Tales From The Yellow Brick Road

What a week it’s been and it’s only Tuesday night! My professors this year once again blowing me away. For example, tonight I met Dr. Wong. He is perhaps the Holiest man I have ever met. Is gentle in his demeanor yet firm in his convictions. He and his family endured unspeakable persecution from his home country of China. His older brother was a martyr at the age of 10. Dr. Wong has a such a love for scripture and a love for his students that I can’t imagine taking that class with anyone else.It’s also been nice to be back at Chapel. How I have missed hearing amazing men teach the word of God three days a week! Monday was taught by Dr. Mayhue, the Provost at the college. Although he isn’t considered by most people entertaining or engaging I found his message on Psalm 23 challenging and insightful. It was great to be able to sit there and learn as well as study further as he was speaking. I feel like the Holy Spirit brought up some things from that passage that I needed to hear in order to fully grasp what God is going to be doing with me this semester.One final thing I have already grown to love here on campus is the routine. Life during the summer was hectic and complex. I didn’t have a set schedule and every time I tried to set one things got changed and I grew more and more frustrated. Here I know what my schedule is every day and I have been able to already lay down some boundaries with my time that I think will be beneficial. I know that as things get busier I’ll have to adjust but it will be gradual and not abrupt. I know someday I will learn how to deal better in an ever changing environment but at school the routine helps me to keep track of where I am at in the semester as well as where I am at in the process of growth. I feel like being here has made me realize that one major thing I need to take away from these four years is time management skills. This is a safe environment to do that in.That’s all for now… time to get some sleep!

Well I am back at The Master’s College to begin the first semester of my Sophomore year. It’s been exciting to reconnect with my friends and wing-mates. Our wing is SLIGHTly different from last year. A lot of people requested to be on our wing this year and some people were disappointed. I ended up in the same room with my same roommates as last year plus two more. One of them is a Freshmen and I think I will be meeting him tomorrow along with the other new roommate who is Senior. So when all is said and done we’ll have a Freshmen, a Sophomore, a Junior and two Seniors… ladies and gentlemen we have a full house!One other thing that has been interesting has been to see all the improvements that have been made to the campus. A fountain has been added along with new walk-ways and foliage along the main corridor in-front of the admin building s and the library. I’ll try to post some pictures in The Master’s College Web Gallery as soon as I can. Just to catch you up, I’ll be taking 15 units this semester, which is 5 classes. 3 of those classes are at night which means they meet once a week. This also means that I will have one whole day with no classes! On the other hand I have work study this year which means I will be working 13-15 hours a week. I’ll tell you more about my works study once I have more details but for now all you need to know is that I’ll be working at a church doing tech stuff.I’ll keep you posted on how things are going but for now it’s time for bed! Hopefully my body will adjust to my new sleeping schedule quickly..

After much anticipation I have finally launched the new blog and site. You would not believe the problems and obstacles that I’ve faced trying to get this new site up and running. My hosting service Network Solutions not only deleted all my files from the old Podcast and Blog but they lost everything that I’ve done since December. I’ve also been dealing with some family issues which I won’t get into now but I’ll get you all in the loop as soon as I can. That being said once again this is a fresh start and a new look for Tales From The Yellow Brick Road and I am excited to see what happens on the journey. Over the next day or two I want to get you all caught up on what’s been going on so I’m gonna try and post 2 or 3 times a day and then things will slow down a bit. One thing I’d like to do is incorporate more video and audio into the blog. With recent technological advances that should be pretty easy. One final note, I want you all to contribute your own works ideas and tales from your yellow brick road so be looking for those opportunities in the near future. I hope you enjoy the new site and content and check back often.

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