Big Day

Well, classes start tomorrow and I'm scrambling to make last minute preparations. I walked around the campus this morning with my schedule trying to find my classes so I'm not late due to being lost on the first day. I also bought a few CBC T-shirts with the money my mother gave me for my birthday to help identify me as a student. I love that they were only $5.00.

We had a meeting this morning to discuss basic dress code and rules of conduct while on the campus. I find that I seem to be the oldest male and possibly student in the freshman class. It really doesn't help that today is my birthday. It becomes a reminder that I just got a little older than everyone else. They need to invent a way to put birthdays on hold until life can catch up!! Thank God that everyone seems to think I look like I'm in my early to mid twenties.

As i said, today is my 31st birthday. As I thought about it, today is my birthday in more ways than one. Today, I start my life as a student in pursuit of God's plan for my life as well as acknowledge the day of my birth. Although Michelle seems sad that I won't have much opportunity to really celebrate it seeing as I have no close friends or any family within 700 miles, I told her that God has given me an entirely new life here and I couldn't ask for a better birthday present than that! I honestly don't think I would have been mature enough for this had I come right after high school. (I'm barely mature enough now!)

Finances are tight and jobs are hard to find. Michelle has suggested that I call my church family back home and ask for sponsors but I'm not sure if I'm comfortable doing that at my age. This becomes one of those tough times where it's hard to decide if this is a situation where I need to simply trust God to provide or lay down my pride and ask my brothers and sisters in Christ for help. I suppose I first have to decide if pride is the reason I don't want help. I honestly can't say right now. I only know that if I do find a job that will supply my needs, I will have to work a number of hours that will make school work very difficult. I ask anyone reading this to pray for me for wisdom in making decisions such as this. Feel free also to comment if you have any Godly advice or want to get in touch with me and I will give you my new phone number.