Surprises Unveiled

If ever I felt overwhelmed by God's control over the circumstances in my life, it is now. I just got back from orientation at DTS, where I was stunned once again by the realization of the enormous privilege I have to study at the "Harvard of biblical seminaries"! Exciting and intimidating! My eyes welled up with tears during one of the hymns we sung as I thought about how long I've waited to make this dream a reality and it's finally here!!

God has a way of showing up in the most unexpected ways. Today, I figured I would meet tons of awesome people, but I had no idea how some of those connections would be arranged! Listen to these awesome and sweetly divine appointments!!

We ran into a DTS student that Becca met last year as he was passing through Nanchang, China. She met him once in China and found out he was going to DTS this fall so they kept in touch through email. He was one of the first people we saw on campus this morning! He is also fluent in mandarin and is planning to attend the local Chinese church!

Then, Becca and I were stopped on our way into orientation by a guy that used to be a team leader in Nanchang the year after I left. (For those that know, he was Jon Golike's team leader!) He and his brother are studying at DTS along with their wives! He lived in Nanchang during Becca's two-years of service and his brother lived there while I was there over two years ago! They have already scoped out the good Chinese restaurants in Dallas, so we plan on having them take us there before things get too crazy!

Then, at the end of the day I am sitting down waiting for one of the meetings to start and this guy sits next to me and says, "You're Heather Scruggs?" (I had a name tag on). Come to find out, he is one of the guys who was suppose to help us move into our apartment. Never met the guy before! He is a connection I made indirectly before moving here. I emailed a local church requesting help with moving our furniture up to our second floor apartment and he was one of the guys they recruited to help us! We didn't end up needing his help because we arrived a day early. Anyways, it gets better! He is also a biblical counseling major AND he lives in our apartment complex one street over!

More highlights of my day include the formal acknowledgement of all the international students from around the globe, including at least two from China! And, meeting a very sweet older student who is also studying biblical counseling AND has an adopted daughter from China! I love it!

As you can imagine, I am so drained from all the input today! I thought that it might help me process if I wrote some of it out. Tonight, a friend is making lasagna for a few of us. She is the friend that graduated from DTS as a biblical counseling major! That should be fun!

And, tomorrow is a little lighter. Activities start with a women's lunch and then have to take the MMPI personality test tomorrow afternoon. Can't wait to see what other fun surprises God has in store! Thanks for keeping up with it all! It feels like a whirlwind!