Greek!

Greek test this morning...I studied for 4 hours last night, staying up until midnight and then got up at 6am and studied until 7:50 at which point I went to take the exam. It went really well. It was a fill in the blank with a name or word, 52 questions and I had no problem answering all but 5. So even if I get those wrong, I still get a very nice grade. I am a little tired though.

So here are some questions from the test. You write in the names.
1. What was the name of the man who was dragged to death by his chariot?
2. What deity was the Peacock associated with?
3. What is the name of the creature with a thousand eyes that guarded Io?

I am learning how to do shadows and shading in drawing now. It looks really cool, just a huge amount of time. I did some drawings of electric drills yesterday and once I scan them into a computer, I will post them for you to see.

Jon (my roommate) is a great roommate. We have the same class in the morning so we both get up at the same time and usually go to bed around the same time. I really couldn't ask for a better roommate. It is going to be sad having him leave at the end of this quarter.

Wow!

Okay, so tonight was pretty amazing. As some of you know, God has been growing me this year in trusting in Him. It has been very stressful and amazing at the same time.
So tonight we watched this movie and it was amazing. The message of the movie was so pertinent to me and I would recommend it to everyone. It is a christian movie about a high school football coach who is having problems with almost every aspect of his life and how he turns to God and God provides. Very emotional.

So, go watch, 'Facing the Giants'.
(and let me know what you think)

End of Week 3

It is sunny at 55 degrees out. It is beautiful. Our first intramural soccer game is today at 2:00. There are about 13 guys on the team and we play 11-11 soccer. It will be my first time ever playing in such a large game.
The week has been pretty good. Tuesday, and Thursday were pretty rough but I pulled through.

Last night I and 5 other guys from Edenson went on an adventure. We were looking for a fabled zip line that was somewhere up on Seahome hill. For an hour and a half we were tamping through waist high ferns in the bottom of gullies, with flashlights, looking for this place but we never found it. There were spider webs, and rotten logs and stinging nettles everywhere and it was hard to see them in the dark. At about 1:30am we stumbled upon a rope swing...it was amazing! The swing started right below this rock face and it swings out over the ravine. The ground dropped away really fast and on the far end of the swing you were over 40 ft in the air. It was so much fun. I got to bed around 2:00am last night but it was worth it.

Starting this next week life is going to get a lot harder. Next week we are starting one-on-one's with people so I wont have any free time and I have my first test on Friday for the Greek Mythology class. It is worth 25% of my grade so it is kind of important. Then, the next week I have Physics test worth 20% of the grade and then the day before Halloween I have to turn in my Perspective's book. That is a professionally bound and portfolio quality book with all my drawings and sketches for the first half of the quarter. So prayer for comprehension of material and an ability to work really quickly would be great.

End of Week 2

The end of my second week...highlights? Well, I got a sore throat on Thursday and now my entire nose is clogged and there is pressure in my ears as well as a painful throat. So that has been a bummer. Classes are going well although I have way more homework than expected. The drawing class has a super steep learning curve. I am already expected to draw city blocks, toasters and interiors of rooms with these different perspective views.

On the bright side, it has only rained for 3 days out of the last two weeks and today is marvelous. Blue sky and sunlight reflecting off the bay, with all the hillsides covered in green. Kind of hard to study. Also, my roommate, Jon, and I get along great with each other. It is very fun to be in my room when he is around. Talking, joking, discussing politics or movies. It is great.

Our first Core meeting was last Tuesday and it went pretty well. It kind of felt superficial but hopefully that will change. There were about 16 guys and all of them seemed to enjoy it. I haven't started one-on-one's with them yet so I still have a little free time.

That's all that comes to mind right now, so I hope this finds you well and enjoying life.

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God is with me!

So God has come through. He was just waiting for me to be completely dependent and use up all my other options. I got into the Physics class and into my drawing class. The only one I diddnt get was the Machine tooling class but I might still get in and if not, I am trying to get into a class with my roommate, Jon, and my suitmate, Steven. So that is Sweet and I am doing a little better. There is a bunch of work to do already but if God is for me, what can stand against me!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Ahhh! I need prayer!!
I am on waiting lists for all my classes and I haven't got in yet. I had my Physics class today and tried to get in but I don't think I did. I just sent an email asking about it and also telling him that I was going to keep attending his class until he let me join. Pray that he takes it well and sees a dedicated student and not a pain.
I have two more classes tomorrow that are also waiting lists. I am freaking out inside. Almost ready to cry.

I'm Back

Hey everyone,
So school has started again and it is already hoppin! As some of my previous posts have explained I am a CoreFA in my dorm. That is a group of guys that meets weekly for a bible study and other fun stuff. So I am super busy meeting people and will try to post regularly.

Okay so as of now I am not in any of the classes I want and am on waiting lists for all of them. Classes start tomorrow and it is very stressful not knowing for sure what I am taking.

I hope that this year is great and if for some reason I pop into your mind when you have a chance shout out a prayer for me. I appreciate all the support you guys are giving and look forward to reading your comments.

Levi