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My Plans change, His doesn't.

So an update on college plans-

I am now a student with Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. I will be doing online classes starting next week!

After three months of waiting I finally got an answer back from the previous college. The Answer was No. At the time I was pretty upset over the whole thing and was an emotional wreck (People that can attest to that would be AJ and my Mom.) My mom asked me if I had applied to Moody. I replied yes I had, we didn't really know why I had except that it was free to apply there. We then started forward on the path to doing classes with Moody. This was 5 days before I left for Puerto Rico. By the time I left for the mission trip we had gotten my Highschool transcript and my college one from South Central sent to them. Then I left. Looking back I can see how God used the mission trip to force me to rely on Him. I was entering a new college late enough in the game that I couldn't rely on myself. There was no way. I had one option, and that was to rely 100% on Him. After returning from the trip my mom said she had called the morning before my return and had been told it could take *weeks* till I heard back. I got an e-mail the next night with my log-in information and my acceptance letter in the mail last Friday! I am now Registered for classes this fall, and have textbooks on the way. I will be taking Intro to Psychology, Research Writing, Old Testament Survey, and New Testament Survey. I am staying home this fall and am very content with that. This is where I'm supposed to be. The only truly awkward thing for me is learning how to live this new life. I kinda feel like I'm hanging between what I was and what will be. I have no youth group to go to, no Sunday school and feel kinda, lost. I do really hope to stay involved with the youth group and may drop in on Sunday school, because I still can't imagine life without those things. I will also be involved with the College small group at my church. So as my friends move onto college in one way, I learn to move on in another. But, I have no serious worries over it, it's God's plan, not mine- and His plan is unfailable and perfect.

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  1. BethelAugust 23, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    Sara, thanks for your honesty!
    Stay strong. God will give you something (probably more than something!) to be in, instead of youth group, et. al.
    I felt the same way coming back from BLC to... well, I didn't know WHAT I was coming back to. I'm afraid I didn't accept a change of plans as gracefully as you. ;)
    You're starting from a place of trust, which means that finding out his will is going to be a lot less challenging and painful than it is for a lot of people (including me). Hugs!

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