Dandelions and Daydreams

I want to leave a legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who blessed your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy

Full Lyrics to Legacy by Nichole Nordeman

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I have carried you since you were born; I have taken care of you from your birth. Even when you are old, I will be the same. Even when you hair has turned gray, I will take care of you. I made you and will take care of you.

Isaiah 46

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The novelty of being back at LU has worn off, but I am still finding myself rejoicing in the simple pleasures of life. Today, I stopped by to talk to a friend. She wasn’t there, but I stopped and talked to her neighbor. How wonderful life is!

’tis a gift God has given me to be blessed by so many friends. ‘Tis a gift to be here today.

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How can I find myself so overjoyed?

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Last semester, I tried to hide my unhappiness while I was at Toccoa Falls. Don’t get me wrong, I think TFC is a good school and they are working hard to send out Christian leaders into the world. I know that it is a wonderful school. However, I was living off campus, and I didn’t know anybody. Not having any friends got me really depressed, and the people there aren’t as open as LU people are. I wasn’t challenged by my classes, and the lack of homework was incredible. I couldn’t even throw myself into the endless hours of homework because there wasn’t any. The combination of a lot of things made my experience there a rather unhappy one.

Coming back to LeTourneau, was like coming home. What a welcoming home to come to. I got back to campus last night and as I walked around so many people shouted out my name in excitement. I am once again in the presence of all the wonderful people who have come to mean so much in my life over the past two years; this is almost too good to be true.

Being here is beautiful. I have been able to sit and talk with my best friends. I giggled with Cara until 2 a.m.; I sat and talked to Anna this afternoon. I ate ice cream with Brenton. I have generally wandered around campus constantly suprised by how many friends I have here. Y’all are the reason I am back.

There are rumors going around that this former WE has changed to a Psychology major. I’m afraid that the rumors are true. After statics, I cam to a startling realization that I did not want to be an engineer. I wandered around lost for a semester not really knowing what I wanted to do. When I left here I thought I was going to study photography at the local tech school. Then I decided to study Journalism at TFC. That major switch was really only theoretical though. I didn’t take a single journalism class. When I heard that the school was considering closing their communications department, I decided that I definitely didn’t want to get left with a degree from a closed down school.

At the end of the year, I was left, once again, without direction. I thought, “Hey, maybe I’ll go to LU and study something.” My mom gave me 3 months to decide what I want to study and actually stick with. I bounced between English, education, and finally landed upon psychology. Here I am at LU.

I can’t wait to see everybody and get caught up. I am so overwhelmed by being here. I am thankful to have so many wonderful friends here. I had forgotten how much I love y’all. This is a wonderful place. I have come alive again.

Well, I have been here for 3 days total, and I am still living out of boxes. My roomie has told me to move in compeletly while she is out at P&P. So I’m out. Still smiling though

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Well, all my stuff’s packed. Getting ready to throw it all in the truck and tomorrow morning, I’m off to Texas. So look for me at sunset. I’ll be driving in from the east. Until then…

Caio

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“The Sadhu smiled at me. ‘Sometimes people come to me to see a miracle. When they come now I’ll send them to Corrie ten Boom. That I know Jesus is alive and with me is no miracle…these eyes have seen Him. But you, who have never seen him, know His presence. Isn’t that a miracle of the Holy Spirit? Look in your Bible at wha Jesus said to Thomas in John 20:29:…Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.

Don’t pray for visions; He gives you the assurance of His presence without visions.’”

Corrie Ten Boom My Father’s House

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Someone tell the administration.

LeTourneau University is more than a place to get an education. The fallacy being committed by the administration is focusing too much on getting the numbers up. Who cares about the numbers! Stop trying to make LU a liberal arts school. Nobody knows the name of LeTouneau for it’s English majors. LeTourneau is known for it’s engineers. Now, Stop trying to sacrafice the engineering program.

I totally agree that the liberal arts degrees at LU should be excellent. As christians we should strive to be excellent in all we do. But LU should not reduce the quality of engineering program in order to make the psychology, english, business, or education departments look better (forgive me if I forgot someone). Do you think of psychology majors coming from MIT? It’s as foreign as the thought of a History major at LU.

LeTourneau is more than numbers. If I want to go to a school that is ultimately worried about making sure that each incoming class grow, I can go to University of Georgia for a lot cheaper to be just a number. Who cares if we are growing. Isn’t the focus of LU to raise up Christian workers? Not preachers and missionaries so much, but businesspeople. Why can’t we just accept that niche. Why change a good thing?

How many secular schools are there that offer engineering? Thousands. How many Christian liberal arts schools are there? At least hundreds. How many Christian technical schools are there? I would suspect that LU is the only one, but not so much any more as it once was. It’s a sad state of affairs.

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As I was drifting off to sleep last night, I realized why I am having so much trouble packing up my stuff to go back to LeTourneau. I don’t feel like I could really be going back.

When I graduated from High School, I didn’t really believe I was going to college, and the reality of going to college didn’t hit me until I went for Heritage weekend. Then, I was dazed! “Oh, I really am going to college…”

I’m afraid that this is just the build up to some terrible cruel joke. The punch line would be to find out that my mom doesn’t have a job and my family is on the verge of going broke. Oh, but wait, you can’t suprise me with that. I already know. I have foiled the evil plan!

Somehow, It doesn’t seem real that I am moving out. Anybody got a reality check?

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Yesterday, with ice on my foot, I did not feel inspired to post. Today, WIth an ankle brace I would like to tell you how I almost ended my hopes of returning to Texas.

I went to church yesterday with my parents–Good thing
Actually I just went to sunday school because I really don’t like the preacher there–bad thing, I know.
I went to my parents class because they are a bunch of crazy old people-Good thing.
I avoid the college class there because I get depressed with the lack of fellowship–bad thing.
One of the ladies in my parents sunday school class gave me some spice cake, pound cake, and bannanna bread to take home with us--VERY good thing!
I was wearing a dress and super high platform heels–Shocking thing.
Around my house we have rock pathways and lots of steps–neutral thing
It is very difficult to walk in high platform heels on rock pathways and stairs–bad thing.
I slipped and fell while walking down stairs–bad thing
My foot fell down in between two steps and I scraped the top really hard–VERY bad thing.
I was afraid that I had broken my foot, but I was relieved to figure out that I hadn’t–VERY good thing.
Knowing the difficulty of walking around my house in high heels, I had given my mom the food to carry and so I did not spill the cake–VERY VERY good thing.

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