Boston
Here I am, not actually in Boston anymore, rather I am in Wenham, Massachusetts visiting Gordon College. I would typically write about this kind of thing in my journal but I cannot see because the only light in this room is this computer so I figured I would just blog about this visit. Well let me just say that Boston is probably the coolest city I have ever been to. During the tour we went on, with Ray Beez as our awesome tour guide with a thick Boston accent, I found that I couldn't stop saying things like "Oh my gosh, that is so awesome" and "Ahh, look how beautiful that is!" And I usually hate the wind making my hair crazy but something about just getting to wear a coat for the first time in a while, being in the wonderful 50 degree weather, and having a nice east coast breeze blowing made me not care. The weather was perfect today.
I can't believe how much history happened here. I felt like everything I learned about in school happened in Boston. Haha, not actually everything of course but it was just really exciting to drive over the place that Paul Revere road across and see the steeple that he got signals from. It's crazy! It actually happened!
So that's my brief amazement at Boston, but then...we finally arrived at Gordon and it was ten times more beautiful than I expected. We were all assuming that the college would seem way smaller once we got there but it seemed way bigger and just absolutely gorgeous. All the buildings have brick walls except for the main office which is an old mansion with stone walls, fancy tables and chairs, glorious windows, intricate chandeliers, and numerous intriguing hallways. The grass is green and wonderful and everywhere. The trees are cool even without leaves and I can only imagine how beautiful this campus looks with snow covering it, or with flowers blooming everywhere, or with autumn leaves of crazy colors growing on the trees. It would be so great to finally experience seasons!
The whole Accepted Students Day has been really professional and organized and my kooky sidenote is that I love all the graphic elements of the name tags, schedules, signs directing us where to go, etc. (I'm a yearbook nerd, what can I say?) We went to a comedy show kind of like Comedy Sportz and it was extremely fun and entertaining and I had to stop myself from giving off my obnoxiously loud laugh. A guy named Eli totally showed me up actually. His laugh was so stinkin' loud and I loved it. It's good to hear that he was enjoying himself.
Lastly, I went to this worship service called "Catacombs." It was in the chapel and all the lights were off and I could barely see the people on stage who were leading acoustically. It was so beautiful to hear everyone worshipping and I was so glad to see that so many people chose to spend the last hour of their night worshipping God. It was good for me to stop and rest and get to reflect on who God is and what He did for me. This whole trip and has been good for that seeing as I just finished an extremely busy week. I've been relaxed despite the tours and what some might perceive as chaos--I've really enjoyed myself.
Being with the Reagans is so delightful. I have never hung out with the whole family this much before and I can honestly say that I have loved every second of it. The way they get along is really beautiful and I love that they just genuinely care about each other and enjoy each other's presence. I am so grateful that God put them in my life because they have really brightened it up.
Anyway, I am extremely tired but I felt good about what came to mind during Catacombs. Just thinking about what college would be like here was really interesting and taking the time to just worship God and think about things peacefully led me to realizing new things about myself and about what I want my experience in college to look like and more importantly, what God wants it to look like. I am excited to make my decision in peace, whatever it turns out to be. I am faithful that God will guide me and I can't wait to start a whole new chapter, if you will. Although it will be pretty scary probably, I am excited for the "holy struggle," as the First Lady of Gordon said. God is good. Goodnight!
I can't believe how much history happened here. I felt like everything I learned about in school happened in Boston. Haha, not actually everything of course but it was just really exciting to drive over the place that Paul Revere road across and see the steeple that he got signals from. It's crazy! It actually happened!
So that's my brief amazement at Boston, but then...we finally arrived at Gordon and it was ten times more beautiful than I expected. We were all assuming that the college would seem way smaller once we got there but it seemed way bigger and just absolutely gorgeous. All the buildings have brick walls except for the main office which is an old mansion with stone walls, fancy tables and chairs, glorious windows, intricate chandeliers, and numerous intriguing hallways. The grass is green and wonderful and everywhere. The trees are cool even without leaves and I can only imagine how beautiful this campus looks with snow covering it, or with flowers blooming everywhere, or with autumn leaves of crazy colors growing on the trees. It would be so great to finally experience seasons!
The whole Accepted Students Day has been really professional and organized and my kooky sidenote is that I love all the graphic elements of the name tags, schedules, signs directing us where to go, etc. (I'm a yearbook nerd, what can I say?) We went to a comedy show kind of like Comedy Sportz and it was extremely fun and entertaining and I had to stop myself from giving off my obnoxiously loud laugh. A guy named Eli totally showed me up actually. His laugh was so stinkin' loud and I loved it. It's good to hear that he was enjoying himself.
Lastly, I went to this worship service called "Catacombs." It was in the chapel and all the lights were off and I could barely see the people on stage who were leading acoustically. It was so beautiful to hear everyone worshipping and I was so glad to see that so many people chose to spend the last hour of their night worshipping God. It was good for me to stop and rest and get to reflect on who God is and what He did for me. This whole trip and has been good for that seeing as I just finished an extremely busy week. I've been relaxed despite the tours and what some might perceive as chaos--I've really enjoyed myself.
Being with the Reagans is so delightful. I have never hung out with the whole family this much before and I can honestly say that I have loved every second of it. The way they get along is really beautiful and I love that they just genuinely care about each other and enjoy each other's presence. I am so grateful that God put them in my life because they have really brightened it up.
Anyway, I am extremely tired but I felt good about what came to mind during Catacombs. Just thinking about what college would be like here was really interesting and taking the time to just worship God and think about things peacefully led me to realizing new things about myself and about what I want my experience in college to look like and more importantly, what God wants it to look like. I am excited to make my decision in peace, whatever it turns out to be. I am faithful that God will guide me and I can't wait to start a whole new chapter, if you will. Although it will be pretty scary probably, I am excited for the "holy struggle," as the First Lady of Gordon said. God is good. Goodnight!
posted by Emily @ 9:33 PM
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Lovely this made me smiley. I love you..
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