It's About Time. . .

After close to a year, I am finally getting around to posting again. I meant to wait until I had written an article on Sola, the 2009 Higher Things Youth conference, but I'm not quite sure when I'll get around to writing it.

At any rate, this post is meant to be a quick summary of what's been happening since last April, with elaboration to follow at a later date.

I suppose I will start with the Sola conference. Our group attended the San Antonio, TX conference, and, as with all things Higher Things, it was wonderful. A little hot and humid for my taste, but oh well. One of the in-depth sectionals at this conference was an Organist Bootcamp, taught by Chris Loemker. There will be more on the impact this sectional had on me, but for now it will suffice to say that it has turned me a complete 180 degrees.

The rest of the summer was pretty quiet, apart from the fact that I found out that I was to be an RA. Overall, being an RA this year has been a good experience for me. It has strengthened my time management skills and my social skills. In other words, I have become not quite as shy, although it is something I still struggle with on a daily basis. That said, I don't think I would do it again. I have discovered that God has given me many gifts, but the skill of being an RA is not one of them.

As summer approaches, I have much to look forward to. This year, I will be attending the Rocky Mountain District (RMD) Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) Convention as a Young Woman Representative (YWR). I will also be attending Given, the 2010 Higher Things conference. This year, instead of attending as a youth as in previous conferences, I will be attending as a Christ on Campus Volunteer (CCV). I am very excited to be working with Pastor Burhop and the other CCVs at the Logan, UT conference.

This summer is also going to be a time of transition as I prepare to transfer to Concordia University in Seward, NE to major in parish music. Although I believe that this is the best decision, it is difficult to think of leaving New Mexico Tech: I will dearly miss my friends and church family. This decision is tied into the Sola conference, but I will save the whole story for a later post.

Well, I think that about sums up what's been going on! Since it is late, I best be off, since tomorrow is another busy day.