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I’m blogging the rest of my stay in NZ, and my trip to the UK with Students Gone Global.
I’m blogging the rest of my stay in NZ, and my trip to the UK with Students Gone Global.
what am I going to do without my friends I’ve made in NZ.
I can’t..I just can’t even fathom living the rest of my life without them..
^this, dear reader, is what’s dangerous about studying abroad.
so many emotions.
to quote Adele…”who would’ve known how bitter sweet this would taste?”
but the truth is, I can’t nevermind. I won’t find anyone like them. Just like I won’t find anyone like my friends in California. There will never be another person that can replace any single one of them in my life.
and the time is rapidly approaching where I’ll have to say goodbye…possibly forever, or for a very long time.
yes, there is email and facebook and skype and all the gloriousness of 21st century technology. but that will never replace or substitute for, it will never have the quality, the rawness and the beauty of being face to face.
God help me on June 26th. It’s going to be one hell of a day, a day that’s going to take forever to end (not to mention the fact that after I depart NZ on the 26th, fly for 12 hours, I’ll arrive in the states at noon on June 26th….eek)
Oh, my soul.
I just realised the guy left out the second ‘i’ in my moms name.
FAIL.
haha.
oh well, obviously it’s not superr noticeable. :P
what I got my parents as a souvenir from New Zealand!
isn’t it so cute?! Oh my, I just love it.
It’s 2 Kiwi birds, and their names are on them as well.
buutttt it’s also a photo holder! :D
I’m so excited to give it to them!!
브리 아나
that’s actually how you write my name in korean
not that any of you probably care.
ha.
I start learning korean! :D
My international friends should TOTALLY study abroad at UC Merced next Jan-May semester!! Tehehe
not mentioning any names or anything but…..
I’M SO STOKED!!
Unfortunately I won’t be there to help them
but I am going to be giving advice and answering questions via email,
in fact one student already emailed me today right after the advisor emailed me to say that he’d give exchange students my email if they wanted primarily email communications! The student is from Shanghai, China! UC Merced is about to officially be culturally diverse in my opinion. YAY!
I love helping people! :D
Especially students who don’t speak english well.
Ahh, I just love love love it.
Guys, this is so where my heart is at!
I just want to help foreign students/people acclimate to their new environment.
Maybe I’ll work for EAP or some other study abroad program.
I could still work abroad too!
:D
eating spiral pesto pasta with chopsticks
yay for new experiences!
LOOLL
I went to Life Group last night! It was really good.
We talked about dreams, specifically God dreams.
As in dreams, visions, promises God has put on your heart and spoken into your life.
T’was pretty awesome, not gonna lie.
Though it made me question whether I had an actual dream from God or if it was just myself.
Or if maybe God’s dream I thought I once heard was wrong and maybe I should start dreaming again.
Asking God to give me a dream, a direction for my life or even just for this season of my life.
So I’m not wandering aimlessly like a fool.
Being a fool isn’t a good thing to be in the Kingdom of God.
I want to be wise.
I want to be seeking His face, His will, His dreams for me.
I want something to run after, to live for.
I want the assurance of God’s promise for me. Not just any old promise by someone that viably could be broken.
No, we’re talking God’s promise. An unbreakable vow.
God’s so awesome guys.
Really, truly just awesome.
:)
