freshman day #247

That last post was my 100th post!

Today I realized, in the midst of Little 500 week, "the greatest college weekend in America", [where 5 police forces (yes five), come down to campus and there are record numbers of arrests for intoxication and assaults],
after only having one class today, 1.5 hour nap, Navs, fro-yo, and a personal movie night,
I realized I really do like it here.

Is it everything I hoped for and wished for and dreamed of?
No.
Is it anything I wanted and thought it would be?
No.

This university has failed me in so many ways in terms of my expectations.
People cuss, they drink, they smoke, they revel in vile pleasures.
The business school is annoying, tedious, incessant. 
My dorm is loud, crazy, obnoxious.
Winter is COLD and long.
I have very few friends and even less Asian American friends. 

But I've discovered that God is still everywhere.
I praise Him for the wonderfully awesome people I have met, and the friendships I've built with them. Who would have known that I'd find my best friend in Indiana?
I praise Him for the tiny Epic network that I have connected with, and even more for the amazing Navigators. God is truly working here, and it's such a blessing to have fellowship with them.
I praise Him for the autumn and the spring. And that I still find joy in freshly fallen snow.
And I praise Him that He's here with me. That He's always here. That even when I feel the most lost, wondering how I ended up at Indiana University of ALL places, I know that He is in control, and that He has plans greater than my own. I've ended up here with good reason,
Praise the Lord.

04.24.2014