no one ever said surrendering was easy

ah, back to the whole surrender thing. man, it is SO difficult. so much easier said than done. peter put up a sticky note on a mirror in our dorm room that says in all caps: I SURRENDER ALL. i get up and it's the first thing i see every morning. just a reminder to really take up your cross daily for Jesus. i guess i've come to realize that surrendering everything really takes a lot of time; it's not just a one-time deal. and as much as i really want to do it, i guess sometimes emotions and other things tend to get in the way. of course, i could say it's just human nature, but things would be so much easier if i was just able to truly surrender my everything to the Big Guy.

as far as college is concerned, after going to my classes, i guess you could say that i was worrying about it a LOT more than was really necessary. college? no problem. seriously. other than the fact that one of my teachers totally resembles mr. somer, all my professors seem quite approachable, which is awesome. im really looking forward to this semester. i wanna see how things play out and how i'll be able to manage my time.

one of the best things about college life so far is just the amount of freedom to do stuff. the guys get together every night at 10 for a prayer meeting, which is just an amazing time of fellowship. annie comes down to me and peter's room ever so often just to hang out and talk about stuff, and it's been great getting to know so many new people, as well as grow closer to the people i already knew. college is so much better than i thought it'd be, so praise God for that =)