breaking away

i resisted this fad for so long but gave in when i finally saw it is kind of a cool way to share my adventures on the left coast with friends and family that are so far away...so here you go!!

i've been in pasadena, california for almost 5 weeks now--on my 4th week of class. so far the transition has been much smoother than i anticipated--there definitely have been rough days but there have been a lot of happy days too. my classes are interesting--harder than undergrad! i'm taking new testament 2 with a little man who has such an intense German/Korean/British accent that i struggle to understand most of what he says, Beginning Greek--i now know enough vocabulary to understand 43% of the new testament!, foundations of ministry--a 1 credit small group, and foundations of youth ministry--a class that i love--i almost cried multiple times during the first class--nothing like being excited about what you're learning right? hehe i'm such a nerd:) next week first big grad school paper is due- yikes~

everyone asks how people are in ca--and from my time at fuller so far i'd say super nice. however i am kind of in a fuller bubble so i don't know if i can accurately speak on people in cali just yet. i live in a cute apartment complex--it's pet friendly so it's a mix of young families with kids and dogs running around and young singles who just finished college. and my roommate, emily, has a cat--so i live with a cat now--craziness!

i've gotten the chance start exploring southern ca--there's so much!! i went hiking one morning--lesson: the altitude in ca mountains is higher than the altitude in va mountains so it's harder to breath climbing up a mountain..haha yeah that was fun.

i also went to laguna beach--the REAL OC. it is one of the most beautiful beaches i've ever seen--so gorgeous!!

this weekend i had my first visitors--big shoutout to tiffany perry and kristen mitchell for coming to visit! we had fun exploring santa monica, hollywood (not as glamourous as you'd think), beverly hills, old pasadena, and the inner city of LA for a mega church called the Dream Center. we also experienced a bit too much of the LA freeway--with the highlight of a 3 hour drive roundtrip to LAX b/c it was raining...people in LA don't understand the rain--the radio DJ had to remind people to use their windshield wipers.

anways that's it till next time!