Strengthened in Him

滿有能力
我的盼望 就在耶穌基督裡
在你裡面 滿有平安
生命泉源 就在耶穌基督裡
有主在我 裡面活著

我宣告在我裡面的
比世界一切的更有能力
我不屬這世界
我高舉耶穌的名

我宣告在我裡面有
活水湧流滿有能力
有耶穌在我裡面活著
我勇敢站立

有主在我裡面
沒有懼怕能戰勝仇敵
有主在我裡面
沒有懼怕還得勝有餘

this is a long one! color coded!
Today marks 2 weeks and 1 day since i've left tucson...and of course the past 5 days have been the hardest...but instead of writing about all the boo-hoo stuff, gonna start with praise!

the past weekend in ohio has been legen-wait for it-dary! haha, i'm so happy i got to spend those few days in ohio because 1) i had a really good bonding time with a few of the girls 2) it kept my mind off the whole "moving" thing 3) i saw a lot of growth in many of the youths in just half a year...anyways, for those ohioans that are reading this, i had a REALLY nice time with you guys and i even told my mom "dang it, i should've went to cedarville" (but no, i'm glad i didn't go there...hahaha) i can't wait to chill with you guys during thanksgiving break =D oh, and this trip to ohio was kinda weird...to me at least, cause i got "close" to all the people i wasn't exactly close with before...like, even though karen and i talked occasionally, this trip...WOW. hahaha, we had some intense talks. and anna too, somehow was able to talk about a lot more things this trip...and then bernard, i told him we better talk this trip cause we didn't talk at all my past two trips, and we did! so it was cool finally talking to "BMW" also got to hear a lot of his retarded stories...hahaha, i was just kinda surprised at how easy to was to get close to them even tho this is only my 3rd visit...but then again, it's cause 因著耶穌我們成為一家人!!! annndddd yeaaaahhhh, it was really nice being the ohioans, gave me that "home" feeling =)

Monday: dropped off by family around evening...didn't start the tears till the last hug with parents...anyways, later that night we had a "Dorm Mixer" so i went downstairs and stood awkwardly away from the little groups of friends that had already formed while i was in ohio...but then randomly, this girl starts talking to me, with the usual "name, major, hometown" and then asked if i was gonna go back to AZ for thanksgiving and i was like "no, but maybe ohio, cause my brother is there" she flips and says "Where?!" me: "columbus...." and it turns out, that's where she's from! hahaha, the awesome part is, i've found myself a ride to columbus during thanksgiving break! =D praise Jesus! the first night and He took care of my "biggest worry"

Tuesday: first day of class, only one class, Christian Theology, EXCITING! haha, i was also the only "religion/pre-seminary" major in the class, so professor was like =D...then the rest of the day was like reading/food/boo-hoo/etc...

Wednesday: had the other 4 classes...they all seem interesting...haha, sociology, oral rhetoric, math, psychology...i'm not sure how i REALLY feel about them yet, because i always judge a class to quickly and end up not having a good time...so yeah, i'll wait and see...i can't recall anything exciting happening here too....

Thursday: can't recall anything, and it was only yesterday...just remember calling my mom about 4 times throughout the day due to: 1) questions 2) decisions 3) home sickness 4) just because...hahaha not in that order tho....but then my mom told me the story about anita looking for me...oh my goodness, could not help but cry hearing about her...gah, i miss that little tadpole...=(

Friday: was excited for yg all day, i REALLY wanted to see what it was like and i was hoping to rely on the yg for "comfort" as i did with my yg and as i did with the ohio yg...so waiting outside at like 6:50 even though they said 7 (and they were NOT on time) i was just SO READY to go to yg...but today was the first yg of the semester so they didn't do a typical yg, they just played games the whole time (not exactly fun games...hahaha, but it was alright) and honestly, (i hope none of them reads this) i was quite disappointed... i guess i just had too high of an expectation, but praise Jesus! i got to know a few people (asians) that go here too...and that does comfort me a bit more...but after yg, i couldn't help but miss yg (MY yg) SO SO SO SO SO much...and i couldn't call any of you because all of you guys were AT yg...so that made me even more sad, and that was probably the first time i really missed yg as a whole...-sigh-. keep up the good work guys, i hope to see big, wonderful changes in the winter.

Tomorrow morning is chaos day...i finally decided to buy a dorm shirt, and they ran out...OH WELL. haha, keep on praying for me guys! i need to learn complete dependence on God! =D