I'm still alive people!
Oh my goodness there's a lot to catch up on.
I hate that I fail at blogging... I hate that I didn't update anything about my last couple weeks at school... { I also hate that my blog needs an extreme-blog-makeover but its just not happening }
I never posted pictures of Split.
I never posted pictures from my day trip to Budapest for the Christmas markets.
I never posted pictures from our Christmas party...
And lastly, I never posted about graduation.
-insert slapping of forehead-
I'm going to try and make up for all that, bear with me.
So, I am home now. I made it in last Tuesday...it was supposed to be Monday, but I had a flight re-direction due to fog and ended up staying the night in good ole El Paso TX. I've spent this past week trying to get over a nasty head cold, and jet lag, so that involved a lot of sleeping.
So I'll try to throw everything in this post. Ready?
First, Croatia. I fell in love with Split, its a b.e.a.u.t.i.ful city!
There's all these fun little nooks and crannies. You walk down all these little alley ways and there are countless numbers of shops and little restaurants. At one point I kind of gave up trying to take pictures...I didn't feel like any that I was taking were doing it justice.
After getting back to school from this trip finals hit full blast...but that next weekend I took a day trip to Budapest with some lovely ladies and we visited the Christmas market!
I actually thought this one was so much better than the Vienna one!
The last week was consumed with finals, packing, and getting ready for graduation. Squeezed in there though we had some fun, the CCBCE Christmas party!
Saturday was a busy day of castle cleaning, and then graduation. Yours truly was a graduate of the Mission Training Program.
And just like that, it was over. The crazy thing about that place is that at times it felt like it was just flying by, and other times it seemed to be going so slow.
I don't even know what to say about this semester, or this whole experience in general...its all a bit surreal in a way. Graduating was bittersweet. I'm excited for the next thing, but sad to see that chapter close. Words just don't express...these two semesters were painful, exciting, scary, joyful, humbling, so many things.
I couldn't be more thankful for the Lord taking me to Hungary. I made so many amazing friends, experienced new things, saw new places... I learned so much through the classes, and drew so much closer to Jesus. He broke me, taught me about surrender, gutted me out, refined (and is still) I can rest in that He is continuing to work
{ Philippians 1:6 }
I don't know what else to say, but there it is. I'm excited to see the next step, whatever that may be.
much love
-s
