Merry Christmas!

What better way to get back into blogging than to update on Christmas.

This past semester flew by and I am one semester closer to graduating. But that feels a long ways away yet. Finals went well, although I haven't seen the grade yet for the one class. 

I've really enjoyed this past fall...the friends I'm making are amazing, and I've enjoyed the classes too. 

I'm so grateful to be home for Christmas and the holidays this year. I don't regret last year at all, in fact quite the opposite, but it was definitely a sacrifice to be there at times, especially during this time of the year. It just makes me even more grateful for the time I am allowed to have with my family now. 

The only slight imperfection...no snow. :( But I'm sure I'll get enough of that in the months to come.

My classes for next semester include: New Testament Survey, Studying and Teaching the Bible, Christian Missions, Research Writing and Intro to Disciplemaking. I ended up with 8 am classes Monday through Thursday, but thankfully the only Friday class I have is a one hour one at 11 am, so I almost have a 3 day weekend, which more than makes up for the earlier mornings.

I still don't have a lot of pictures to put on here...my camera never makes it out of my drawer. But I am making a goal to be more consistent, so we'll see about that. I definitely will update this more, at the very least.

And now it's time to go back down and re-join the family.

We're missing only 4 members from the Hostetler extended family at the moment, and they'll be joining us before too long, so that we can eat together and exchange some gifts. The real blessing is the chance to be together however, at least for me.

Merry Christmas to everyone!