The Naz

Hello all!
Today, I'd like to break from my usual format and talk about what's been going on the past day and a half. Yesterday, I moved in to Mount Vernon Nazarene University. As most of us know, yesterday was also part the "snowpocalypse" as people are calling it. I got a call from my RD that morning saying that Mount Vernon's power went out and they didn't know when it was coming back on. (The power goes out pretty frequently at Mount Vernon, so they know how to handle it.) She said that the dorms were still open for people to move in, although she advised me not to come down that day because of the weather. At that point it was snowing and was extremely windy, so my family and I just waited it out until noon. After some consideration, we decided it would be best to move me in just in case I had class the next day. So we packed up the car and headed out. On the way down, my sister got a call from one of her friends who goes to Mount Vernon. The power still wasn't on. The PSU (student union building) was the only building that had power and heat (they have a gas generator). If the power didn't come back on in an hour, the school was going to have everyone camp out in the gym for the night (which is in the PSU). Now, Mount Vernon is an extremely small school, so yes, the entire student body would fit in the gym. When I heard this, my first thought was not "oh great what a way to start out at the naz." My first thought was, "Awesome! Party in the gym!" This goes to show how calm I was. I give God all the glory for that because I have no idea why I wasn't freaking out about the whole ordeal. We got to Mount Vernon just fine. I had to move all my stuff in in the dark, but thankfully it was still light outside so we could see some. The power finally came back on around 7pm and has been on since then. Everyone has been so kind and welcoming so far. I had about 6 people walk up to my room to introduce themselves and want to know how I was. People had written on the whiteboard outside my door welcoming me to Mount Vernon. People I didn't even know! It was so refreshing, and so much better than when I moved in to Kent (no offense Kent, but you kinda missed the mark on move in day). God has answered so many of my prayers during this time. He is my Rock and He is with me!