Oh, How Time Flies!

With only a month remaining before summer break, I figured I should probably catch up on blogging about this past month.

Actually, it's pretty much been business as usual. I do my homework, turn it in at class, get more homework, do it, turn it in...sometimes it definitely feels like a never-ending cycle. But the end of this first year at college is in sight! Hard to believe.

This weekend is the school's annual Spring Music Festival. We also have a lot of prospective students coming to visit throughout the week, as well as current students' parents and grandparents, so it will be nice to have many of them at our concerts on Friday and Saturday. I'm particularly excited about a group coming on Saturday- my family! Dad, Mom, Noah, and Andrew will be coming for the Saturday concert and staying till Sunday afternoon. Can't wait to see them!

As the summer draws closer, I'm getting more excited every day about singing and traveling with the Gospel Heralds. We have been memorizing songs, learning new handbell pieces, ordering fun matching outfits, and getting to know each other better. The whole team is a very fun group and I'm excited to spend the summer with them.

I'm also starting to think about next year. Registration for fall semester classes is next week- now that IS hard to believe. Also, I was elected secretary of the student body council for next semester and will be serving as co-chair for one of the Fall Missions Conference committees, so my plate is already looking pretty full. Thankfully, I enjoy staying busy!

I'm also grateful for quiet moments. Yesterday the weather was a bit nicer, so in the evening I headed outside to do my devotions while it was still light. I am blessed to live in such a beautiful, peaceful area. I was especially struck by Isaiah 26 in the beginning of verse 9: "With my soul I have desired You in the night, yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early." Much of the time I'm so focused on having devotions as part of my to-do list, that I'm not truly "desiring" or "seeking" that time with God. But it is precious, something I never want to forget.

~Hannah Grace