A Day in the life...

of an R/A in a girl's dorm...


Life is just funny sometimes and I am humored to look back on all that happened in the last five hours:



In the last five hours I have:

-Practiced guitar

-Had a coffee date with a girl from my hall last year, and caught up on life

-Comforted crying freshman in the hallway who are failing their classes and don't know what to do

-Talked about awkward things our teachers have said (I did NOT start this)They are teaching about Song of Soloman in the Freshman Bible Survey classes right now... that is all I am going to say

-Listened to a girl in my hall share things about her life she's never told anyone before and talk about how the Lord has sustained her in it all (really an amazing story, this girl has been through so much in the last 4 years...more than I could imagine)

-Tried on an authentic Civil War period sun dress and ball gown, hoop skirt and all, one of my girls is involved in war re-enactments...RANDOM! (Pictures will have to tell that story)

-Led some worship songs

-Consented to record myself making farm animal noises for a whole minute to help one of my girls with her creative way to ask someone to the Barn Party.

-Talked about relationships with my roommate, though that is almost an everyday occurance.

-Comforted a friend who's 3-year-long boyfriend just broke up with her

-Evaded, yet again, getting more pages read in my 554 page book due in a week and a half...500 more pages to go...



Who wouldn't want to live this life? Don't answer that :) Really I am grateful for the opportunities in each day that I have to encourage, comfort, and mentor the amazing women in my hall. I learn so much from them and am reminded how deep and complicated and detailed and beautiful each life is. My prayer is that I can be a good steward of the ministry God has given me and still manage to get my homework done...no easy task.

Well, it has been a long day...am I have an 8 am class tomorrow...so I am going to bed.

Mary