Senior Year

 After 5 months of being uprooted from my Junior year at Bryan due to COVID-19, I am finally back at Bryan College for my Senior year. I knew this year was going to be different because of all the new guidelines that we had to follow both on and off campus, but it is perfectly fine because I know this school wants us to be safe and they care for us deeply; that has never changed. 

I began this year, as usual, being involved in many things. This year, I am a Co-Captain for Neighbor2Neighbor (my PCI [service group] initiative that I created last year), Co-Captain for Debate Team, a Co-Leader for Gateway Group Leader (Where I help those who are new at Bryan with their first year experience course), Service Project Coordinator (more on that later), Senior Male Senator for SGA, and I am taking 13 hours this semester. Not too bad, but after two weeks of a busy schedule I was looking for some alone time this weekend. 

Well, God looked at my 2 days of alone time and raised it to 10. As of noon on Friday (8/21), I found out that I was in contact with a positive case of Corona on campus. This is our first positive case on campus. So, when I found out, I got a call from the head of the Bryan Health Task Force that asked me questions, in which I answered honestly, and that got me a wonderful trip to Arnold Dormitory until September 1, 2020. I have no doubt that God will show me things in here as I have a room to myself and not allowed to leave whatsoever. I only thought I need solitude for 2 days where God saw I needed more and that's okay. 

This is easier on me because I can switch my in-person meetings to online, my classes to recorded lectures (which they are all being recorded), and my social life to online with my friends and all. My assignments are essentially all online and so is my work. My friends have already been there for me as I have been there for them (cause there are 5 of us in quarantine on campus), and my friends who are not in quarantine are praying and checking in on me to see if I need anything. I truly am blessed by what I have here at Bryan. 

I do not know what these 10 days will bring, but I know God will work through anything. I get my test results back by either Monday or Tuesday, I'll keep everyone updated. 

Psalm 51:15-17

"For you do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart- These, O God, You will not despise."

I do not know what I will experience, but if this experience was made to break me only to trust God more, then praise be to God and let him do his work. May God bless you all this morning. Until next time.