Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.

Proverbs 16:9.

I need that reminder daily. Since I have been at Shannon Point, I've managed to convince myself that I should go to med school in Australia, take a year off to teach English in Japan, take a year off to travel, take a year off to work, go to grad school for a marine bio Ph.D. (possibly overseas), and go to grad school for a marine bio masters. In that order.

I keep thinking about all the things that I could do with my life and worrying about what the next step should be. Why is it so hard to just be content with what is happening now? Why is it so hard to be content with not know what will happen next?

The only explanation I can think of is that I am human. Also, I'm too focused on things that I want to do and not focused enough on what He wants me to do. He could have it in plan for me to do any of the things I mentioned - or none. I won't know until it happens, I suppose.

For now, I'm going to focus on shorter goals, like graduating from Northwestern. Then I'll tackle what to do afterwards. Maybe thats not the best plan, but at least I'll be able to keep my sanity along the way!


Well, after that mind dump, updates! Everything is going well out here at Shannon Point. I have all three of my experiments running currently. They seem to be going well. Even though larval crabs are not the most interesting thing in the world, but its a good overall research and networking experience.

I'm having a lot of fun with the people around here. The other interns and grad students are great people to hang out with. We have a lot of fun going to movies, making dinner together, doing puzzles, and just haning out in general. Next weekend, some of us are going to venture up to Vancouver for a night and then over to the San Juan Islands and Friday Harbor. It should be a fun time. I promise I'll try to take some pictures.

Thanks for prayer about the wound. It seems to be closing around the edges! While this is a good sign, it would be counterproductive for it to close all the way, because it is not really healing depth-wise. If it did close up it could become a problem because it would need to be cut open again which couldn't be easily accomplished out here. So please pray that it doesn't get any worse and that it can be dealt with when I get back.

Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails. -- Proverbs 16:9