scatterbrained

It's crazy (and scary?) how easily my mind reverts to this mode. But God is good.

Also, it's only day two, but even though yesterday felt like day one, today feels like week two...weird. Need to stay focused so I can sleep soon-ish!

last first day

Man, I can't believe senior year has already snuck up on me.


Anyhoo, this will be a short post because I'm tired and should get to bed...I didn't even end up being the least bit productive (in terms of schoolwork) tonight. But it's okay, because God had some other plans in mind :)

Highlights of the day--aka the Spirit reminding me of God's providence and guiding me to orchestrated appointments that could only have come from Him...so encouraging!
-seeing at least a few members show up to help with popsicle pass-out
-meeting a transfer student during my first class (which went really well! I like this professor)...hopefully I can reach out to her with the gospel! Couldn't tell if she was a believer
-meeting ANOTHER transfer student (from UCLA!) at popsicle pass-out, even though it was over when I got there...is God trying to tell me something about transfer students?...
-Jesus sustaining me through my second class (can't deny the fact that I was pretty bored the whole time)
-the Lord leading me to worship with BSM at the plinth (and allowing me to bring Selena along with me!)...which led to a crazy adventure over the next couple of hours, haha. We met Eugenia, an international grad student from China who's studying accounting here, and then we met a few more of her friends/classmates...and since they all wanted to go to the salsa night (which neither Selena nor I were keen on going to), we ended up going with them and dancing with them and chatting with them :D praise God!! Only He could have orchestrated this. Oh, the things we do for ministry...crazy but fun. It's all for Jesus, haha. Praying that He would open the doors to continue our new friendships with them and ultimately be able to share the good news with them! Praise God for allowing Selena to be with me. Yay for impromptu discipleship, haha XD

All this to follow an encouraging evening yesterday--prayer meeting had almost 20 people (including most leaders, but still), and three of them were new students (and white, too :P) who prayed with us! Ahhhhh. So so good. Thank You, Jesus.


Okay. I want to elaborate but I need to go to sleep. I wasn't even going to blog, but I figured I couldn't let all these encouragements slip out of my mind...my last first day of school at UTD was pretty memorable after all. Praise God for reminding me of His faithfulness and that He is moving on this campus.
Lord, continue to release Your power and presence all over this campus! And please, continue to bring me along for the ride. hehe

emails

It amazes me how much time I can/will spend on these electronic letters. Oh, my poor eyes...and so many boxes to unpack. Aiya

not ready

Too much stuff going on!...
lack of sleep
another interview
only a few days left in Houston and planning how to best use that time (most of it isn't even free any more)
not as excited as I was expecting to be? to go back to Dallas. At least not yet
a bit worried about IV and lack of planning up to this point...need to PRAY PRAY PRAY
random errands to do/things to look up...where has the time gone


I'm going to miss (this) summer. Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeem

poorly kept

it's making me think about it so much more. sigh...need to stop dwelling on such silly issues. as in stop sharing about it with so many people/hoping for something to happen?

ms notes to self

tt P: -cool new facilities! esp simlife (good prep for boards) -cheap living -no rush hour (but prob need a car) or bad parts of town, really -really nice people, very friendly and supportive atmosphere -cmda (?), a fellowship there -high board passing rates -1/2 day class -block schedule -student-run free clinic; clinical experience starting from 1st year (also early clinical experience class) -international health elective! C: -it's far. and flat. -not sure what churches are in the area -having to possibly switch locations after the first half realistically, not my top choice, but i'd be happy going there ep P: -spanish in the curriculum -3- or 4-week immersion experience before actual classes -cool curriculum--organ-based, start seeing SPs in the first week -small class size (cap at 100) -outdoorsy stuff -citlally! -they buy you a laptop o.o C: -FAR away. pretty small town -couldn't tell how happy the students were there? -not sure about churches/fellowships -starts about a month earlier in 1st year -no housing that close to campus mb P: -very laid back/chill (EVERYONE says that) -PBL small groups -free clinic, lots of IM sports -pretty cheap (tuition, fees, housing) -close to htown (only an hour) -good step scores (they provide you with QBs for step 1) -tracks! esp global health (peru, ecuador, kenya) -1/2 day classes C: -seems like a lot of partying, potentially? -hurricane potential/living on an island -big class size -big campus/lots of buildings -unsure about church/fellowship sa P: -seems to have happy students -new curriculum--finish 2nd year in february, extra time for electives/to study -can do rotations in harlingen (in the valley), no residents! only you and the doctor -sa is a cool city C: -no on campus housing 1.What does their match list look like? Do the majority of them stay at that place or do they leave? Do they go out of TX? The match list is pretty indicative of everything below. 1b. Clinical training. It deserves its own subheading. 2. Step 1 scores? 3. Location, location, location. 4. Curriculum? P/F? Block schedule? Lectures in the afternoon? Whatever suits you the best. 5. Extras: electives, research, foreign study. 6. Classmate/prof personality.