First week of class

The first week of my third semester is OVER. I'm taking 4 classes this semester. I wanted to take 5, but oh well...I guess there's a reason for it. I'm also busy with other stuff, and there will always be other stuff to fill time :p

 The main project this semester is finding a thesis topic and starting to work on it. I'd like to find a topic that's somehow related to something I want to do. HOWEVER, I've realized that I really don't know WHAT I want to do - so it's kind of hard to find a research topic! I know I want to stay in Taiwan and work with people on the international stage, but that's about it - not really sure HOW I'm going to do that...

This summer has been very eye-opening, in that I've learned more about what I don't know than what I do know~ I just hope God's using this to make me more reliant on Him, and that I'm learning something through all this.

One classmate has started to work on organizing a GMBA student organization similar to a normal business - teaching the team different business skills along the way...so hopefully I'll be able to learn some business skills along the way :) I'll be helping with the IT part of the "organization" - I hope I can learn what I need to...

I guess the main thing I've been learning this summer is humility...I realized that I don't know as much as I thought I did, and so I feel rather unprepared for what's next. However, the difference is that usually, I can break tasks down into manageable pieces. So far, I don't even know where to start. That's where the grace of God comes in...

Plugging along

August is now over, September has begun. Time for school to start - with the schedule, classes, and busyness that goes along with that. One more week until classes start – hopefully by then, I will have been able to catch up on at least a little sleep, but I don’t think that will really happen… :p

I haven’t done too much traveling this August – I went to Yilan and Taipei, and then spent some time exploring Hsinchu last week. (OK, I guess I have traveled a little bit)

God has really shown me a lot about honoring Him and putting Him first – about patience and grace. He’s shown me a little bit of just how far I have to go -  how I need to trust learn to trust Him and others more.

I guess it’s true that we learn the most during the hardest times…right now, it seems like I go from one situation to another….Here, in America, family, friends, work… It’s so true… “Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23)