Christmas Break and the New Semester

Christmas break lasted from 9 December till 3 January, and was an absolutely wonderful and relaxing time. It was very good to see several groups of people that Jon and I visited and good also to have time off from school and work.

We spent the first weekend of break with our Grandparents in Pennsylvania and then several days with the Pattersons in another part of the same state. Then the Eckerts picked us up and took us down to Charlotte, NC for Hannah Gallop's wedding. It was very nice to be down there and see so many missionary friends and also to attend the wedding, which was very beautiful.

Then from the wedding I rode up to Houghton, NY with the Gallops, where I spent the remainder of break. I thoroughly enjoyed myself there. It was very nice to be with the Twins, Miriam and Noah, again and to spend time with the rest of the family. Just being part of a family again for a few weeks was very nice. The many activities - walks, endless games of backgammon, two puzzles, etc - were also very enjoyable.

But though all good things do not come to an end, this one did as I very reluctantly left from Rochester to fly back to Spokane. School and work have now started back up, and I am getting used to life here again, though I get kind of depressed thinking of the passed good times in Houghton.

This semester I am taking only four courses again, due to the fact that none of the others were really particularly relevant to my major and I did not want to spend money needlessly (and that I was not sure I had). I am currently taking Hebrews (a good challenging McMath course), Christian Missions, Church History (simply sumptuous), and Research Writing.