If you don't understand my title, then you're missing out! Haha j/k. "Jai Ho" (which means "It Rocks" in Hindi) is the Academy Award-winning song from the Academy Award-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire...which is my new favorite movie. The music is amazing and I have that song stuck in my head.I have seen it twice now, and loved it just as much the second time. I would highly recommend checking it out.
So I'm writing late, once again, because I'm a little high on caffeine right now. I went to IHOP with Katie and Christina around 9 for National Free Pancake Day! Nina and I drank a whole pot of coffee. Now I'm too awake to sleep....but I'm going to have to make myself because I have an 8:00 Old Testament class! Yay!
God is slowly, but surely continuing to provide me with humbleness and humility that I have been seeking. It has been a rough couple of weeks getting into this semester and I know it's not going to get any easier. Oh well, I will live through it...hopefully haha.
Oh! I got an updated list of my progression in fundraising for my trip to Bolivia...and I'm super blessed to be about half-way to my needed amount! I am so thankful for the kindness and generosity of our close family friends. Praise Jesus!
I had a great weekend in Oklahoma with my roommate. It was definitely nice getting away from the dorm for a bit. I got to see Grove, where she is from and meet a lot of her family. They were all super nice and made me miss my family, too. Grove is a really cute town. I like the smaller town atmosphere a lot!
Anyway, I would love to keep writing but I should probably get some sleep!
Stay Tuned,
Katlyn
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Impatiently Waiting for Weekend Arrival!
So I have taken 2 quizzes, 2 tests, and have one more in the morning bright and early at 8! Seriously I think all my professors got together and schemed to give me a week from that fiery place down there. Okay, so maybe I'm a little bitter and upset about it...but now I'm mostly brain-dead and exhausted! At least I get to take a brake and go to Oklahoma with my roomie this weekend! I have never been to OK before and am totally excited to spend it with Jana.
Anyway, as for other aspects of my life, there is not really anything new. Today I got to take a study break and go to a florist with Angel. I'm super excited to be getting into more wedding plans with her! She told me today that the wedding is in 142 days! I'm still considering the transfer to Union next year. I am a little indifferent right now. Just seeking God's will for me and which path is going to be the best for me. He knows what it will be, so I guess I should be satisfied with that for now and just let it happen in His timing instead of being so impatient.
I actually have some more great weekends coming up that I'm anticipating as well. Next weekend, I will be going home to StL with 2 of my friends here for a student leadership conference called Engage. Though it has only been a little over 3 weeks since I've seen the fam, I am ready to see them again. They've been making me jealous of all the fun stuff they've been doing there. Or not...haha last weekend they went to a dog parade! But I was super jealous to find out that my mom made sushi for the first time tonight. *sigh* haha oh well...
I better get some sleep so I can be alive and alert for my Old Testament History test bright and early tomorrow!
In Christ,
Katlyn
Anyway, as for other aspects of my life, there is not really anything new. Today I got to take a study break and go to a florist with Angel. I'm super excited to be getting into more wedding plans with her! She told me today that the wedding is in 142 days! I'm still considering the transfer to Union next year. I am a little indifferent right now. Just seeking God's will for me and which path is going to be the best for me. He knows what it will be, so I guess I should be satisfied with that for now and just let it happen in His timing instead of being so impatient.
I actually have some more great weekends coming up that I'm anticipating as well. Next weekend, I will be going home to StL with 2 of my friends here for a student leadership conference called Engage. Though it has only been a little over 3 weeks since I've seen the fam, I am ready to see them again. They've been making me jealous of all the fun stuff they've been doing there. Or not...haha last weekend they went to a dog parade! But I was super jealous to find out that my mom made sushi for the first time tonight. *sigh* haha oh well...
I better get some sleep so I can be alive and alert for my Old Testament History test bright and early tomorrow!
In Christ,
Katlyn
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Busy Busy Busy!
I have been super loaded with work! (Which is why I haven't been writing a lot) I have 3 tests next week in Old Testament History, Psychology, and Human Anatomy & Physiology II. Ugh! I'm definitely dreading all of them. I also have to read a lot, work on a project, and write a paper! Basically, I should not have any life for the next week! I have probably been taking too much social time already (the weather has been super nice so I've been getting a little distracted)...so I need to get down to business and work.
On the fun side of college life, I have been having a lot of fun with my roomie and my 2 other girl friends Christina and Katie. We are making t-shirts for Valentine's Day which are going to be super cute and hilarious. I just finished mine. On the front, it reads "No Valentine? No problem...(see back for details)" and on back it says "I Got Jesus (He was single too!)" Haha I love it!
As far as my decision I have to make for whether or not I transfer to Union, I have yet to figure it out for sure. After a lot more research on Union, it keeps getting more appealing, but I'm still trying to decipher which voice is God's and which is mine. Only God can let me know for sure what I'm going to do because He already knows. Ugh...I love it at SBU so much, but since I'm going to have to change campuses for nursing anyway I guess it really does not matter because I'm leaving next year anyway...it would just be farther. I did find that Jackson, TN is 270 miles from St. Louis and it's about 210 to get to Bolivar so distance really won't be that bad either. I pray that I let God fully lead me in the right direction, whatever it may be.
