I'm loving it here so much! It's so beautiful, the people are great, and it's just such an awesome experience so far.
We had a luau on Friday night after a whole bunch of boring orientation stuff. So much fun! They dance beautifully and we had this whole ceremony for all the people of all the different countries. They had flags representing all the nations of the students here and it was amazing to see how many people from different countries there are! There are so many Koreans here. They always have a translator for them which makes everything twice as long, but it's cool. I obviously didn't have a very good view of the dancers. Sorry.
On Saturday, everyone from photogenX went to the beach. It was so gorgeous. I put on a bunch of sunscreen, but the sun is sooo strong here. I have a pretty bad sunburn right now from that. A lot of people do. You literally have to put on sunscreen every hour or so if you're out in the sun all day. It's crazy. I still love it though.
A bunch of us went to church this morning. It was called Living Stone Church, and it was sooo gorgeous. It was half indoor, half outdoor, and right on the ocean. There were a couple huge trees, so there was shade, but also more sunny areas for those that wanted sun. I sat inside because of the sunburn. It was a pretty good service until toward the end. They started praying for people, but it was more of a "God's telling me that someone with lower back pain/arthritis/asthma etc. is going to be healed today". It was a little weird and I'm not quite sure what I think about it yet. I've never experienced anything like that in church so it was just a little weird. There are a lot of churches around though, so I'm planning on trying out a bunch.
My room is so great which is such a blessing. We're all really laid back and easy going. There are 7 of us: Sharon from South Korea, Connie from Germany, Vanessa from Oahu, Alyssa from Tucson, Christina from Brazil, and Caroline who was originally from Korea but moved to Georgia. They're all super sweet and so fun to hang out with. I'm so relieved that we all get along. I'm sure it will get a little crazy in here with 7 girls living in such a small space, but it helps so much that we all love Jesus and that brings us together. It's amazing how I already have a connection to all these people just because we all love Jesus so much. It's crazy but I love it!
The food will be a big issue for me I think. We have a lot of pasta and bread, so I've just been eating salad and that's obviously not going to keep me going for long. Food here is so expensive! It's $5.50 for a gallon of milk! I think I'll at least go buy some meat and cheese so I can at least have some protein. Maybe something to make the salads more exciting. Right now its just lettuce and dressing and sometimes corn or cucumbers, but that's it.
Classes start tomorrow and I'm so excited to actually start. I feel like I have no idea what's happening and once everything gets going it'll be so much better. I'm super excited to learn again too! It's been so long since I've been in school. The schedule here is crazy. I'm basically going to be going from 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. with a tiny bit of free time in between. I think it will be so much fun though and a super great experience. Can't wait for what's coming!!
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