Greetings!

It has been over 2 months since my last entry (I know, I am the best blogger ever!), and I am now finally making my 2ND entry! I should get a pat on the back, no? j/k. I am sorry for any of you who might have read my first blog and found yourself strangely interested in anything I had to say...Okay, so enough of the "repairing the relationship," let me share a few things.

Changing my degree program to the 7-year route (from the 6-year one), was done with the intention to slow things down and allow me to have a little bit of a life along with being able to really focus and enjoy the 3 courses that I would be taking. So, being the ambitious young lad that I am, I got a job...or I could say a job found me.

I started working at a small Presbyterian Church in Glendale (Grand View Presbyterian) as a co-youth director for the senior high and middle school aged young people. This has proven to be a very enriching experience for me. My journey of how I came there, and what I have experienced there would (already) require a book of its own, but suffice it to say it has been quite an adventure.

With my new job, my role as an officer in our student advocacy group on campus, my role as a news source for the APA to the SOP student body, a mentor in our mentor program at the SOP, a supervisee in practicum, moving my friend in October, and then moving myself this month, it has been exceedingly difficult to have any time for myself--oh, and not to mention that I still have those three courses that I am supposed to be a student in.

I am ready for a break. I am really looking forward to Thanksgiving and then getting to go back to Texas for Christmas break with my family. I am going to need some time to re-structure my activities that I am involved in. Learning limits is definitely of huge importance in being in this program. It is intense enough if you were only a student, but factor in that you are a church member, family member, friend, apartment owner, and the roles that I chose to get involved in you very quickly become overwhelmed, overworked, and exhausted. It has been a good life lesson I suppose, but I am looking forward to resting and delegating my time in a a more manageable way.

I would like to finish by saying "Glory to God the Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit." The Lord that I have come to know so much better is so good. In the midst of this strenuous quarter, God has proven himself to be good and faithful. He faithfully provides me with financial support, friends who care and love me, and counselors that I can go to help me along the way. I came to fuller 14 months ago believing that God had plans for me here, and He continues to prove himself to me with his love and provision. He has been changing me and working on me throughout, and while it most assuredly has been difficult, knowing him more is a reward that is not comparable to the pains I have endured.

Blessing to you all in your journeys. If you have any questions, or comments, I would love to hear from you. Email me or find me on good'ol Facebook.

Cheers!

Wes