real life.

I'm taking a class titled: Religious Development of Israel.
My professor has a rat tail (yes, a small pony tail that sits on the back of his head)
and has studied archaeology for the past decade or so. no big deal
There are only 15 people in our class - all Biblical studies majors.

Today we had an assignment. Respond to a forum posted online.
I'd like to let you all in on the world I am currently immersed in.

get ready...
here is the question our professor asked us to respond to:

"Whether or not you agree with the presuppositions of source criticism as discussed by Hess, do you feel that a view which regards the Pentateuch as a composite work (i.e. a complex integration of Mosaic and non-Mosaic material involving varying degrees of editing and re-working by Israelite theologians) is problematic theologically as far as the Bible's historical reliability is concerned and its "truth" value (theological relevance) as a 21st century evangelical Christian?"

Did you get that? riiiiighhhhht. 

real life. 

here...we....go...

A bit of my life lately. 

-We had a housewarming party last week. It was so fun to bake a bunch of cookies, clean the whole house, and give all of our friends "tours" of our new place. You should have seen the faces of our friends when they walked in and said, "WHOAA this really is a home!" 

-We had a spaghetti dinner this weekend courtesy of my lovely roommate Anna. She cooked for all of us...and our good friend Colton came over with his younger sister Ressie (who is a freshman here. we're taking her in under our wings) Then we got foster freeze. of course. 

-Being a senior on campus is weird. I see all of these new faces around...and I cant believe we're the oldest! But..being a senior has so many perks. Most of our friends are very involved on campus...my roommate Megan leads worship at chapel and saved us all seats this morning. oops sorry freshies. 

-The Lord is doing insane things on campus this year. Last night we had "The Gathering" which is a worship sesh at a nearby church led by APU students (most of our good friends) and it was unreal. We just had so much space to be with the Lord in freedom. People were on the ground, dancing around, praying, it was the best way to start the week.

-ohh...thats right. classes. That's what i'm here for right?? hahaha. My classes this semester are going to be some of the best i've ever had. I just got back from my History of Modern Art class that I am STOKED about. my professor is hilarious, so passionate about art and museums, and I have like 5 friends in that class! I'm also taking Religious Development of Israel..which I am completely nervous for...but so ready to learn everything about the Ancient Near East and the people that lived during Jesus' time. 

anyway...thats a lot to say. I also just watched the first season of breaking bad with my roommates. Russ has been trying to convince me for a year now and it's finally happening. I'm not a tv show person really...but this ones pretty darn good. 

well as you can tell...i'm far from bored. haha. Just really so thankful to be here at this school with the people God has surrounded me with. Its going to be the best year of my life thus far!!!

INTRODUCING...the lovely ladies of Foothill 435.

Top Row: Becky, Katelyn, Liana, Anna and Anneke

Bottom Row: me, Nati Jane, Megan and Natty Sue.

now you will know who i'm talking about! 

N I N E.

one day when all of us are here.

one random field.

one tripod and a bit of imagination. 

and nine daughters of the King.

THANK YOU LORD!!

(p.s my roommates are beautiful. seriously. GORGEOUS!)