WSU

I spent a few days on the Pullman campus a couple weeks back for my freshman orientation. I absolutely loved the campus. I spent quite a bit of time walking around campus by myself and at one point I stopped and thought to myself, "Hey, this kind of feels like home." It was very exciting and surprising to feel that sense of comfort there and I know that that was totally by God's hand. I can't wait to move in (and decorate my room) and begin experiencing all the idioscrincies of life in Pullman.
I did not, however, take to my peers as well as I did to the campus. By nature I tend to be a shy person so I wasn't exactly expecting to be making friends left and right. But this experience was a new one for me. This, I believe, was my first interaction with a large group of unbelieving youth on my own. And as I told a friend when I got back, I realized that 98% of the people I will meet at Pullman, I will probably not want to be more than acquaintances with, if that. I also realized that it would be difficult for me to connect with a lot of the people because the most important bond would be missing and that bond is the one that fellow believers share. I was a little disheartened because after all, these are the people I will be with for the next couple of years.
But God is good and gracious. He has placed around me good counsel in the form of great friends. One friend encouraged me that the lack of friends will just cause me to depend on Christ all the more. My heart leaped with joy when she brought that point to my attention. Depending on Christ, resting in Him sounds more like treasure than trial.
Another good friend reminded me that there will be good people on campus whose company will be valuable and edifying. They will be hard to find but I shouldn't give up, this dear friend advised.
A third friend (how gracious is God!) gave me another perspective, exclaiming that I will have quite the ministry opportunity.
I am so thankful to God for the wonderful friends, who most importantly are also my brothers and sisters in Christ, that He has placed around me. Their lives are great encouragements and their words full of love, for other and Christ. I am unbelievably grateful that God has arranged it so that one of these wonderful friends will be accompanying me in the adventure of the first year of college. I am also grateful for the friends that He has already chosen for me at WSU.
Pray for me, that I would becoming more and more devoted to my Lord so as to be in-tune to what His will for me is. Pray that I would not try to be indepedent in my ways but that I would indeed be dependent on Christ in everything. Pray for me and Sarah, that we would be preparing ourselves in whatever way necessary for what God has in store for us this fall. Pray that through all of this, we would become more and more like God's beloved son.