sophomoric silliness

so that’s what i named my first back-to-school facebook album.

packing was easy; i just organized some clothes and moved some stuff around in my boxes and such. i met up with a couple of people (rachna, eric, serena, dani, michelle, kevin leslie, stacy, anchin) over the week and went to church and saw people, so that’s pretty much all i really needed. i got my fill of home with my folks, and did some more shopping and ran all my errands. i still feel iffy admitting it, but i think i’m getting along better with my parents now…i didn’t sleep the whole way back to school anyways. maybe it’s just being apart for 2 months and having lots to say. maybe it’s my new fluency (sort of) in mandarin. maybe i’m just starting to appreciate them/be open to being open more. but all in all, it’s nice to start connecting with them.

and now i’m back at school. moving in was a cinch, and started seeing familiar faces. it’s been mostly blitz and sg leader training, and it hasn’t been that taxing. i felt slightly on edge yesterday/this morning but i’ve calmed down, thank God. i guess i’ll summarize some of what i’ve gone through… first day was at the loft and we ate and hung out. worship was wonderful…it was so refreshing to be in that place again after so long in a place where i couldn’t completely put myself into the worship. and since i tried to with the Chinese songs, i think it’s even easier for me to immerse myself in IV worship that i’m already comfortable with. And perhaps not doing worship team this semester will be good for me to evaluate where i stand with what worship should be. that was wordy. basically i need to humble myself and not focus on the quality of my vocals. so i know now that i’ve learned something from being in Taiwan. and it makes me feel fuzzy inside knowing that i was sent there for a good reason. that ’spur of the moment’ was a push from God. sweet, i should listen to those more often. oh anyways, so jenny klaus talked about how the field is ripe for the harvest and that that harvest is NOW. i have this jumpy on-the-edge spirit inside of my heart right now just kicking and shoving to get out there and outreach, and i feel restless. like i have things to do but i’m not sure how and with who and to who and just walking through the hall i want to ask every person for their name and their year and major and it seems implausible but i at least want to smile and say hi and my name. ahhhhh! but i released some of that tonight at game night and met a handful of freshmen playing kemps. going around in a circle so i don’t forget…there was aaron on 4th, kevin on 3rd, nora on 4th, mike on 1st?, mark, lauren on 4th, jack, rachel, jacob on 4th. haha nicole noticed that aaron was wearing a WWJD bracelet. this makes me excited. too bad there are so few freshman on 3rd. shoot. well this morning we had worship again (i love hymns), and then QT about the Samaritan woman, and then Katie talked about approaching new people and connecting with them etc, and then we ran through some role playing at the water tables, outside za’s, walking home from LG, etc. And then we had Subway and took a break. When we came back we split up into seminars and the first one i went to was on cross-cultural