SAGU Thus Far

Wow. A lot has happened. I'm not sure that I will be able to recap everything but I will do my best.

So the monday before I was supposed to leave for Texas, I was hit with cold, hard reality. College is expensive.  Really expensive.  So much that I was no longer able to attend SAGU (the worlds best university!).  I prayed and told God that I will surrender to His will and that if by friday night I was unable to secure the funds to go this year, I would stay home and go to NWACC and work and prepare for the next year.  Tuesday morning I began the process of applying.  I called my admissions counselor and gave her a heads up that it is a possibility that I will not be coming.  She went through my file and was able to find me multiple scholarships that I did not meet the requirements for yet gave them to me anyway. Through God's blessings, I had to wait only a day to see that He wanted to me at SAGU.  He is my sole provider. I'm not saying that my time here is going to easy and money will be absolutely no problem, though God could make it that way if He desired, I am saying that it is manageable.

In the short time that I have been here, I have already learned so much.  I was able to pray with a friend to get a car or some sort of transportation so that she can come to the school.  That same day she got a car.  I have never been so amazed that I prayed for that and it happened so fast.  Everywhere you go on campus you can just feel God's presence.  The chapels are amazing! I am really gaining new perspectives on my calling and the people around me.  I feel God beginning to do amazing things in me and all the other students around me.

I know that I have only had classes for 3 days, but I already feel so at home.  That is a great feeling and I am reminded daily that God really wanted me here.  Even things that people say in the normal conversation impact me so much.  I have learned so much just by talking to students and hearing the stories that they have to share.

One of my favorite parts about school, aside from chapel, is that everyone is already on a common ground.  We all love Jesus. We are paying a ton of money to come here so we are all very much in love with God.  I love sitting down and just talking about praying or something that God told us.  Each person understand and they don't automatically think you are weird.  We all share a common bond.

I know that it's going to get harder, and there will be lots of stories to tell, but this had been a great start to college!