My family was in town for nearly two weeks, my parents got here on Sunday the 14th and my sister showed up with her family on Friday the 19th. It was a blast, we did lots of stuff around the island and I got to spend a lot of time with them. I got to do some stuff I haven't done before, too: visiting Maha'ulepu beach, Waimea canyon (the grand canyon of the Pacific!), golfing, kayaking the Wailua river up to Secret Falls. The time flew by, it was a full two weeks, I took several naps to recover once they left.
This week is Spring Break, which means meals aren't provided, just snacks. We've been making do, I've managed to get over to a house for dinner a few times. I didn't get much homework done while my family was here, so I've been using Spring Break to catch up.
This semester has proved to be harder for some of the students. A couple of returning students from last semester dropped out. (One might be coming back, I'm holding out hope.) I've still been growing steadily though. I realized that in all my focus on things like time management and goals, I was losing focus on the most important thing: a relationship with God. So I'm trying to get back to that, to really focus on getting closer to God. Another thing I realized has to do with guidance, I was sort of giving God options: "God, do you want me to do this, or take this other opportunity, or do this thing over here?" When really I should start from nothing and just say "God, what do you want me to do next?"
Only about 6 more weeks of the semester is left. It creeps up so fast!
