Community

Wow. It sure has been a while since I have been on here! Life has been going in full speed for the past several weeks. But, then again when doesn't life go in full speed! May was full of visitors, end of school, swimming, and packing. Yes, packing. What is that you say...why yes, yes we did just move 10 months ago. But we missed cardboard and packing tape so much that we figured we would do it all again for more fun! :) We moved into the campus housing. Something I said I would never do. When will I learn to quit saying I will "never" do something? Sure does seem like that is the very thing God is going to call me to do. He is so funny isn't he...a real knee slapper. :) Over the past year I have talked with many gals who lived on campus and I picked their brains and in the back of my mind I was wondering what in your right mind would cause you to want to live in such small living quarters. I didn't actually say that out loud, well maybe I did a time or two because you know me, I just kind of lay it all out there. The word I kept hearing was "Community." "Oh yes, it is small, but the community!" "Oh the community is wonderful." "The community is all worth it." I mean seriously I must have heard that dozens of times. So, after telling TW that I would never live here I then agreed to pray about it. Yes, that should have been my first response, but I am a slow learner. :) After prayer and talking with TW we agreed that this was the next step God was calling us towards. I must say that I have been pleasantly surprised and we have only been here 6 days. The community...I get it...I got it five minutes after we walked in our front door. Our sweet neighbor and new friend propped her door open and she kept an eye on the kids while they played so that we could do the moving in duties. So, sweet! Our kids hit it off right away and so did we! Let me give you a mental picture. Our hallway is much like that of a hotel. Our front door lines up right across from their front door...probably a maximum of five feet apart. We both prop our doors open and the kiddos run back and forth and play...and so do we. :) I now remember why I didn't get much studying done in the dorms...I am way too social. Housework? Who has time for housework when there are pots of coffee to chat over? So, once again...God calls me to something that I don't want to do, and I ended up enjoying it! When oh when will I learn that he knows best???