Trip to Gordon Conwell

Last Wednesday afternoon Curtis and I packed up our car and drove about 30 minutes north of Boston, MA. To Gordon Conwell Seminary The ride there went smoothly. Both boys slept most of the ride and we found the Red Sox's game on an AM station. What more could we ask for? :]



Since I met Curtis in 1997 he has talked about going to seminary at some point. Now is the appointed time it seems, as God has really put it on his heart and mine stronger then ever. Seminary is going to be our next adventure!

Curtis will begin an online Greek course as soon as possible. He might add on another course if its not to much added studing. Then when he gets out of the Navy next spring we will relocate to the Seminary. Due to financial aid etc Curtis is probably going to extend a few months and move the end of summer or fall of next year.



The seminary campus is very beautiful. It is set on beautiful rolling hills with a lot of green! Grass is just a Huge landscape positive for Curtis and I, us 'country folk'. :] Plus it will be great for the boys to play on throughout the year. The dorm life seems to be good. The families we meet where very friendly. Elijah and Nate will greatly benefit from the close proximity of the other children. There shouldn't be a day without some interaction with other kids.

We will need to downsize to a two bedroom, one bath apartment. The apartments have little closets space and no laundry hook up. This is a hard thing to think about. We are hoping to keep our eyes open for storage shelves or armoires between now and next summer to better organize the things we do need to keep. I'm still concerned about not having my washer and dryer. I do at least 2 loads of laundry a day. The idea of riding ourselves of any excess is a great idea though. Simplicity and organization help a ton!

We also visit our friends, Joel and Maya, one evening. It was a lot of fun and greatly encouraging for all of us. They live about 5 minutes from the campus! Elijah loves playing with their Elijah and Ezra even though there is some age difference(him being 3 and them 6&4.)

When Curtis and I where living in Maine we attended the same Bible study group. God has brought us a long way since then. Curtis really wanted more to do with people now and Ineed the same. We both really look forward to getting to know them more next year.

Joel's Dad works on campus, and also used to teach. He taught at Gordon Conwell and also out at Westminster West. This really helped reaffirm the theology of the school and how much God desires Curtis to study there.

I'm still stuck on not having my own laundry capabilities, yet know God has a lot more that He desires us to focus on!~