Waiting.

There is just so much to say. I don't have the time or energy to say it all right now, but I promise I will get there one day, and it will be soon. And it will be awesome!
So hang in there with me.
Until then, here's a great quote from one of our classes today (it's paraphrased) -
"Do you ever get tired of waiting? I do. I hate waiting for anything. But sometimes I look back and realize that I needed to wait in order for something to happen, in order for things to really turn out like they did. Do you ever think that God isn't doing something quickly enough, so then you try to "help Him out" and do it yourself? Me too. It doesn't ever work when you try that. We learn by having to wait. We need God to take things slow so that we have room to grow."
(This was said by Ray Young, my Old Testament Message teacher. He's very cool.)
More later, I promise. Love you guys.

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The Beginning

Hello everybody!
Wow, isn't this all so crazy and exciting - technology is amazing! I've been working on getting this blog all nice and neat for a couple of days now, and I still haven't gotten it just right yet. So be prepared for more renovations!
I'm not even really sure of where to start. There's so much to say! I guess I could start with how I'm doing. That might just make sense. :)
I'm doing really, really well. At the moment I'm sitting on my bed, under the covers, and my roommates are asleep. This is the first opportunity we've had to sleep in since we've been here - this is the first day that we've really had nothing at all to do. It's so nice to have time to relax and not have to worry about homework or school for a couple of hours. But more about that later!
So you might be wondering why I'm awake if I could be sleeping in! I can't ever sleep in, for some reason. It's like I have this internal alarm clock that always goes off and says, "Tara, come on! Get up! There's a whole long day to live - why waste it sleeping?" So I woke up at eight. I'm probably going to go have some black coffee and a granola bar here pretty soon. That's my standard breakfast around here. Can you believe I drink black coffee? I guess that makes me a grown up now! Or it makes me an almost-nineteen-year-old who just really needs caffeine.
But I am doing really well. I'm so happy here, and it's really important that you all know that. It was really hard for me to leave you back in Oklahoma, but I know it'll make it a little easier if you know that I'm actually okay and happy and that I wouldn't trade this for anything. So please know that!
So here's what I think I might do. There's so much to tell you about - classes, the apartment, the people, the crazy stuff that's happened so far - so I think I'm going to just tackle those subjects one at a time. Stay tuned, okay? Bear with me and be patient and come back often! I'll try really hard to keep you updated on how it's going here, because it's important to me that you know.
I love you guys!