| Well, here I am at Biola! This is my 6th day, and so far each day has been incredible. Campus is definitely beginning to feel like home, (which it really did even the first day) and I'm loving getting all situated in my dorm with Kylee (the coolest roomate) in Hart Hall (the coolest dorm). Even more than simply the physical aspects of the campus and dorm, Biola, and particularly the Torrey program, really feels like home as a community. Incoming Torrey Freshman have been on campus since monday, and the more I get to know everyone, the more excited I am to spend the next four years wiht them. It is wonderful to have the common bond of loving the Lord and loving to learn, discuss and probe ideas, and to grow in unerstanding. All the other Biola students have been arriving yesterday and today, so the campus is much less quiet now, and there's a whole new bunch of people to meet, which can be overwhelming at times, dispite the fun of it.
I will try to put my past week in a nutshell, hard as that my be, since I need to start cranking through Plato soon (*yay!*)  . The main thing that I have been impacted by this week is the realization of how much my college is going to require of me-- mind, heart, spirit and hands. On tuesday, our Torrey groups met for our first session, discussing Dr. J.P. Moreland's book, Love your God with all Your Mind (which I highly reccomend!). My group is titled "Sayers," as in Dorothy Sayers, and consists of 16 freshman Torrey students. I was really impressed by the insights of some of my classmates as we wrestled thorugh issues of ideas and belief. Even more so, I was impressed with the teachablility that everyone displayed as a result of some of the things that we got to talk about. Torrey is not a program where you study facts, take a test, and then forget them. You cannot cheat, work th system or simply slide by; Torrey requires the devotion of the entire person and the rigorous use of the mind in hashing through, seeking out, and hopefully discovering the depths of the wisdom and love of our most amazing God. I am excited to embark on this adventure, and I pray that God will empower my to do so to the best of my abilities and beyond even that. I pray that He will draw me deeper into His love and truth, and grant me an understanding of His message and a passion both to seek it with every once of energy and to see it proclaimed to all men. As God reminds you, please pray that also! 
The vision of Torrey is really in line with the heart of God, and I am so glad that He has put me here. I really want to keep in touch with everyone, so please do email me, or call or whatever!
Much love--Autumn |
