As this year at IWU comes to an end my heart is sad because I
know this week will end in a lot of goodbyes and tears. Those goodbyes will
turn into “see you later” because
the friendship I have made here have impacted my life so much and I know we
will keep in touch!
So Many Great Memories
IWU 2013-2014 <3
So below is a list of
the all things I learned in this short year here at IWU!
1. Be present where you
are planted
2. Always be willing to serve no matter if you receive anything
in return
3. Love with your whole heart
4. Sacrifice sleep for the friends who just need someone to
talk to and cherish those late night chats
5. Sticking 6 different girls in a townhouse is a crazy
awesome sometimes difficult experience
6. Living with people means adjusting to their habits and
yours. Also leads to learning how to compromise
7. Children’s ministry is not my
calling
8. Theology is necessary for you to truly understand who God
is and the grace He has for you
9. I have the best professors here at IWU who truly care about
their students and pray for them
10. God is faithful through the storm and the waiting
11. I have the two best mentors on the planet and I don’t know
what I would do without them!
12. Time management is essential to balancing a relationship,
friendships, work and schoolwork in college/life
13. Distance makes you grow in a way that being together all
the time doesn’t
14. God answers prayer!
15. Chipotle is SOO GOOD! Thanks Brandi for making me experiences
it for the first time a couple weekends ago!
16. God is moving in areas I didn’t even
know about such as churches in prison.
17. The two greatest commandments in the Old Testament are
still the greatest day! Love God and love your neighbor the two biggest keys to
being more like Christ
18. Basic Christian Doctrine is by far my favorite class but I
left more confused and having more questions than I did when I started.
19. Having my sister live three and half hours away still
sucks
20. God sometimes gives you Abraham moments where He calls you
sacrifice everything in obedience to Him but in the end leads you down a completely
different path.
21. I am blessed with the two greatest Godliest parents who I
am so thankful for
22. I really love my Christian Education Major but I don’t know
what God has called me to do with it yet and I have peace about that
23. Healing comes in the strangest ways
24. Friends are people that you cannot talk to for months but
pick back up right where you left off and it is a beautiful thing
25. My roommate has been the biggest blessing to me and I don’t know
what I’d do
without her!
26. God gave you gifts so claim them and foster them!
27. There will never be this time in my life again when I am
surrounded by people who love Jesus and get to spend time investing into one
another
28. Community is so important but sometimes so difficult to be
vulnerable with other people and allow them to see the best and worse sides of
you
29. God gave me the best housemates who became like sisters to
me
30. Life goes too fast but we get so focused on the future
that we wish away the most unique moments that we have right now
This year has been incredible and looking back at all my old
pictures just makes me want to cry. God placed me in the perfect situation here
and each person I have met has played a specific role in pouring into my life
and joining me on this journey. I am not ready for the goodbyes I have to give
this week but I know that no matter what happens some of these friendships will
really last a lifetime. And the most comforting thing is that we all are
sisters/brothers in Christ and we get to spend eternity together, WHICH IS THE
COOLEST THING EVER!!
Most of my close friends are staying in Indy next year so I am
excited to still get to see them and see where God takes them on this next
journey. Only one more semester at IWU for me then I am out in the real world.
I can’t wait to
see what God has in store for me in my last semester here at IWU and the
amazing people I have yet to meet.
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