back home safe and sound!

hey guys!
sorry it's been so long since i've updated.. i hope you didn't think my plane crashed, or i never left italy! haha. anyways, i am, in fact, back in green bay. i made it home safely, all my flights were on time, i made it through customs okay, and... things went smoothly.

since i've been home, i haven't done much, to be honest. i've slept a lot, caught up with some old friends, wrapped christmas presents/celebrated christmas, and... well, that's about it. and it's getting a little boring. which means that i'm really looking forward to going back to chicago. i'm excited to get back to school, to be in the classroom again and to study and read! kind of a crazy thought, i know, but i guess this means my trip to italy served its purpose, right?

one of my reasons for taking time off of school had to do with bitterness. i was getting so tired of being filled with all this theological knowlege and never using it. i felt suffocated by moody's rules and the whole atmosphere of the school. and i just needed to get away from it for a while. it wasn't worth it to spend more time there if i wasn't going to appreciate the things i was learning and experiencing...

i am going to move back to chicago on saturday, and i am MORE than excited about it! finally, i can say that i'm looking forward to school. i'm anxious to get started in my classes and read all these books that i've ordered for classes as they arrive at my house almost every day now!

i'd say my time in italy, overall, was wonderful. certain things were hard, that's for sure. but overall, it served its purpose, i learned a lot, and i was able to be a part of Kingdom work.

i have only two semesters left at moody before i head on to the next phase of my life, though i'm not sure at all what that will hold. guess i just have to wait and see :)