West Coast, along with some other Bible colleges I think, gives us five weeks off to enjoy with our family at Christmas. And to work on projects for the next semester… yeah, that didn’t happen like I had hoped, but that’s ok. I am aware that this blog is supposed to be about my experiences at college, so let me warn you, this post doesn’t have a thing to do with college.

Now that half my readership is gone, let’s start.

We were able to schedule it so my mom came to Phoenix at the same time as me, and even though I’m content to be at school, I didn’t realize just how much I missed her. It was wonderful to spend a couple weeks with her, but she did have to leave right after Christmas.

Not before she babied me after my medical procedure though… oh yeah, I had my wisdom teeth removed on this trip too! I had a great doctor, so the procedure went well, and aside from a little trouble the first day, I healed very well and was able to eat Christmas dinner with the family. I did make the mistake of trying to much solid food too early, before I discovered that it’s not actually physically possible to chew when the back of your mouth is swollen.  The bruising on my jaw is almost completely gone now, and thankfully the fat cheeks went down within about a week. As of last week when I went back for a checkup, the doctor told me that everything was healed perfectly, thanks to everyone who prayed that it would go well.

The Nigerian missionaries, David and Comfort Jacobs, whose ministry I visited last May, live here in Phoenix when they are in the states, and I was able to visit with them a couple of times. Even though I went to visit their ministry, I hadn’t actually seen them since I was very young (no, you don’t get to see the picture) so it was a wonderful reunion. They are returning to Nigeria at the end of this month, and I’m sure they would appreciate your prayers.

The hardest thing about break has been the lack of a piano to practice, but I’ve found people who’ve never heard me play before and begged them to let me use their pianos. :) Actually, I’ve gotten to do most of my practicing on an area church’s near-mint condition Yamaha C5. The other day I recorded a few songs with my new iPhone, so if you’d like to hear what I sound like after a semester of piano lessons with Daniel Hopkins, you may be rudely disappointed, but here’s People Need the Lord.