nocturnal no more?! culture shock n more...

i was a nocturnal person, a night owl so to say. but here... i'm finally in the right time zone! while in spore i sleep ard 3am, i hit the sack early here. n i get up at 5-7am here. i used to get plenty done b4 i go to bed, now i get plenty done b4 i go to sch! well, some say i'll slowly turn back to being a night person. i dont know. one step at a time is what i live by here. or... one plunge at a time.

i feel like i've moved from a place where the power of the Holy Spirit trickled, to a deep deep ocean where i've plunged right into. 

while i've settled in with the room, weather, food, schedule, i havent with the socialising.i had some sort of a culture shock. it's interesting. i've been to lots of countries, n places but coming n staying in one beyond the "mission trip" has gotten me into some kind of stress. and i found myself less sociable than normal. i didnt want to hang out and talk to people. there are SO poeple. and SO friendly too. (here the dining rooms have big round tables like the ones we get at wedding dinners). the 1st 2 days got me not wanting to talk to pp. but today's international students' briefing helped me identified what's going on with me. 

and also, the homework on readings was getting to me.realised i had huge weird expectations on myself. n after so many years out of sch n coming into it with all these young people got me anxious abt my homework!

thank God He showed me the stress building up that is spilling onto my roommate n keeping me from enjoying people - something i had mostly enjoyed. during worship i handed to God my stress. and i had such a wonderful sense of freedom n release. the worship, the teaching sessions etc are so anointed. 

what i really like about here is the expectation of God. for Him to move and He sure does! 1st day of sch has seen some incredible healing amongst the students already! and alot of specific direct, timely word from God.