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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
First day of school, for Laura
Hi everyone,
Happy September! We are doing well. Steve is done with his busy month of August (still busy, but now with things that will be more regular with the school year). School at Geneva has started, students are all moved in...the campus is alive with students. The first week of school is over, and the school year is rolling. We are getting used to eating in the cafeteria...a big change from the past few years of cooking for ourselves everything from scratch. I can tell you that both have their pros and cons, and we are glad for the ways that the Lord provides for us. We're still figuring out how to best go grocery shopping, so that we don't waste too much food (now that we eat a lot of our meals at school, we don't need to buy as much...but we still need to buy some (for those times we would like to cook for ourselves :)
Anyway. No complaints here.
In other news, I had my first day of classes today! My class days will be really long, but I scheduled them that way so that I wouldn't have to drive to school too many days a week. So on Monday and Tuesdays, I will be there from 8:30 in the morning until 5pm. It takes a solid half hour to drive there, so that makes for a long day! Two classes each day. Today I had Early Church, which I think will be interesting and challenging. I'm not much of a historian, but I see the necessity of it. And it's interesting. I just have a hard enough time with the names of the last 100 people I just met, much less the names of all the church fathers and which centuries they lived in. Time to make some flash cards!! :)
In the afternoon I am in part one of three of a systematic theology course. This semester we are studying God the Father (the next two classes are about Jesus and the Holy Spirit). I think this class will tie together what I'm studying in the other classes. I enjoyed it today. Plus the instructor has a British accent, so he's really easy to listen to!
One thing that is taking some getting used to for me is the chapel times (called morning and evening prayers). They are every day, in the morning before classes start, and then after the afternoon classes are over. We are strongly encouraged to go. The school comes from the Anglican tradition, which I am still very awkward at. I have not quite gotten the hang of the prayer book, and knowing where we are in it. But I'm slowly catching on. It is very liturgical, which is sort of new for me. I like that a lot of what we are reading together is Scripture or based in Scripture. We read a lot of Scripture together! I still haven't caught on to the order of the service, but I'll get there eventually. Who would've thought that the most difficult part of seminary so far has been chapel?! My heart is very full. I have a week until my next classes, which will be a good way to ease into it, I think.
Not much else is new. I'm enjoying the job at the coffee shop. Catching on a little faster there than I am to Anglicanism, but still lots to learn and practice. I will be there just a tad over 20 hours a week. It is estimated that we should study 6 hours a week for each class. So I will apparently be studying about 24 hours a week outside the classroom. Busy busy!
Hope you are well!
Blessings,
Laura and Steve
Happy September! We are doing well. Steve is done with his busy month of August (still busy, but now with things that will be more regular with the school year). School at Geneva has started, students are all moved in...the campus is alive with students. The first week of school is over, and the school year is rolling. We are getting used to eating in the cafeteria...a big change from the past few years of cooking for ourselves everything from scratch. I can tell you that both have their pros and cons, and we are glad for the ways that the Lord provides for us. We're still figuring out how to best go grocery shopping, so that we don't waste too much food (now that we eat a lot of our meals at school, we don't need to buy as much...but we still need to buy some (for those times we would like to cook for ourselves :)
Anyway. No complaints here.
In other news, I had my first day of classes today! My class days will be really long, but I scheduled them that way so that I wouldn't have to drive to school too many days a week. So on Monday and Tuesdays, I will be there from 8:30 in the morning until 5pm. It takes a solid half hour to drive there, so that makes for a long day! Two classes each day. Today I had Early Church, which I think will be interesting and challenging. I'm not much of a historian, but I see the necessity of it. And it's interesting. I just have a hard enough time with the names of the last 100 people I just met, much less the names of all the church fathers and which centuries they lived in. Time to make some flash cards!! :)
In the afternoon I am in part one of three of a systematic theology course. This semester we are studying God the Father (the next two classes are about Jesus and the Holy Spirit). I think this class will tie together what I'm studying in the other classes. I enjoyed it today. Plus the instructor has a British accent, so he's really easy to listen to!
One thing that is taking some getting used to for me is the chapel times (called morning and evening prayers). They are every day, in the morning before classes start, and then after the afternoon classes are over. We are strongly encouraged to go. The school comes from the Anglican tradition, which I am still very awkward at. I have not quite gotten the hang of the prayer book, and knowing where we are in it. But I'm slowly catching on. It is very liturgical, which is sort of new for me. I like that a lot of what we are reading together is Scripture or based in Scripture. We read a lot of Scripture together! I still haven't caught on to the order of the service, but I'll get there eventually. Who would've thought that the most difficult part of seminary so far has been chapel?! My heart is very full. I have a week until my next classes, which will be a good way to ease into it, I think.
Not much else is new. I'm enjoying the job at the coffee shop. Catching on a little faster there than I am to Anglicanism, but still lots to learn and practice. I will be there just a tad over 20 hours a week. It is estimated that we should study 6 hours a week for each class. So I will apparently be studying about 24 hours a week outside the classroom. Busy busy!
Hope you are well!
