The Azusa Pacific Blog » theatre http://www.apu.edu/blog Thoughts, ideas, and information from APU students, faculty, and staff Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:27:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 What a Semester! http://www.apu.edu/blog/2011/12/18/what-a-semester/ http://www.apu.edu/blog/2011/12/18/what-a-semester/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:36:10 +0000 Renna Nightingale http://www.apu.edu/blog/?p=2065 This semester has been crazy! I can’t believe it’s over. It seems like just yesterday I returned to school early for Alpha Leader training and was standing on the steps of West Campus waiting for my freshmen! It has been a season of laughter, hope, growth, tears, and fun!

Some of my top highlights:

-My alpha group! We shared amazing adventures such as paint wars, pumpkin carving, Christmas parties, Secret Santa, movie nights, baked goods, deep conversations, prayer, one-on-ones, Donut Man, field trips, photo shoots, worship, and so much more! I will always cherish the wonderful people and awesome memories!

-Living Situation! I lived in Bowles, which is a bit of a ways from campus. But as our T-shirts say, “It’s worth the walk!” I was blessed with incomparable roommates with whom I could not have lived without.

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For today, my faithful friends, was a glorious day.

It was the day… that shan’t be forgotten.

T’was the day…

When service sites began!!! Haaaaaalelujah! Halelujah!

AH! The day of expectation!!!!

Actually, I had prided myself on not having any expectations for the service sites. “I am going in with a clean slate! I am a white board ready to be drawn on! A blank canvas ready to be colored!”

Today when my expectations were totally, utterly, and completely demolished, I realized that indeed, I did have expectations.

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I am still loving life here in South Africa! The Lord has truly given me a heart for this place and these people. I can already tell it is going to be amazingly difficult to leave.

Because this semester is service and travel-based, our classes are condensed into a much shorter time frame. We began classes the last week of January, midterms were last week, this is dead week, and next week is finals! I can hardly believe it!

Unfortunately for me, I am taking isiZulu, an African “click” language, and class extends until the end of March. This is because I am taking a full two semesters of isiZulu, instead of the traditional one! Classes are quite intense, but I love being able to speak isiZulu with the people! Most of the time, South Africans don’t expect Americans to speak isiZulu. I love surprising them by greeting them with their first language!

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