So as most of you know I announced that my graduate school decision would be made last Friday. After a week of prayers and a 3-mile run conversation with my dear roomie Kayli, I decided......
for the next two years I will be continuing my career as a Wichita State Shocker! Whoot Whoot! and with our super awesome stupendous run in the NCAA basketball tournament, my wardrobe has drastically added more yellow and black tshirts so it's probably a good thing I decided to stay :) p.s. all of you should be watching the Final Four game on Saturday at 5pm and rooting for those Shocker men...yes yes you should...you won't be disappointed.
Basketball talk aside, here's the real reason why I decided to stay. For one the WSU program is nationally ranked as #35. That's super sweet knowing that I will be getting a top-notch education with professors who have made giant impacts in the Speech-Pathology field. Another reason is those professors. They are great. Seriously they want each of their students to be challenged inorder to think outside of common boundries and succeed as well-rounded SLP. Third, the perks. One professor takes a group students every spring to Haiti to serve in clinics and orphanages...SIGN ME UP! I can also go anywhere in the the country for my externship (last semester practicum experience). So even though I didn't chose Northern Colorado, I could still go to Denver or San Fran or Portland or NYC for a few months for WSU tutition...AWESOME!
Besides the program, God lead my heart to Wichita, not because it was the easiest choice (cause it's not), but because I can honor him anywhere I go. This was the tough choice. Staying. It's a grueling program with minimul free time. I don't have a safe bubble because a lot of my close friends are moving, getting married, or entering the big kid workforce world. My community will be reshaped and that terrifies me. But this past school year has been a revealing of my fears. Fears that which are not from my heavenly father. I chose the hard path because I don't want to be fearful of this. No more hiding behind others or pushing my fears and issues to the back of my heart and letting them fester into a giant fear monster. Jesus says "Fear not for I am with you." When ever an angel of the Lord appeared in the Bible, he would always begin with "Do not be afraid for I have been sent by God."
People often associate fear with leaving and going. Going to a new school, moving to a different state, starting a new job. Nope not this girl. I fear of staying; of being stagnet and stuck in a place for a long length of time. Fear of being by myself. But with Jesus, I will never be alone or stuck or sitting on the ground.
So therefore I chose Wichita State. The fear monster will be faught against. As Kayli and my mother told me..."It's time to put the big girl panties on."
thanks for the love friends. you guys are the best.
