the countdown is on!

In less than one month, I will be making my way to Chicago. I can't believe my semester there is almost here!

It seems like I've waited a long time for this. When I came to Spring Arbor, I knew that I wanted to do something like this. I've never lived in a big city before, but I've always wanted to. There are so many opportunities in a place like Chicago - opportunities to learn about different cultures and ways of living, opportunities for interesting jobs, opportunities to see things like you've never seen before. So when the opportunity came for me to live in Chicago for a semester, I jumped on it. Now here I am, less than a month away from the Windy City and all that it holds for me.

I'm really looking forward to this, but at the same time, I'm feeling a little apprehensive. It is my last semester at school, so the fact that I'm leaving college and some really great relationships behind is a little overwhelming. I'll also be doing an internship while I'm in the city - I'll be working as a community organizer, which is pretty exciting, but a little nerve racking, since I don't have a whole lot of experience doing something like this.

I have every confidence in the world that this will all work out, though. So far, every single thing has fallen into place exactly as it is supposed to, so I really have no reason to fear anything. It makes me feel really good that God has worked this out so far... it makes me feel like this is really where I am supposed to be going and what I am supposed to be doing. I can't wait to see where this leap of faith takes me!