Stay Tuned,
Katlyn
On the fun side of college life, I have been having a lot of fun with my roomie and my 2 other girl friends Christina and Katie. We are making t-shirts for Valentine's Day which are going to be super cute and hilarious. I just finished mine. On the front, it reads "No Valentine? No problem...(see back for details)" and on back it says "I Got Jesus (He was single too!)" Haha I love it!
As far as my decision I have to make for whether or not I transfer to Union, I have yet to figure it out for sure. After a lot more research on Union, it keeps getting more appealing, but I'm still trying to decipher which voice is God's and which is mine. Only God can let me know for sure what I'm going to do because He already knows. Ugh...I love it at SBU so much, but since I'm going to have to change campuses for nursing anyway I guess it really does not matter because I'm leaving next year anyway...it would just be farther. I did find that Jackson, TN is 270 miles from St. Louis and it's about 210 to get to Bolivar so distance really won't be that bad either. I pray that I let God fully lead me in the right direction, whatever it may be.
Stay Tuned,
Katlyn
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Something New To Deal With
So it's super late here in Bolivar, but I'm still pretty awake from a dance party I just had with my girls! I haven't written in awhile...mostly because I'm busy, but also because God is doing some crazy things in my life again. He just started speaking to me a few days ago. This is really hard for me to even talk about this time. Basically, I am thinking that even though I love it here at SBU and everything, I am not sure that this is where God has called me to be after all. Ugh, I feel so bad because I hate it when I worry and think about stuff a lot.
So I was sitting in Old Testament history a few days ago, when all of a sudden I felt this overwhelming feeling that I can't exactly describe that immediately had me thinking about my major and what's to come of my future. I know that God has given me a passion for other cultures and I still have every intention of doing mission work in my future...and as a nurse, too. But I have felt since that morning that I may not need to necesarily major in missions (the intercultural studies major) and nursing. First of all, God has already called us to be missionaries....we should feel led to do so once we have been taken in by His grace and love...so I do not really need to major in missions because really ICS is just a fancy title for becomming a missionary. Nursing is already a mission field anyway! Secondly, I do not know if I would like how this program is set up (3 semesters in Bolivar, then 2 yrs of nursing classes in Springfield, then 2 semesters back in Bolivar, then a semester abroad). Lastly, I don't like how the regular bachelor's nursing works either. It would take me 5 years too! Ugh! Anyway, this really got me concerned about how things would work out. For some reason, I kept thinking about my original first choice school, Union University, and how much I thought I wanted to go there to do nursing or intercultural studies too! I pulled up their site and long story short, they have a 4 year BSN that I think looks very appealing and if I would want to do MSN for nurse practitioner; they have a 15 month program that seems promising! This whole time, I'm just thinking "Why is this happening now, God? Why not before I chose to come to SBU?" Anyway, So after getting really upset and frustrated with myself and even God a little-I talked to my parents, roommate, and couple other friends about it.
So now I am a little stuck in this situation. I am working things out, weighing out good and bad things, and really praying about this. I don't want to leave SBU because I love it, but if God wants me to go to Union, I will go. I cannot fight Him...I've already tried...you lose everytime. I have been humbled a lot since Thursday morning, but am still scared/nervous/anxious. I'm desperately awaiting to hear more from God on this one!
I have faith that everything will be okay. I believe that God sent me to SBU as part of His plan and do not regret coming here, even if it ends up only being for a year. I have had a wonderful experience. I will write more about this soon, but I should probably get some sleep now.
So I was sitting in Old Testament history a few days ago, when all of a sudden I felt this overwhelming feeling that I can't exactly describe that immediately had me thinking about my major and what's to come of my future. I know that God has given me a passion for other cultures and I still have every intention of doing mission work in my future...and as a nurse, too. But I have felt since that morning that I may not need to necesarily major in missions (the intercultural studies major) and nursing. First of all, God has already called us to be missionaries....we should feel led to do so once we have been taken in by His grace and love...so I do not really need to major in missions because really ICS is just a fancy title for becomming a missionary. Nursing is already a mission field anyway! Secondly, I do not know if I would like how this program is set up (3 semesters in Bolivar, then 2 yrs of nursing classes in Springfield, then 2 semesters back in Bolivar, then a semester abroad). Lastly, I don't like how the regular bachelor's nursing works either. It would take me 5 years too! Ugh! Anyway, this really got me concerned about how things would work out. For some reason, I kept thinking about my original first choice school, Union University, and how much I thought I wanted to go there to do nursing or intercultural studies too! I pulled up their site and long story short, they have a 4 year BSN that I think looks very appealing and if I would want to do MSN for nurse practitioner; they have a 15 month program that seems promising! This whole time, I'm just thinking "Why is this happening now, God? Why not before I chose to come to SBU?" Anyway, So after getting really upset and frustrated with myself and even God a little-I talked to my parents, roommate, and couple other friends about it.
So now I am a little stuck in this situation. I am working things out, weighing out good and bad things, and really praying about this. I don't want to leave SBU because I love it, but if God wants me to go to Union, I will go. I cannot fight Him...I've already tried...you lose everytime. I have been humbled a lot since Thursday morning, but am still scared/nervous/anxious. I'm desperately awaiting to hear more from God on this one!
I have faith that everything will be okay. I believe that God sent me to SBU as part of His plan and do not regret coming here, even if it ends up only being for a year. I have had a wonderful experience. I will write more about this soon, but I should probably get some sleep now.
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