sarah