What do I know.

I finally finished the book I was reading in the morning, Saints . It was pretty interesting, I'm excited for the next one. I've been in Illinois for almost two months now, the time has gone by so fast. Mostly because we have to work our guts out and barely have time to think about what's happening next to realize 7 weeks have gone by. We finished up midterms last week and we're straight back into the insanity of daily classes again. There have been some crazy deer encounters (pretty much daily)  some PTSD inciting spider encounters (I almost got one straight in the face this week) and some good times with school friends who make being away from home much easier. Since I finished the book last week I started studying about obedience, apparently it was the lesson this week at church, so it really worked out. Today as we discussed obedience I thought a lot about who and what are we obedient to and why. Laws - I assume so we don't go to jail, maybe to stay safe an

I haven't given up, don't worry. The last two weeks I broke from studying a set topic and I've been reading the Gospel of Mark and the first volume of the Saints church history. Being in Illinois and reading about the early saints experiences between Ohio, Missouri and Illinois, has been interesting. I may have even tried to look up some of the cases on the law research websites. Both of these things, plus my nightly reading, and a few other things have given me a lot to think about. It is a nice break from thinking and reading and studying and worrying about property, crim, contracts and tort law. But it has also been too much to focus in on one topic for a blog post. I'm almost done with the Saints book so I'll probably be back to a set topic study later this week or next week for sure. The unintentional theme for this week has been revelation. God loves his children and He continues to provide guidance and direction and revelation to help them/us. That might

Forgiveness   August 27- September 2, 2018   We finished another full week of classes. This second week I felt a little overconfident about being familiar with the schedule and what was coming up, and especially, classes starting at 10 and 11. I thought I had it this week, I really did. But I didn’t. Next week, I’ll be back to going to school early to be sure I actually study in the mornings. Apparently, there’s no shorting the 50+ hour work week in law school without having a Saturday freak out for being hopeless behind.  On a positive note (?), I studied forgiveness as my topic this week. I’m not sure how I came up with it, and I’m thinking it came up with me. Forgiveness is one of those things that we not only always need from each other and ourselves, but I think at any given time if we stop and consider it there are those who need it from us. It’s a tough one. Studying all of these different criminal and tort cases for school it is sometimes incomprehensible the horrible

Ministering August 20-26, 2018 This week I continued my gospel study by focusing on ministering or being a minister. My ‘deal’ seems to be going well so far. The first week of school was crazy. Soooooo much work, non-stop classes and work, every single day. It felt impossible to keep up. But it all worked out. Let’s just say the schedule for first year law students is no joke. We really have been spending 50+ hours a week at school or studying for school. I feel like I’ve done more homework in the last week than in my entire undergraduate. Luckily, we have amazing people in our 1L group, it seems like we’ve all really clicked and everyone has been so supportive of each other and incredibly nice. Seriously, our classes are awesome because of the people and everyone is constantly reaching out to each other on what is coming up next or how they interpreted different things and so no one has really been left in the hot seat without something to share. It’s easy to look forward