looking back

Man...its been a long time since I've updated. A lot of situation have advanced and many things have changed. For one, my last post was in HK, I am now back in Canada...have been for a good month and a half. And the biggest thing, I now go to Wilfrid Laurier. All I can say is that its been quite a rocky ride. Looking back on all the posts that I've written and seeing how I was struggling to make the decision to transfer and how co-op got me down it really feels weird. It all started w/ me apply to laurier from Kingston (at Tiff's place actually, while I was helping her move out) a day before the deadline. Summer time arrives and I didnt land any co-op job...I feel kinda depressed and get away from it all by making a very spur of the moment decision by going to HK (bought my ticket 2 days before I left). As the days go by in HK, I notice that I havent gotten anything about my transfer application. It hits July and still no news. During this time I have almost given up on going to Laurier. I send a couple emails only to find out that Guelph hasnt even sent my transcript in!!!....my biggest fear had come true. Some how I just knew that complications would occur w/ my application. I found out that my OUAC only application was filled out wrong. I selected "Send transcript: at end of term". I thought that was correct cause laurier wanted final marks. However, Guelph understood it by being end of SUMMER TERM....whaaat?!?!? This is where if you ask terry I'm flipping out and feeling so helpless being on the other side of the world. I eventually make a bunch of long distance phone calls and get ouac to change my selection. It gets processed and Guelph sends out my transcript. I arrive home and wait for a response. 2 weeks go by and still nothing. At this point I'm basically preping myself to go back to Guelph. I was a little sad but I knew God was in control. On Friday July 29th I just made a phone call to Laurier to get an offical answer. It was the day before retreat which ironically was being held at Laurier. I proceed to phone admisions. The lady askings for my ref # and begins to check on her database. In the most matter of fact tone she says "Umm..yep...you were accepted as of yesterday. Your package has just been sent out today...you should receive it sometime next week...alright?" This is where I just pause in disbelief. It plays mind games w/ you when you dont have any offical paperwork or screen stating that you were accepted. Now, I immediately shift gears and begin to prep myself for life at laurier. I phone my friend to ask him about the room in his house that was supposedly reserved for me. He says "sorry man, he got another guy". MAN!!! Great, I get the acceptance that've been waiting for for so long and I loose the place where I'm to stay. But God has aleady taught me a lot during this journey...and I promised myself that I would let any situation phase me. I proceed to go to the retreat the next day and man it was perfect timing to say the least. I get lost trying to find our church and I'm basically walking around campus. Find out that I was accepted the day before makes it just seem like a campus tour...haha. Anyway, lunch time comes and I talk to some ETCBCers and get hooked up w/ Laurier's fellowship chair!...whoa...haha. It seemed like everyone knew me..."oh ur the 3rd year guelph transfer right?"...thx jon lai...haha...him know like every ccf chair really helps. Anyway, at the same moment I just ask about housing and he links me to this other guy...Eugene. He says he's got a place free in his house...I swap phone #s and walk away. So as one opportunity fell apart, God opened up another one...in the timing only He could engineer. Still not done! I get my package the week after and find out they gave me sooooo many transfer credits...more than I thought...haha....I still have to take second year but I dont have to re-learn anything. I begin trying to get into courses the week after and now I hit another bump. A lot of the courses are full and w/ all the transfers they gave me I have nothing to take. I phone up the academic advisor and she proceeds with "wow...I cant believe they have you so much transfer credit...this is a big mess now. You arent aloud to take any 3rd year courses you know? It goes against all school policies...but I'll see what I can do." WHAAT?!....that means i'd take 4 cores and 6 electives....NOOOOOOOOO!!!!...what a waste of time and money. For 2 years in guelph I searched and searched to take things meaningful...and now when I come here...it seems like the same thing again! I send her an email and go off to ctc's camping retreat. There I talked w/ jess who had a very similar ordeal and she encouraged me. I come back from retreat and read her response and find out that she has enrolled me in a couple of 3rd year courses..YAY!!...so now I have a filled schedule that doesnt seem useless. Only 1 glitch. My 3rd yr accounting course is the same time as lccf...and all other sections are full...UGH....maybe I can talk to the prof of the other section to let me in.

Well thats about it. Its been a wild ride with things never seeming to go right. But through it all God carried me and was soooo faithful. I finally know where Im going to be in September and finally have a schedule of my classes. We'll see what God has in store for me this coming year.