I'm finally going to Ouachita Hills College(more easily pronounced ''OHC").
It seems ages since I first heard about this school twenty-two months ago from a friend and eventually began to canvass.I didn't want to go canvassing at first but I'm definitely glad that I went.
Canvassing has changed my life!
I'm eternally thankful to Jesus for His many miracles in my behalf in relation to being accepted at school.I'm thankful that God is more powerful than all the roadblocks Satan throws in the way.
Well-meaning friends have inquired why I say I've been waiting two years for OHC, when I was fifteen back then...
This is the reason:In early 2012 I made OHC my future school and started working on tests to get there.As I read through the OHC handbook I was just hoping they accepted fifteen year olds.I don't know what I was thinking because no college I know of accepts students on campus at this age.I guess I was just hoping things would fit together alright.
Well,later in the year,around May,I contacted a staff member and inquired about the age requirements;The answer rang through my head:17.......I should have known...
Oh no,two years Lord??
You mean I have to wait two years?
Silence was all God answered me with at the moment.
It was the best answer.
In time,I forgot all about the age requirement and started planning to enter school in either January 2013 or August.
Pretty stubborn...
But soon it became apparent that January wouldn't work out due to the GED date.
Oh well,August then...
Then came the call I was running away from,the call I knew was coming but was trying to pretend otherwise.
A voice on the other end of the telephone said,"I'm sorry Sarah.You will have to wait till the spring semester in 2014 to come on campus to study".
Even then,there was of course no guarantee.
I can't wait another year I said to myself...
Friends were encouraging and I don't know what I would have done without them.
Going to fast-forward now to July 2013.Location:Crowley,TX in the canvassing program.We had all just returned from a long days work and were relaxing and getting ready for bed.My phone rang.It was my mom.We chatted a bit.At the end of the conversation I chanced to ask her if any mail had come for me."Oh yeah,I think maybe so.A letter from OHC."I decided that whatever it was,whether good or bad news,I'd rather know now.I asked her to read it.
"You have been accepted."
There was more but that's all I remember hearing.
I had to ask her to repeat.Maybe I'm dreaming...
But it was true.And still is today.
I'm still in shock but never happier.
I fear that some pieces of the puzzle have been left out or forgotten.But the main picture remains.
God is good!!He really,really is...:)
There is nothing to hard for God friends.I know there are times when we don't feel like saying this.But it's true and always will be.
My patience needed a repair job big time and God has seen fit to use this waiting time as a part of the repair.There are lots more lessons to learn.
I know that college is not going to be a breeze always.
But I'm going to give it all I've got with His help. So thankful for Ouachita Hills,canvassing,the new friends I've made,and most of all,Jesus.
I pray that the Lord will use me as I move into a new chapter of life.
This post was intended to give glory to God and Him alone.I pray no other impression was left.
This might sound like a silly thing to say, but I'll say it anyways: Never give up your dreams and your goals,even it means dreaming of med school when you're seven.If God wants you there,it will happen.Don't ever let go of your goals.
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