The second half of my semester was full of fun but also more stressful than I ever could have imagined. I got less and less sleep each week, and my grades slowly went down. It all led right up to finals week, which was just a week of no fun. Although the second half of my semester was stressful, God was faithful all the way through, as he always is! Here are just a few of the great ways God has blessed me this semester with some pretty great pictures to go along :)
God has truly blessed me with my relationship with my roommate. We understand each other and don't even need to use words most of the time. We know how to comfort each other in times of hurt, and best of all we know how to encourage each other in our walk with God. Kim knows my struggles and encourages me to seek God in those struggling times. She is so great.
I had my first driving into downtown Chicago experience, and I survived! :D The city has played such a big role in my semester. I've not only enjoyed going downtown a bunch, but I've also been taking urban studies classes on campus. I took a class called Chicago and another class called Urban Politics. I loved both of them a lot surprisingly. Next semester I'm taking Urban Sociology. Last spring I realized that I am really passionate about the city, and I would like to end up teaching music in an urban school and then hopefully move towards urban music education reforms one day. I'm so thankful that God has given me a heart for the city!
My summer at HoneyRock working as a camp counselor has really influenced my school year, and it has been so great to have a HoneyRock friends on campus. Seeing them in the midst of Wheaton College intensity is such a delight. You really become close with people when doing 24/7 ministry with them, so seeing them on campus brings a smile to my face and floods me with great memories from the summer. These two ladies and I all have the least compatible schedules during the school year, but we've kept up for the most part. I'm so happy God placed them in my life!
Conducting was something that I struggled with so much this semester, and that scared me a lot because conducting is what I am currently looking at for a career choice. Everything in life, especially academics, as always come easily for the most part, and this year is when that all changed. I learned what it felt like to be one of the weakest in the class, and I had to learn to be ok with this. But through it all, I came out of the class so happy that I made it through, learned a ton, and had an absolute blast despite my lack of success.
This year I've loved living in the suite that my RA (on right) lives in. She is such an amazing RA, and I was excited to find out at the end of this semester that I will be an RA next year. I'm going to be living in a community of 50+ freshmen and sophomore girls. Life is going to look a lot different next year because a lot of priorities will be shifting, and I am so pumped for this. I cannot wait!
This is some of the oboe studio and our teacher, and I have loved having these two freshmen guys in the studio this year. Playing the oboe has been so much more fun this year, and I'm excited to continue growing as a musician next semester.
God was good to me this semester. God is good to me all the time. :)
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