Blessings,
Laura and Steve
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
News from both our worlds
Here is an article from our local paper that talks about both the college and the coffee shop.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Praises and Pictures
Hi Everyone,
Today I got a letter in the mail that said I would receive a scholarship that will cover my tuition for this school year! Wow! That is a total praise. God must have some good things in store, for opening all the doors to this school!
And, as promised:
Here are some pictures of our apartment.
Hope everyone is well,
Laura
PS....Steve just got done with 2 weeks of RD training, and this weekend, all the RAs come back and will start training on Monday. The month of August is/will be so busy! But filled with all good things.
Today I got a letter in the mail that said I would receive a scholarship that will cover my tuition for this school year! Wow! That is a total praise. God must have some good things in store, for opening all the doors to this school!
And, as promised:
Here are some pictures of our apartment.
Hope everyone is well,
Laura
PS....Steve just got done with 2 weeks of RD training, and this weekend, all the RAs come back and will start training on Monday. The month of August is/will be so busy! But filled with all good things.
Friday, August 6, 2010
A brief update
Hi everyone!
We have been in Beaver Falls now for a little over a month, and we have been keeping quite busy! Steve is currently at a conference (has been since yesterday, and will be until tomorrow), and I am home trying to motivate myself to clean up the place a little bit, so I can take pictures of it for you to see. Since the beginning of August (which seems like ages ago already), Steve and all of the RDs (9 of them total) have been going through RD training (a time of getting ready and team building). Already we've felt very welcomed here and have been able to find many opportunities for community (praise!). I have been keeping plenty busy trying to solidify my plans for the fall, which are starting to really come together!
1. I accepted a job at the local coffee shop, and will start on the 18th. I am super excited to get to work here! It is a great coffee shop, I like the people there, and it is within walking/biking distance from our apt. Win-win-win! Plus, it will be a great way to feel connected to the Geneva/Beaver Falls community.
2. As of this week, I am officially accepted to the local seminary...orientation starts on September 1st, and classes on the 7th. I am super excited about this too! It is not as local as the coffee shop, as I will have to drive or ride the bus there, but it is still in Beaver County (where we also are). This afternoon, I worked on figuring out which classes to take and registering for them. I am a little nervous because I will be having some early mornings in there, but I will hopefully survive. We might need to get another bookshelf for all the textbooks I will need! ;) No, I'm excited and thrilled for this opportunity (I withdrew from North Park as a result, not because I don't like North Park, but because I found out that I prefer classroom learning to online learning). It is my goal to earn a MA in Mission by the end of 2 years.
Here are the classes that I signed up for, in case you're interested. Should be a busy semester!
1. Intro to Biblical Languages & Interpretation
2. Early Church
3. God the Father, The Creator
4. Intro to World Mission
That's all for now. I have been privileged to be getting to know some of the other RD wives who are also doing a lot of hanging out this week while their husbands are at training. It is good that we can keep each other company.
Hope you are well!
Laura
PS....I will try try try to get some pictures up soon. Now that I am registered for classes and have my scholarship/financial aid applications filled out and sent, I can feel more free to focus on posting pictures.
We have been in Beaver Falls now for a little over a month, and we have been keeping quite busy! Steve is currently at a conference (has been since yesterday, and will be until tomorrow), and I am home trying to motivate myself to clean up the place a little bit, so I can take pictures of it for you to see. Since the beginning of August (which seems like ages ago already), Steve and all of the RDs (9 of them total) have been going through RD training (a time of getting ready and team building). Already we've felt very welcomed here and have been able to find many opportunities for community (praise!). I have been keeping plenty busy trying to solidify my plans for the fall, which are starting to really come together!
1. I accepted a job at the local coffee shop, and will start on the 18th. I am super excited to get to work here! It is a great coffee shop, I like the people there, and it is within walking/biking distance from our apt. Win-win-win! Plus, it will be a great way to feel connected to the Geneva/Beaver Falls community.
2. As of this week, I am officially accepted to the local seminary...orientation starts on September 1st, and classes on the 7th. I am super excited about this too! It is not as local as the coffee shop, as I will have to drive or ride the bus there, but it is still in Beaver County (where we also are). This afternoon, I worked on figuring out which classes to take and registering for them. I am a little nervous because I will be having some early mornings in there, but I will hopefully survive. We might need to get another bookshelf for all the textbooks I will need! ;) No, I'm excited and thrilled for this opportunity (I withdrew from North Park as a result, not because I don't like North Park, but because I found out that I prefer classroom learning to online learning). It is my goal to earn a MA in Mission by the end of 2 years.
Here are the classes that I signed up for, in case you're interested. Should be a busy semester!
1. Intro to Biblical Languages & Interpretation
2. Early Church
3. God the Father, The Creator
4. Intro to World Mission
That's all for now. I have been privileged to be getting to know some of the other RD wives who are also doing a lot of hanging out this week while their husbands are at training. It is good that we can keep each other company.
Hope you are well!
Laura
PS....I will try try try to get some pictures up soon. Now that I am registered for classes and have my scholarship/financial aid applications filled out and sent, I can feel more free to focus on posting pictures.
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