Sudah.

So now it is Thursday afternoon. This morning I took my final final and this afternoon I handed in my final essay. It is an amazing feeling of relief...possibly so much that I don't know what to do with myself...oh yeah! pack of course because I am leaving the country on Saturday morning at 6am! This afternoon one of my friends was finished for the day and she got bored in about 15 minutes. It's funny how we complain and whine about having so much and get completely stressed out but then when we have some spare time we complain because there is nothing to do...I have been guilty of this many times. However, today I am just relieved that I survived my first semester of college without locking myself in my room or going insane. I have made wonderful friends (as I have said many times), I passed all my classes (I even did really well on my Old Testament final), I didn't get sick off of cafeteria food, and I had an amazing semester of learning from and growing in God.

This past weekend my friend Rachel came from Orlando and that was encouraging to have her here and fun to see her once more before return to Bandung. She finised school last week so she got to come up and hang out with me and all my friends as we freaked out over having so much to do...poor Rachel...I'm glad she came though :) We also had a hall party this weekend which was amazingly fun. We played White Elephant (and yes I do mean played), there was this fun way of playing where you roll dice and practically attack each other while fighting over gifts...I'm sure it would have been quite entertaining to watch.

Tonight my grandparents are coming to help me finish packing up and to see me before I go. There are so many people to say good bye too and it's sad. It's scary leaving but also exciting because I know it is in God's will and that He will take care of me. I'm just so thankful for the amazing semester that I have had and for all of the encouragement and times of stretching that I have had over this year.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas season and don't forget the most important part is praising our Savior.