hello!
this was my old blog that i started a few months ago, but i decided to open it up for you all to see how im doing up here in simi valley. enjoi.
i believe it was on the 9th of aug i met up with fred and matt (roomates) and got to move into the apartment. its a really nice apartment complex. its a three bed two bath unit. and for the first week i was sleeping on the floor. it was great. it just felt so nice to be..
here....
on my own...
sleeping on the ground...
trying to follow the path that god has for me.
The reason i was in such a great mood to be sleeping on the ground is because i had a very humbling experience the first night i got into cali. the first night i stayed at denise hendons house and slept in the living room on a couch. it turns out that they had just got a cat and the whole room was flea ridden. At first i thought it would be fine sleeping in the same room with the fleas and a cat, but my attitude changed very quickly.
so, after being awake for about two hours laying on the couch, i finally fell asleep..... then it was about 3 in the morning and there is a cat jumping on me and im just itching like no other, and its so warm, but i have to keep my blankets on because of the fleas...and.... it was just frustrating. cats jumping, heat rising, fleas biting. 3.30 in the morning....
then i feel awakened to the truth of the situation. I am sleeping in a house, with a roof with a couch, with blankets, with tv's, with my computer, with my ipod, with food....
people have endured so much more.
people have endured so much more to follow the will of the father.
i am so pampered by living in america.
at that moment, i was so happy to be sleeping in a room with a hyper cat, fleas and heat. my sorrow turned into joy.
that was on the first night!
well, other than that amazing night, im doing well. im sharing a room with jason pedersen and actually sharing a queen size bed with him. hahaha. this semester will be one for the books.
thank you for all your prayers and support.
grace and peace.
alden
