Wow, about three weeks into school already this forth semester of my college career. So much has happened and I've been keeping quite busy. It's hard to find time for everything. Time management seems to be the plague of the college student, and it doesn't seem to get any easier the farther along we get.

On January 18th and 19th the Resident Life team left for Malone College in Canton Ohio to do some training exercises and some meet and greets with 100+ other leaders in the region. Our RA team had a great time hanging out with one another, and the fellowship time was not only refreshing, but appreciated.

On the 23rd (Last wednesday) a group of my friends traveled to Chicago for a chance to see Wyclef Jean in chicago at the house of blues. It was probably one of the best nights of my life for many reasons. The performance was full of powerful messages, abounding amounts of energy, and memories that will never be forgotten. Highlights of the trip were, having one friend get a "old school" cassette from the 90's autographed during the show, having another friend invited on stage to share his talent because Wyclef took note of it, being the first ones in to the concert and standing front and center, and getting tons of haitian flags, as well as several other gifts thrown from the stage from the performers. To this day, I still get an adrenaline rush thinking about that awesome night we had.

This last weekend was a fun one for the guys on my floor. On friday night, a bunch of us went ice skating in Elkhart (about 30 minutes away) with Yoder 3 south (a female floor). For many of us, this was our first time skating, and everyone walked away feeling really great about the time we had. After that we went to a coffee shop, and warmed up with some discounted drinks, especially for our group.

Saturday morning, my roommate and I woke up to make the guys breakfast. We made pancakes, sausage, bacon, and eggs. Turns out I bought too much food, but, it was a lot of fun and everyone seemed to enjoy it.

Last night, I had to opportunity to go out with a couple friends to Olive Garden in Elkhart. Eating out is always an enjoyable experience, because its one less meal we have to eat in the cafeteria. :-)

I've begun to see that my academic load this semester is a lot more intense than I'm used to, so I'm constantly trying to keep up with homework, and studying for my classes. My Spanish skills are slowly starting to build back up, and hopefully will be acceptable by the time next fall rolls around and I head off to Peru.

Hopefully I'll be doing a better job at keeping you all updated. Thanks for reading!

-Tim