Spring Break Thus Far

I've already talked about visiting my high school, so let me skip ahead to my trip to Louisville. I left yesterday morning and returned this evening. Quick trip, huh? My sister needed to take care of some business at SBTS, and we had to return promptly. My dad went with us, which was good besides some unnecessary--better put, unwanted--comments on the way back. The commute to and from, as with our trip last year, had its hilarious signs, including the following:

• "Don't Get Plowed" (IL)
• River names (IL & IN) like Little Wabash, Beaver Creek Pond, Little Crooked Creek, etc.
• "Entering Hoosier National Forest" and "Leaving Hoosier National Forest" (IN)
• Town/area names like Sulphur, English, Santa Claus (home of Holiday World amusement park), Birdseye, etc.
• My personal favorite: "No Stopping, Standing, or Parking" along I-64 (IN)

A noticeable difference between this year's and last year's was the gross smells of sour feed and other things through Illinois and Indiana.

SBTS was as great as ever. Rachel and I sat in on the class Personal Spiritual Disciplines, in which the class had read Donald S. Whitney's Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. Awesome! I've already read that book in Discipleship and Evangelism, so I could easily get into the discussion. At the beginning of the class period, the prof had us form a group of two to three (or in our case five) and pray for each other, asking that God would make us blameless and holy. We got to meet three nice gentlemen Brad, Phil, and David as a result.

My dad joined us for Chapel. The chapel building at SBTS is beautiful! My eyes were closed for more time than they were open but not because the service was boring. I had stayed up a little late the night before watching Escape from Alcatraz on AMC with Rachel and Dad.

I also nodded off a few times during our lunch with the admissions rep. Oops...

I cannot tell you enough how beautiful Southern Seminary's campus is! All the buildings match, some of the sidewalks are brick walkways, the place is well-maintained, and it is mostly secluded. Combine these attributes wtih the amazing people and the incredible faculty there, and you have one awesome seminary.

Oh, one more thing: The seminary's students are mostly guys. In the class I sat in, I think there were four girls including Rachel and me. In Chapel, the singing congregation had a strong low tone. That part of seminary was particularly enjoyable. :)