go get em

i'm really trying to pursue the girls on my hall. and i use the word pursue for a reason. i came into school this year dying to find fellowship. my community at home is da bomb, and i was so nervous about not finding it. i wasn't very trusting. but i lived, learned, and now things are great. but at the beginning of the year, i turned my back on my hall. i didn't engage and take time to meet them because they were always partying, and for some reason my mission mind was turned off, and i hate that. those were the girls i should've started hanging out with! and i'm so bummed that i was stupid when i got here, i was being so selfish. ugh its disgusting. but, i've been really convicted to go get these girls, and things have been going very slowly. the Lord has been teaching patience in all aspects of my life, and that's a lesson i always need to be reminded of, and so i keep telling myself to slow down, it won't all happen at once. i've been praying and looking for an opportunity to get closer with them, and then He provided. it's amazing what happens when life is truly left to Him. i love it, and i'm so thankful that college has shown me that in so many cases. 

Hall Dinner - 5 pm, D2. i was jazzed. and it was weird, because i never look at my RA's door cause i don't usually go down her side of the hall, but i had to cause the other bathroom was being cleaned and i needed to shower. amazing how every little thing plays in isn't it? well, i was nervous all day. i asked my small group to pray for me. i was going alone, and although i love putting myself in situations i have to rely on the Lord to get me through, i still get scared. it's getting better, but i still get nervous. but i went. and it was great. nothing major happened, no one was converted over chicken nuggets, but i learned faces. then the next day, i was at the empo and a girl from dinner was sitting beside me. gosh i love the empo. and i started conversation with her. 


but time is flying. like really flying. we have 4 more weeks of fall semester. then i only have spring semester left til we all move out. i'm praying expectantly. big things are going to happen. pray for my floor, pray for my courage, pray for me to be bold, and pray for me to take advantage of the opportunities in front of me. i gotta go get em. 


2 Timothy 1:7 - "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline."