Choice 1

12/03/2013

Hey Dr. Redick,

“Dear Journal” seemed as if it would have a bit odd to use in this context so I decided to make my journals a letter to you; a conversational reflection as opposed to an uncontrolled verbalization of my thought process, which would have most likely been the alternative. This way, I think the questions that we are encouraged to ask in our journals would flow more freely.

I wanted to make my first journal somewhat of an introduction for, well.. me! My goal is to provide a little background of who I am and how that could possibly relate to the class. This will help provide a better understanding of where I’m coming from in the journals to come. Here goes! My name is Shannon Rose and I am mostly Irish by descent-completely American by heritage. I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and have dedicated my life to serving Him. One of the more recent findings about the spiritual aspect of my life is that being in nature and worship through music is the most effective way for me to recharge and reconnect with God. I am not certain of the Lord’s call on my life, so I spend a lot of time pursuing deeper intimacy with Him and greater knowledge of the Word. I lead YoungLife at Grafron High School and absolutely love it; the relational aspect of this ministry is so unique and so powerful and I am so grateful that I am a part of it. Although I have only given one club talk so far, I believe that telling groups of people about Jesus could potentially be one of my strong suits. If the Lord continues to affirm that idea, I plan to pursue a Seminary degree after earning a degree for my double major of Business Marketing and Philosophy-Pre Seminary at CNU. After that, I hope to serve as a youth pastor or work at a YoungLife camp or something of the sorts.

I signed up for your course with no knowledge of the Pre-Seminary program, but as I have been attending class and talking to you, I have grown to be exceptionally fond of the idea. As I was signing up for Fall classes last semester, my intentions for taking this class were random and semi-meaningless, but there is no doubt in my mind that God wanted me in your class for a reason-a big one. So, I would like to thank you, in advance, for being a significant part of that.

I hope that this is an acceptable layout for my journals. I would like to apologize for procrastinating this assignment for so long, but I assure you that I will put forth every effort to make these journals the best that I can. Can this journal count as one of the “topic of my choosing” journals? Technically, we did talk about introductions and why we took the class on the first day together, so it is relevant! If this is not acceptable, I understand and I will write another for you. Also, I meant to ask, how long do these journals have to be?

Until next time!

Shannon Rose