Arriving in York

Hello all! After much persuasion from friends and family, I have decided to start a blog to document my time here at York St. John University over the next 4 months. Let me first start by explaining why I chose the title, "One Day at a Time"...

Kristin Lier and I went to her church about 2 weeks ago. After the service, Kristin decided to interview different members of the congregation for her Interim project about love. Long story short, she ended up interviewing an older man, who appeared to be in his 70s, named Tom Young. To paraphrase his explanation, Tom described love as laying each day down, one day at a time, for someone or something that you believe in. He then encouraged Kristin and I to remember to live each moment and take life one day at a time. At that moment, I felt God as though He was almost hitting me upside the head! That same morning, I had been worrying about packing, going to England, leaving my friends and comfort zone and almost any other worry you could imagine.

So, my motto for this trek to York is to take life "one day at a time". When I begin to feel overwhelmed I will remember the big picture and who really is in control.

On January 27, 2011 we finally landed in Manchester (after many delays in Chicago, of course) and proceeded to head for our grand destination of York, England! The countryside is gorgeous over here. The green hills seem to go on forever.

During my stay in York, I will be attending York St. John University with a group of about 25 other Calvin students. The university itself has about 6,000 students (although the buildings are much closer together than Calvin's so the campus seems small). We have had orientation for the past couple days but have been fortunate enough to explore the beautiful city of York (which I will post pictures of shortly...)

Although there have been moments of uncertainty and anxiety, I feel so blessed to be here with such wonderful friends in such a beautiful place.

Thank you all so much for your encouragement and prayers!!! I truly appreciate it:)

Tomorrow I am planning on going into town to run some errands so I promise to take more pictures of the campus and the city and put them up, along with the pictures that I was able to take at Whitby today.

~Kristen