Back 2 School

So here I am, eating chicken soup, sitting on a mattress that we pretend is a couch, in my new room. That's right, four of us moved down to the second floor from the seventh. Benefits: toilet that works, plenty of space in the living room, four of us in one bedroom, two working sinks, a working shower, less stairs to climb, and of course, if there is a fire in the building, we will no longer have a 0% chance of survival. So, here I am, eating chicken soup, and contemplating the new term.

Monday 9:30am X-Cultural Ministries (Capt. P. & M. Mitchell)
1:00pm Squad term II

Tuesday 9:30am Spiritual Disciplines (Maj. W. Blackmann)
1:00pm Doctrine (J. Evans)
8:00pm League of Mercy (C. White)*

Wednesday 9:30am Multiplication Practicum (J. Evans)
1:00pm School of Justice term II (K. Ivany)
7:30pm Recre:8**

Thursday 9:30am Warfare Communications - homiletics from what I understand (Maj. J. Braund)
1:00pm Drill term II (D. Melanson)
6:30pm Kneedrill*

Friday 9:30am Extreme Prophetic (J. Lipsett)
11:00am Consistent Life Ethic term II (A. White & K. Walker)
2:00pm Holy Space term II (J. Lipsett)/Session Time
7:30pm Recre:8**

Saturday 7:30pm Recre:8**

Sunday 9:30pm Street Combat*

*not part of any class/not mandatory
**each student only covers one night a week

The schedule has changed a little bit, and now rations are up to us. This means pray the Bible starts at 9:00am, a full hour and a quarter later than term I. Most of the courses are new. I'm particularly looking forward to doctrine, although it entails a lot of work, and my personal favourite, consistent life ethic.

There is lots of work already, and we're only three days in. We have books to read, reports to write, questions to ask ourselves and answer. Already it's a bit overwhelming. It looks like an even bigger mountain to climb when you take into account all the other things that aren't on any recorded schedule but our own personal time: visiting friends in the hotels, excercise, rations, cell, kids cell, the Carnegie, community, journaling, rest, etc. This still doesn't include the extra personal things not related to the War College, like writing letters, phoning home, and applying to university & scholarships.
Well, we trek on. We don't do it without pain & a little bit of suffering, but we do it.

Pray for us.

Peace,
Megan Smith