Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Sunny California!

I'm here! I made it out to sunny Fresno, California! We broke into the 90 degree temperatures today, I got to eat at Marie Callendars, I saw my first client with my supervisor and I got a beautiful bouquet of freshly cut roses for my apartment (from the rose bushes on the campus)! Today was a good day.

I have settled into my huge apartment, made my first grocery run and set up my office too - yep, I actually got my own office!!! Wasn't expecting that. We had our weekly chapel today and had some team meetings regarding a few of the clients here at the center. I looks as if this is going to be a very productive internship experience for me. I am so looking forward to all that I will have the opportunity to learn while I am here. The staff here are great too. They have been so welcoming and helpful to me as I am getting settled and finding my way around.

Graduation from Wheaton was great! Thanks to all of you who were able to come and celebrate with me. My time at Wheaton went by so quickly. I will miss my profs, my class cohort and my dear friends. As hard as it is to leave and start over again, there is an aspect about it that is exciting. New people to meet and new experiences to have. I am grateful to God for being there through it all. He truely has provided in huge ways, physically, emotionally and spiritually. He has never let me down and I believe that he never will. Heck I have been able to do so much and it is only because of God's grace. He made it possible for me to get a Masters Degree, He provided for my internship and He financed both! Our God is a faithful, loving and caring God. He looks out for us more than we even look out for ourselves. Thank you Lord for all that you have done and for all that you are doing!

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

I'm done !!!

Finnally! I'm all done!!! I finished my last paper yesterday and I took my last finally yesterday too! No more papers, no more tests, no more projects or lectures! YIPPPEEEE!!!!

I will walk through graduation this Saturday the 7th of May but I won't officially finish my degree program until after I finish my internship this summer. OH YEAH... I know what I'm going to do this summer... well at least for the first half anyway. I'll be in Fresno, California for 6 weeks working with Link Care. I will finish up there near the end of June and then... well I'm still waiting to hear about what will happen after that. Keep checking my site... and you'll know when I do. :)

So that's it! I'll have a Masters of Counseling Ministries by the end of the summer. My official completion of my program will be in August so I won't see my actual diploma until then. Thanks for hangin in there with me. I'm just taking these next few days in Wheaton to pack up my room and hang with my friends. My folks are coming for my graduation on Friday and I fly out to Fresno on Monday... I'm a busy girl!

Stay in touch... you never know what will happen next with me! :)