Wow...it's been a while since last I've posted here.
How time flies, and with the passage of time, much has changed.
It is crazy to think that it's already been a year ago since I've moved to Boston to pursue a degree in physical therapy.
Needless to say, life definitely has not followed the path that I thought it would. (Does it really ever?) As it stands right now, due to various circumstances I am no longer in school. I thought I could stay in Boston and find a job and evaluate what I wanted to do with my life. (haha...yeah...that has not necessarily turned out the way I thought it would either -_-). As it stands all the jobs I have applied for in the medical fields (research and clinical) have bore no fruit.

However since Feb. I have been volunteering at the American Chinese Christian Education & Social Services. Specifically I've been working with their afterschool program, helping with kids K-5 with their homework, recess and various other activities.
I must say, the time I have spent there has been quite rewarding. I've found it enjoyable working with the kids and getting to know them. On top of that it has given me something to do and people to invest in which are definitely pluses, otherwise I'd probably be sitting around doing nothing with most of my time -_-.

My time here in Boston, in general has been really enjoyable. I've found a wonderful community of friends and brother & sisters in Christ in the form of BCEC (Boston Chinese Evangelical Church). Been able to enjoy the various locales, activities, events, and sights of Boston. And just the overall experience of a big city.

It's scary to think that, in just a few months I'll once again be moving to a different city, a different state, to once again try for a degree in physical therapy. This time I'll be moving to Bolivar, MO and be attending school at Southwest Baptist University. Compared to Boston, Bolivar, well...honestly can't compare. It is a small small town in the the southwest corner of Missouri. No big city feel or anything. Due to this reason I have been and still am quite against the idea of moving there. I don't want to leave behind the life I've started to forge here in Boston, to start all over again, to not be around with people I've come to care for and call my friends. I feel, that one reason why this bothers me so much, is that when I first came to Boston, I was looking forward to building a life, to settle down for a while (at least more than one year). However as of now, that is not to be. Don't get me wrong, I'll definitely try my best to stay close and in touch, but geographical distance has a way of changing things.

*sigh...

Anyways I'm not saying my goodbyes just yet. (don't know if I ever plan to either) I still have some time before the move in August, and I mean to make the most out of it. Who knows what the future may bring, whether it be here in Boston, in Bolivar, or some other place that I'll end up being in. The only thing I can really do is to continue to trust in the Lord and to put my best foot forward.

hates the low that comes after a social high...

Matthew 6:25-36 (NIV)

  25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

 28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.