After living here for a month, things are going pretty well. I haven't been sick, classes still make sense most of the time, the food isn't poison AND I haven't been killed off yet. All in all, it hasn't been too shabby. But in all seriousness, those are things to be thankful for. So far, so good. Also, I went back to Corpus for Labor day! First time that I was able to be with my family close to my dad's family in two years. I had a great time and it really is a huge perk being less than a 3hr drive away as opposed to a 6hr flight.
P.S. I now own more collared/button up shirts than I do t-shirts. There's a first time to everything! AND I'm for sure holding the #1 slot for slickest unmarried white male on campus... Although I will be the first to day that the competition is a bit lacking.
At the moment, classes are smooth, understandable and about to get hard. Or at least, I know the end is near. What was once me wading in Spanish has turned into treading water, which will be in the near future become me drowning. I am still amazed at how much my grammar has improved, even in this short month. Although now when I go to pray, I can't figure out which language I'm supposed to be doing it it. It turns is to a poor excuse for gibberish most times, accompanied by smatterings of Spanglish. Little by little my brain is being hijacked from me.... pretty soon my thoughts will look like this guy.
In my previous post, you would see that God was just smothering me with "Give me your desires and dreams, die to yourself." Now the tune of the song has changed to "Give me your distractions, focus on me." While it may seem obvious to some of y'all, these things go hand in hand with each other, and in most cases overlap. Strangely, this second, seeming simpler part is harder to follow through with than the first. While dreams and desires are things that we desperately want to hold on to, they are all future and aren't quite as tangible as of right now. However, the distractions are happening constantly and right now. Whether they be the rabbit trails your brain follows, the people you keep in contact with, the amount of exercise you do, how much food you eat or even the songs that are stuck in your head. All these things are taking conscious thoughts, and while not anything wrong in their own right, need to be filtered and have their worth tested. Sometimes, it could be you just need to fast from something, in order to keep your perspective from being overtaken. Sometime stressful, frustrating, aggravating, seemingly senseless and in constant need of patrolling, I have faith that it is worth it in the end.
P.S. I now own more collared/button up shirts than I do t-shirts. There's a first time to everything! AND I'm for sure holding the #1 slot for slickest unmarried white male on campus... Although I will be the first to day that the competition is a bit lacking.
At the moment, classes are smooth, understandable and about to get hard. Or at least, I know the end is near. What was once me wading in Spanish has turned into treading water, which will be in the near future become me drowning. I am still amazed at how much my grammar has improved, even in this short month. Although now when I go to pray, I can't figure out which language I'm supposed to be doing it it. It turns is to a poor excuse for gibberish most times, accompanied by smatterings of Spanglish. Little by little my brain is being hijacked from me.... pretty soon my thoughts will look like this guy.
In my previous post, you would see that God was just smothering me with "Give me your desires and dreams, die to yourself." Now the tune of the song has changed to "Give me your distractions, focus on me." While it may seem obvious to some of y'all, these things go hand in hand with each other, and in most cases overlap. Strangely, this second, seeming simpler part is harder to follow through with than the first. While dreams and desires are things that we desperately want to hold on to, they are all future and aren't quite as tangible as of right now. However, the distractions are happening constantly and right now. Whether they be the rabbit trails your brain follows, the people you keep in contact with, the amount of exercise you do, how much food you eat or even the songs that are stuck in your head. All these things are taking conscious thoughts, and while not anything wrong in their own right, need to be filtered and have their worth tested. Sometimes, it could be you just need to fast from something, in order to keep your perspective from being overtaken. Sometime stressful, frustrating, aggravating, seemingly senseless and in constant need of patrolling, I have faith that it is worth it in the end.
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Bayshore Bible Church
2145 Rodd Field Rd.
Corpus Christi, TX 78414
Corpus Christi, TX 78414
