Insanity

Wow…even when you think you can’t do any more, God gives you more, ensuring that you’re stretched beyond what you think you can do and be. I guess this is God’s guaranteed way of driving you into His arms, showing you His love, and strengthening your relationship with Him.

Every part of my life is now completely out of control, but it’s definitely been forcing me to pray, trust, and rely on God (which is a good thing). Funny how that works.

It feels like I’m on a treadmill, hanging on for dear life, and praying that I don’t get thrown off before June is over. Some of my classmates need their grades before the semester is over, which means that the professors have agreed to finish their courses a little earlier, which is a good thing. However, they all want the students to do the same amount of ‘stuff’, which is a bad thing. I guess you can’t have it both ways….

I went to Danshui yesterday with a bunch of friends from church, which was awesome…It was my first day off in two weeks, and I really appreciated the chance to get some good conversations that had nothing to do with classes. :o).

God is good… "I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me" ~ Philippians 4:13

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A never-ending lesson

Sometimes, we feel as if we’ve learned a lesson, only to find out that there’s more to be done…I guess we’ll never really finish until we get to Heaven.

After I found out that I had an internship at ITRI, I found out that I need a work permit to do it. Normally, it wouldn’t be a problem, as the permit would be “in process”, and I’d be able to retroactively apply the permit to any time I’d already worked. However, ITRI is part of the Taiwan government, and as such, is a bit stricter on permits and all that sort of thing.

Anyway, I haven’t yet found out definitely whether or not that’s going to be a problem, or what I should do. All I can do is wait, and try to get some definite answers.

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A few weekends ago, I went to Penghu, a small island of the Taiwanese coast. GORGEOUS place. I’m definitely hoping to get back there this summer. I met a lot of cool people, had a lot of fun, and got even more behind on sleep (but it was TOTALLY worth it :p I saw the best fireworks show of my life, rode on more boats, and visited more tiny islands than I ever have before.

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I finally got a new lens for my camera, so I was able to get some good shots…I didn’t realize how much I missed photography. I’m really hoping that I’ll get some time this summer to do some exploring and shooting. I just haven’t had enough time this semester, though from what the senior students say, next semester will be a LOT easier compared to this year. If nothing else…NO MORE MATH (provided I pass economics).

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Lately, God’s given me lots of opportunities to encourage people, and I’ve really been praying that Christ would shine through me. Other than prayer, and offering to pray with them, I don’t know what else to do…after all, what else could I do that’s more powerful than prayer, anyway?

It’s kind of neat, as this has been something that I’ve been praying about ever since I came to Taiwan. As the need is so great, it’s neat to see the opportunities that have come my way…all of which I totally wasn’t expecting.  

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School has been getting tougher and tougher…the two months until the semester ends are looking longer and longer. However, then end WILL come, I WILL pass (totally by the grace of God),  and life will go on. If nothing else, I’ve learned endurance, and stick-to-it-ivity. 

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