Dear Everyone,
I have been settling into Wake Forest very well. It is already starting to feel like home! One of the most amazing things about Southeastern is that they really treat everyone here like family. They desire to provide an atmosphere where students can become connected through the common goal of reaching the Nations for Christ! I am truly overwhelmed by the goodness of God to allow me to come here!
Yesterday we had our Spring Convocation service. I made the mistake of letting my roommate talk me into sitting in the balcony, so I felt a little bit distanced from everything happening. Regardless, the service was amazing! One of my favorite parts of Chapel is the huge Pipe Organ! Wow! It is SO powerful!! I can’t get enough of it! I love watching the people play it. Very impressive. Dr. Frank Page, the President of the Southern Baptist Convention, gave the Convocation Address yesterday. He preached from Luke 13:1-9 about the parable of the unfruitful fig tree. He charged all of us in the Seminary and College not to forget that we are to be fruitful FOR CHRIST, not just study ABOUT Him! What fruit am I bearing for the kingdom? How are my actions/attitudes making an impact for Jesus? Chapel is one of my favorite parts of being here! Every time we gather, tears fill my eyes as I feel the overwhelming presence of the Holy Spirit among the students here! I wish all of you could come and go to Chapel with me!! :o)
Classes are going well so far. My Personal Evangelism class has convicted me deeply! What happened to my heart for the lost? Where did the tenderness toward them go? How did I allow myself to “get over” what Christ has done for me?! I have been doing a lot of searching about that, asking God to soften my heart and give me a tenderness and brokenness for lost people! I want to witness out of a desire to see souls saved, not just to receive an “A” in the class! World Cultures and Religions is my favorite class! It is totally my cup of tea! The first half of the semester will be spent studying different religions. It’s not an apologetics class, so we are just focusing on what the various religions believe, not on how to counter them. The second half of the semester will be focused around culture. We will be studying art, architecture, and music in an effort to understand the shift in values within culture and how it can be seen through the various changes that have occurred in the arts. I’m already working up a thesis for my final paper and starting research! I’m excited! :o) My World Literature class is overwhelming! It is the only class I have ever taken anywhere that totally intimidates me! As most of you know, I DO NOT like to be intimidated! So I’m doing my best to get over it. :op We read Gilgamesh this week and that was a tough read! This weekend I am reading the Odyssey. I have a LOT of reading to do over the weekend before class on Tuesday! My mid-term paper will be on Dante’s Inferno and I will be writing a final paper on the novel Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton. I’m halfway through the book and the only thing that really throws me is the fact that Paton does not use any quotation marks throughout the whole book! It is most aggravating!
This past Sunday I attended Wake Cross Roads Baptist Church. I would REALLY appreciate prayer as I am looking for a new church! I want to be where GOD wants me! Sunday is the hardest day of my week. It’s tough going to a church and not knowing anybody and not feeling like a part of the family. I miss everyone back home the most on Sundays.
Isaiah 26:3-4~”The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, for in God the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock.”Those are my theme verses that God gave me over the past week! God promises to keep me in perfect peace if I trust Him. But it requires me to take the action of trusting. I am trying to learn what it means to trust in my Lord absolutely, believing that He can accomplish all things!
I again want to thank all of you back home for your prayers and support! The e-mails, letters, and phone calls truly mean the world to me! Jesus is good, and He is SO faithful! I am excited to see what He will continue to do through my time here!
One thing y’all could pray about is me getting a part-time job. So far class work isn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I’m hoping to drive to the Barnes & Noble in Raleigh this weekend, talk to the store manager, and see if I could perhaps just transfer into their store. A few of the people there know me because it is kind of my “hang out” when I just need to get away from all the girls in the dorm and have some alone time. :o) I KNOW that God has everything in control and that He will continue to work everything out for good! Mrs. Akin also offered me a part-time job this week, so pray for wisdom to know what the Lord would have me do! Well, this e-mail is certainly quite long enough! I’m impressed if you actually read ALL the way through it. ;o)
I miss y’all VERY much! You are often in my thoughts and prayers! May God continue to bless you and keep you! Faithful is He who calls us, and HE will do it!
All My Love,
Liana :o)
Ps. 63:7-8
Saturday, February 03, 2007
College Life
Posted by Liana at 3:51 PM
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I'm glad to hear that you're doing so well! You are in my thoughts and prayers and I can't wait til we all get to go home again. I'm quite jealous of the ability to get in your car and get away from all the girls...but the Lord gives patience! Judson is like a big family too, which is mostly a blessing. Knowing everybody you meet is usually a nice feeling but sometimes I wish I didn't know so many people because then they all want to talk to you... just one of many character and faith building opportunities, for which I will praise Him!
How did you like the Odyssey? I found it very frustrating because I really didn't like Odysseus...and who would want such immature and selfish gods? They were so obviously created in man's image.
Anyway, homework calls. Happy semester to you!
I have to agree with you about Odysseus. He really annoyed me. If THAT is the Greek's idea of a hero...well, it says a lot about their culture.
Glad to hear from you! Hope things are going well for you!
Yes, some hero! Come to think of it, he doesn't seem too different from most of the movie and music stars people idolize in our day and age...which says a lot about our culture. Alas!
It's great to hear what you're doing in the community. Life here is pretty good but I have trouble keeping up with it. We have a lot of traditions which consume much needed time, but they are fun (usually). Today was Parent's Day and the dorms compete against each other in basketball and by making banners and skits. I played and it was...sad. But somehow I ended up with an all-star medal. People must have voted for me because they felt sorry for me (and because not very many girls from Barron played so there weren't many to choose from!). We lost and it was fun and now I'm going to stress out over a paper.
I can never seem to get this right. I don't know how I got it to say anonymous instead of my name...I just have skills like that. But I guess it's alright since I'm writing to A Nonni Mouse. :o)
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