“Where the eye is focused, there the imagination finds its raw material. The right focus must be won at immense cost and discipline. Train the eye to see the good, and the imagination will follow suit.” ~ Ravi Zacharias
why does it always seems that i’m never doing enough or the right thing.
Josh Groban was on American Idol last night. 
He sang ‘You Raise Me Up,’ and he had an African choir back him up. Mm, mm, mm. I could die happy now.
I was able to get a new battery for my iPod, Malachi, last weekend, and I’m beyond ecstatic. It’s been nice to have Malachi resurrected especially since I had a long van ride with a bunch of kids last weekend. I’m hoping to download some new music pretty soon to get me psyched for the SAT next weekend.
Yes, I just said psyched.
While I’m not to thrilled over taking a timed test that has control over which scholarships I’m eligible for, if I go in with a better attitude, I’ll probably do a lot better.
Speaking of which… It’s college time!
It’s also time for Rachel to pull out whatever remaining hair she’s trying to grow back because of the over anxiousness college picking/scholarship filling/SAT testing creates.
Huzzah!
I’ve narrowed my choice down to two colleges: Grace Bible College in Indiana and the Word of Life Bible Institute in Florida. The WOL BI will be just one year (unless I go for two), and I’ll just study the Bible for one year. Grace college will be college-college. I’ll be a graphics design majour, rooming with my best friend whom I haven’t seen in close to four years and out in Indiana. My conflict is what do I want to do first?… Do I want to spend a year studying the Bible then go on to college, or go to college for a fears and come back?
I’ve talked it over with my parents, and it’s going to be a decision I ultimately have to make for myself. They don’t want to control it and find me unhappy X amounts of months later. I’ll also be talking to my pastor and a few Bible institute grads to see how they came to a decision.
Josh Groban sang on American Idol…
*Drools*
Things have calmed down a bit, and I’m still gaining more and more strength everyday. I’m really excited about this upcoming summer, though. My trip director from France, Mr. Kelly, has been helping apply for STC this summer. STC is staff training at a Word of Life camp, and I’ll hopefully, be working at the WOL camp in Florida. I’ll be gone from June to mid-August, but I think this will be a great opportunity for me to get used to living on my own, working and being at the FA Bible Institute. I’ll be paid a scholarship at the end of the summer ranging fom either 1k to 1.5k, and that certainly helps a lot.
Lately I’ve been so overwhelmed by my studies. I’ve got the SAT in a month, and with summer STC’ing and the trip to England, I can’t afford to be behind or having ‘left-over’ studies for when I come back. Basically, I need to cram 4-5 units (usually, one unit of studies is done in one month) in a span of two months. Aside from my studies, I’ve also got the Teens Involved compeition to worry about, an upcoming drama, and whatever responsibilities I have during the week.
I’m so ready for the summer vacation.
Before I forget, I’ve got something special to announce–Heather, my host, now has her own fanlisting run by yours truly. It’s called ‘Girl of the Year’ (from the FM Static song), so if your a fan of Heather (like I am), go join!