Well, just to fill everyone in, I turned in my papers Sunday evening before our "Fire Team" (which is where we lead worship for one of the local churches). I turned in all 9 pages which I'd posted here, plus my application, still unsigned, as well as 22 pages concerning fire team (20 of which were my e-mails, so we'd know that it wasn't necessarily my fault that there was a communcations problem about fire team). The first comment was, "It looks like a term paper." And then I mentioned that I wrote it between 2 and 7 in the morning and they were astonished, but thankful that I hadn't tried to get into any etymology and that I hadn't included any copies of the sermons Pilgrim so kindly provided links too (though I did mention them and a similar sermon by Calvin, just in passing, which would have been about 28 more pages in Word at size 10 font). We had fire team (I gave my testimony, and nearly started to preach about the neccesity of showing love and hospitality), and our coordinator stayed and talked to me for almost another hour in the freezing cold wind outside, finally mentioning that it wasn't her descision but Council's, but that she would read the document before their meeting yesterday at 4.

I drove to the church I attend on Sundays and waited around awhile to speak to the youth minister to get his advice (and his was pretty much the same as y'all have provided) but it helped to calm me a little. Came home and prayed.

I didn't do much Monday (yesterday) but when I got to BCM no one said anything about the paper or the meeting, and I didn't feel right asking, so I waited, and finally after words I was asked to stay behind till everyone left for dinner so that the 5 of us could discuss the matter. Nothing we hadn't already said to each other was said, though the General Baptist couldn't wrap her mind around the idea of something being wrong but not being wrong in and of itself (I guess she hasn't taken ethics). They offered to let me write something that would keep to the spirit of what they're saying but would be acceptable to me, so I have to do that sometime in the next couple of days. IF they agree on that, then it's almost gauranteed that I'll be on council next year and that perhaps whatever I write will replace this 5th page they came up with.

That meeting was an hour. Then I followed it up with another meeting about tonight, we have a skit to do to advertise BCM, which we just found out about last night, so I'll have to go back out to campus around 8 or 9 tonight and perform as it were. Well, the meeting was at Krissy's apartment (Krissy is the girl I like, and also a current member of council) and so after the "meeting" I was told to stay awhile (even though I had a Mass Comm test today), and so I stayed until the 3 girls headed to bed at about 12:30.

I got home about 1 and just couldn't get to sleep (and I figured I'd skip my Mass Comm class anyway) and so finally I did get some sleep. My dad woke me at 6 wanting me to take him to work, but I said I hadn't slept well and it wouldn't affect me if I missed today (which I just found out, depends on whether my Mass Comm prof feels nice today or not when he reads my e-mail). Either way, I'm already loosing a point or two b/c I missed today, so it remains to be seen if he'll give me the chance to make this 1/4 of the grade up late tomorrow morning.

Well, that is surely everything you wanted to know and probably a little more than you needed too. Prayer is always appreciated. And hey, if you've read this far thru this post, thank you, bless you.

bye bye

Bro. Luke