A Semester Full
2 weeks from today I will be officially done with my first semester of upper division nursing at Arizona State University. This means that I will only have 3 more semesters to complete to graduate. However, this has not come without a cost. While time has always been at a premium for me, it has never been valued as much as it has been this semester. The pattern is to fight for time, whether that is by making downtime more effective/efficient or by eliminating extraneous events from my life to the point that life is more manageable. Certainly there are things that I wish could have been different but of what use is it now to hope on what has already been....a waste of time. However, it was hard to justify spending time on things outside of classes, work, and most importantly the dynamic relationship I have with God.
With that said, I am sorry that I have not written at all on this blog but I hope to change that for future semester. Speaking of the future, there are a few things that I'm excited for beyond the brick and mortar walls of the university...
1. Urbana 2009
Being only 1.5 years out from graduation, the only thing I know of for sure is that I don't want to simply remain on U.S. soil for the rest of my life. The purpose of attending this conference is to explore further my passion for wanting to provide something to those less fortunate all due to their location on this blue/brown sphere. ...also, it wouldn't be such a bad thing for me to get out of town and refocus life. I'm hoping that I'll be able to steal a close friend away from his wife so us guys can talk one-on-one.
2. Mercy Ships
Stemming from #1, I have been intrigued by this organization and at this point I would love to pursue working with them in the near future at some point. Currently the ship is docked off the coast of Benin. What they do is provide medical treatments as well as health education to the poorest of the poor where ever they go in the world. I hope that after gaining experience for a few years in a hospital it will work out to join with Mercy Ships for a year. Much of my interest has been sparked by Ali's blog (a nurse on the Africa Mercy).
3. VI - Monday Night Living Room
God has been moving in the members of this group and has been challenging different people to grow in different ways. I'm excited to be a part of it and I eagerly look forward to continuing with this group into the next semester. What is difficult for me, and bothers me, is that it is extremely hard with my schedule to invest time into all the guys I want to spend time with and challenge. Any time I get with the guys in the group I just savor (more so than the coffee of the coffee shop we are in).
With that said, I am sorry that I have not written at all on this blog but I hope to change that for future semester. Speaking of the future, there are a few things that I'm excited for beyond the brick and mortar walls of the university...
1. Urbana 2009
Being only 1.5 years out from graduation, the only thing I know of for sure is that I don't want to simply remain on U.S. soil for the rest of my life. The purpose of attending this conference is to explore further my passion for wanting to provide something to those less fortunate all due to their location on this blue/brown sphere. ...also, it wouldn't be such a bad thing for me to get out of town and refocus life. I'm hoping that I'll be able to steal a close friend away from his wife so us guys can talk one-on-one.
2. Mercy Ships
Stemming from #1, I have been intrigued by this organization and at this point I would love to pursue working with them in the near future at some point. Currently the ship is docked off the coast of Benin. What they do is provide medical treatments as well as health education to the poorest of the poor where ever they go in the world. I hope that after gaining experience for a few years in a hospital it will work out to join with Mercy Ships for a year. Much of my interest has been sparked by Ali's blog (a nurse on the Africa Mercy).
3. VI - Monday Night Living Room
God has been moving in the members of this group and has been challenging different people to grow in different ways. I'm excited to be a part of it and I eagerly look forward to continuing with this group into the next semester. What is difficult for me, and bothers me, is that it is extremely hard with my schedule to invest time into all the guys I want to spend time with and challenge. Any time I get with the guys in the group I just savor (more so than the coffee of the coffee shop we are in).