Mid-Quarter Time

I'm now in the middle of my second quarter and I am swamped with work. I'm taking four classes right now and I don't think I'll be making such a decision like this again because it's just turning out to be way too much.

However, I am very hopeful for next quarter. I recently got an internship with a local hospital to do an internship with the Spiritual Care team there. I'll be working with the hospital chaplain for the quarter learning what a hospital chapliancy is like. I'm super excited about this internship because I've been thinking a lot about chaplaincy as a career after I graduate from Fuller. I love the idea of being a pastor in place where the people I minister to are not all Christians. But I know it's going to be difficult because the patients there are facing serious things like sickness, life, and death. These are hard topics to confront and discuss. I hope to be someone who is available to listen and to help guide them through their questions. I can't wait for it!

Otherwise, I've just been studying. It's definitely not been as fun-filled as last quarter where I was sailing and having tons of fun on the weekends. This quarter I've definitely been trying to keep my head above water on the assignments. I was taking sailing at the beginning of this quarter but I injured my finger pretty bad the first day of class. It was enough to stop my sailing for these last few weeks. I look forward to starting back up again once I'm all healed up. And plus, the wind will really be blow'n as the spring and summer approaches!