Back to business

Ahh, yes, my blog.

Well, hey, summer was awesome. I'm not going to even try to tell you all everything that happened, I'll just give you a summary. I was at a summer camp called Camp Tadmor, which is located in eastern Oregon. I was a camp counselor, so I was responsible for about 10 kids each week.

Let me just say, it is amazing how God can work through your weakness. It was a very tiring job. To do the same routine for 8 weeks can ring on being monotonous--it was not always easy to be energetic. But you know what, as I was honest to God about my weaknesses and just stepped out in faith, doing the best I could, He provided. Even in my lowest of times he brought kids in my cabin to Him.

I remember one particualr occasion: a bunch of high school freshmen really broke down and confessed some of their problems to me. I prayed with each of them. One of them said how glad he was that I was there--now keep in mind, this was one of my lowest weeks of the summer in terms of energy and confidence level. I could only shake my head and smile, "God, I didn't do any of this." It truly is a blessing to be used by God.

Okay, well, now I am back at Biola--I'm almost a full week in. I got an Old Testament class, a swimming class, Geology, a reporting class, spanish, and I am the managing editor for our student magazine, The Point. All my classes seem to quite large--my Old Testament class almost has 200 people!!

But I really think my classes will be awesome. I just got back from my first reporting class and I am really looking forward to it. I was hanging on the professor's every word and my classmates are mostly serious journalism students that I know.

Working for the magazine will definitely be a new experience for me. So far I have enjoyed it, but it definitely is different than newspaper. It's funny, I actually am the only male on staff, haha--so that's kind of an interesting dynamic. It's also kind of a plus that one of the other editors happens to be...well, heh, one of the most amazing, interesting, and Godly girls I've ever met...and definitely not bad on the eyes, if you catch my meaning.

...Please, don't harass me about saying that--the openness I have with my audience is not a guarantee--more like a conditional privilege you all get to enjoy :)

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No, I'm not really conceited, I just know how the Willhite side (yes, that means you too, mom) can be about harrassing.

So, yeah, I'm really enjoying life with my roommate. Him and I really get along well and have pretty similar preferences. The rest of my floor is also really cool--a lot of new guys, but still awesome.

So, I'm done writing--I'm a bit tired. Keep me in your prayers. I want to make sure I don't get torn apart by my work--there's a lot of different parties vying for my attention right now, and y'all know how I hate to disappoint.

--mjf