So... this is finals week(s). Here at UL the finals are spread out over a period of two weeks. Most of my finals are this week.Thursday and Friday I have exams for Irish Folklore and Irish Language. The Marketing final I took on Monday, and I just hope I don't fail the class. Then my last exam is in Irish Music and Dance on Dec. 20th (a Saturday... yuck) - the very last day of finals. I fly back to Pittsburgh on the 21st and get to spend Christmas with my sister and her family, and my parents. I can't wait!
I've been having a great time here in Ireland - not without it's ups and downs, but overall it has been a good experience, because I know it was God's perfect plan and will to bring me here. I have met and made some wonderful new friends, and some that I will be extremely sad to leave behind (but glad to know that at least most of them I shall see again in heaven). And of course since I love the country so much, I will be sad to leave because of that too. There are so many things I want to do and so many places that I want to go to, yet haven't been able to... and I have to leave... but such is life; we can't do everything we want to. I just thank God for the time that He has allowed me to spend here, the people He has placed across my path, and the wonderful opportunity He has given me just to be here in a place I never thought I would actually get to be. I have learned so much since I've been here. God is amazing. Even with all the different things I've struggled with throughout this semester, God is faithful and has again proven that He is all I need. At the times that have seemed like there is no hope... yet He reminds me that my hope is found in Christ, and Christ alone. And this semester I've been reading through and going to a Bible study on Philippians - that has been an absolutely wonderful thing, everything I needed to hear, when I needed to hear it. Wow. God is truly awesome, great, and understanding.
Forgive me for my lack of faith, and my unbelief. Help me Father to strive to know You better; please continue to speak to me and change my heart.
I know You will be faithful to complete what You have started in me.
