Hi y'all! Sorry its been so long - midterms spread out for three weeks, and I'm still shoveling out! (I'm just down to one Greek exam and a 13 page paper due next week.) So much has been happening, and yet so little's really new since our last 'chat.' I've settled into a fairly good routine of daily study and spending time with new/growing friendships. It has become increasingly difficult to balance the hefty load I've taken on at school with spending time with people to develop truly quality relationships. So far God has been very gracious to me in balancing my time. I'm mentally fatigued, but emotionally pretty good (a nice change of pace from my former life). There are some things that I'm in great need for the Lord's intervention - please pray with me this month for:
- I really need 2 mentors starting next semester. Part of my degree requires I have 2 mentors, one in my field and one in my denomination. My pastor here is praying about taking on the role, but it looks like he's going to be too busy with other DenSemers who've already asked him - please pray for wisdom for him as he prays to decide if he can mentor me as well. Baring that, please pray God gives me a good other option in my denomination (I think it has to be locally). So far, it also looks like both my mentors will in all likelihood be men. While this is not inherently bad, I would appreciate prayer that God would somehow contrive for one of them to be a wise woman - I will be working with these folks for the next 3 years, it'd be nice to have one wise woman's voice as well!
- Please pray for continued good health and strong will to finish the semester well. Though I am though the most difficult part of the semester (finals doesn't look as bad as what I've just done), there are still lots of details to be cleaned up - I still can blow it - please pray God's strength for me.
- I will be having an apologetic discussion with someone in my building this month (probably this guy named Jeff). This is for my apologetics class, but please pray it would be a good and right conversation with the right person. That God would give me skill, grace and courage as I take this up in the next few weeks. Pray the Jesus would be spoken, heard and received!
- Please pray for me especially these next 2 weeks as I take this Greek exam and write this paper - I'm very nervous about them both and they count significantly towards my overall grades in both classes.
- I live in a relatively poor apartment complex in a working class neighborhood. For Thanksgiving I've invited my building to get together to share the holiday. So far there are few takers, but pray that Jesus would call the stragglers (like me) together and that no one would feel shame at having no where else to be. Pray that it would be an opportunity to share the love of Christ in each other's fellowship here.
Thanks Gang - your notes and prayer are truely a blessing on my life - Love, Ter
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I can't believe i didn't even get a shout out as your recent visitor??!! :( oh well - I love ya and had a blast. Miss you and pray your thanksgiving is fruitful! (p.s, i got $100 for my damaged bag!) :)
Hey girl!
Nice to hear from you. Very apt pic of you climbing, like climbing the mountain of classwork. Glad to hear that you're doing well in spite of a stressful semester. Besides school any other new developments? Any more bike rides? I'm praying for you! Love ya!
Chris
p.s.s i hope you are going to read that fabulous book that a good friend gave you, 'sacred marriage' now?! :) it's a great read!
Hey Ter! I love this line your post: "I still can blow it." Made me smile. There's always time to screw up! But no worries, I'm sure you'll do fine.
A friend of mine recommended that book too, Jenn.
I'm little better than 1/2 way through that book - can't say I love it - it's really tough in a way I can't quite define yet. I'll probably finish it and I think I would reccomend it - we'll see how it ends up. I do still love the idea of holiness driving marrage rather than self-gratification. -t
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