Hey everyone! Sorry its been so long but you know with life, school and everything else in between it can get a bit hectic! Hopefully I won't do that again but you never know...

So for the past couple of weeks have been hectic for me at school with projects, papers and tests (including midterms coming up... O.o; ). However, I did give myself a day off one Saturday to go visit my great friend, Rich Douglas up in Hartwell! It was so much fun and I enjoyed the free time and the company thoroughly! Hopefully it can be done again...

When it comes to the stuff with Toccoa Falls, I'm stilling trying to finish the application process and everything. Yesterday I applied to attend their campus visiting weekend which is to happen close to the end of March so hopefully I'll learn more about the college, the degree program I'm going into and what kind of financial aid I'll receive there. Honestly, I'm really excited but I'm also kind nervous because I really don't know what to expect up there and whether or not it'll work out for me. Please pray that everything goes smoothly for this situation...

Right now for my quiet time I'm reading Brennan Manning's "The Ragamuffin Gospel" which I've heard so much about but never got a chance to read till now. I am learning so much as well as being challenged in my personal/spiritual walk. For example, one of the things Mr. Manning says in the first chapter of his book really challenges me to reevaluate my concept of faith - "If a random sampling of one thousand American Christians were taken today, the majority would define faith as belief in the existence of God. In earlier times it did not take faith to believe that God existed - almost everybody took that for granted. Rather, faith had to do with one's relationship to God - whether one trusted in God. The difference between faith as 'belief in something that may or may not exist' and faith as 'trusting in God' is enormous. The first is a matter of the head, the second a matter of the heart. The first can leave us unchanged; the second intrinsically brings change." I can't wait to tell y'all more about what I learn once I've finished the book. I really enjoy his style of writing and hope to read more of his stuff!

As I sit here thinking about what to report, I can't help but think about the lives of the Haitians and Chileans who have been rocked by the terrible earthquakes and so many lives lost. When I think about that, I realize my life is NOTHING in comparison to these people hellish lives right now. So many people, especially students, feel like life is completely unbearable. But what about those people and their lives? Is it bearable?! Sometimes I feel so guilty and stupid for complaining about stupid little infinitesimal things like school work, my lack of a social life, not having enough money in my bank account... REALLY?!


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Yesterday and today I've spent most of the day working on a current events project for my Geography class that, at first, I thought was really lame but know that I've done it, I'm grateful! For the first time in a while, I looked at other issues going on in the world and realized just how much this world is almost CRYING OUT to God! I just pray and hope that people will begin to realize and pursue after the truth that is Christ Jesus! For the first time in a long time, my heart has begun to align with God's heart and is being broken over such devastation and evil that dwells in the minds and hearts of God's precious children, whether or not they believe in him and call him Father.

Well, that's it for now! I hope all is going well for y'all and I hope that your hearts may align with God's. Then maybe, MAYBE this world has a chance of being saved...

~Jeanne;)

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Hey y'all! Another awesome weekend has come upon us and I hope all of y'all will get the rest you deserve and need...

This past week was the week of tests! I think I had like 3 tests which I really didn't think I was prepared for but now that I've taken them I feel pretty good about all of them. I've also had a few other "tests" come my way as well... spiritually speaking I've been tested with how people are reacting and treating me now that they know I'm more than likely leaving. Its been good but still... kinda difficult. Also I've been facing some things about myself. I've done alot of reflecting and after realizing somethings about myself from moving around and how that has developed me as a person, I've had to face some facts as well as feelings and concepts that I didn't realize I had. Its been good but at the same time very tiring and somewhat painful... please pray that I can continue to process these things and find the ultimate truth in it all.

This past week I've been reading through some of the Psalms which I haven't done in a long time and its just so refreshing and rewarding every time I do. I just found in our school library CS Lewis' Reflections on the Psalms so I'm really excited about reading that and really for the first time ever digging into and learning about the Book of Psalms for the first time ever!

Well in other news, I've been talking about applying to Toccoa and getting that going. I can say now that it's official... I've applied to Toccoa Falls for this coming fall. I've had alot of different talks with people about this and leaving Atlanta Christian College. Some of them were goods, others not so much so... but in the end I've had alot of support and encouragement in it and thank you all for that. The hardest one for me was telling my academic adviser. She's been such a blast and a blessing to have in my life and with her being the history teacher here as well as the Dean of Academics here, I was a little nervous/afraid to tell her about this. However, I knew it needed to be done so plucking up some courage I met with her and thankfully she was completely understanding and supportive of me in this decision (although she kept saying she hates losing me because I've been such a blessing to the school and the best history tutor they've ever had). Afterward, I felt so relieved, it really felt like a load had been taken off of me... now I'm truly ready to get this process going and done!

Well... that's it for now! Hope all of y'all will have a blessed and restful weekend and have a great and safe Super Bowl Sunday... peace and chicken grease! ;)

~Jeanne;)