It's hard to believe it's only been three weeks since I arrived at College of the Ozarks ... more like three months seems more accurate as the time goes pretty slow. The first week was a whirlwind of craziness they fondly call Character Camp. As soon as I got here I basically threw my stuff in my room and the week was underway. I was in "Family 3" - everything reminded me so much of a week at Barakel. I mistakenly referred to my "Family" as my tribe every once in a while. We had a blast together.
So we had a week of bonding before classes took off. It was good to get established and have a few people I could call friends before I had to think about work and homework. Yeah, work - I should tell you about that. Most of you probably know that my school is a work school. So ... what does that mean exactly? I work 15 hours a week to help pay for my tuition. Yeah, this school is debt-free. Everything I don't earn towards my tuition is covered by a scholarship. You really can't beat it.
I found out I'd be working at the Keeter Center as a "steward". I wasn't exactly sure what that meant, so I asked. Basically I found out that it's a glorified term for a dishwasher. They probably didn't want to freak out the new students by telling them they'd be washing dishes all semester, so they called us stewards. Clever. My alarm goes off at 4:45 on the mornings I work, and I'm pretty sure it should be illegal to get up at that ungodly hour of the day. I'm not gonna lie - it was hard for me to finally get to be working in a 4-star commercial restaurant, with all the incredible equipment and gourmet food ... and be stuck in the dish pit. Jeremiah 29:11 has been so encouraging to me. The plans He has for me are not to harm me - but to help me prosper. There IS a reason I'm scrubbing out burned gravy from the bottoms of pots day-after-day. Do I know why I'm up to my elbows in tomato sauce for duration of this semester? Heck no. But He does. You know what? ... that's good enough for me.
Heading into a crazy week now - ciao.
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