Ecclesiastes 8:15

"So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun." --Ecclesiastes 8:15

So this is it.
I have less than a month.
Just 24 days.
3 1/2 weeks.
2 1/2 weeks of classes, 1 week of final exams, packing up and I'm home.

Is that enough time?
Where has the time gone?

Ever since the play I've gotten a lot closer with people here, and they said the last several weeks will fly by. They weren't kidding. I was doing laundry today and I stopped into the office of Rachel Johnson, the intercultural education coordinator. (I don't think I really know what that means, but that's her official title at LCC.) We were just talking and the last time I got to talk with her I was registering for classes and had a bunch of problems.. maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago? She asked how that was. It really surprised me that she remembered something from a few weeks ago. She was asking how I was doing, how this semester has gone by so fast. It really has. I told her that I'm doing really well, and I am.

On Monday we had a professor come talk to us. His name is Garrett and he's from California, met his wife and got married at 22, has 4 kids now. He started his life off how anyone would want to with a great family, money in the bank and a house. 10 years ago his wife came up to him as he was working in the yard and asked if he was alright. He turned to her and said, "You know, if this is all life is, I'm going to be miserable for the next 35 years." That began his journey to being at LCC and they've been here for the past 4 years. All this being said, he just brought up some issues of what it means to be here, living in the multicultural environment that LCC is. It's great, but at the same time so hard. Most of us in the class grew up in a Christian home and pretty much had a steady life. He gave the picture of us sitting in a classroom, looking out the window but can only see certain things out the window -- can't see everything. That's what I've been seeing my whole life. But now I'm in Lithuania and I see differently; I am standing next to the window, seeing so much more. What does this all mean? Well when I go home, everyone will ask me how Lithuania was. Garrett advised having a 30 second answer, a 2 minute answer, and an answer that can be discussed over lunch. All this being said, some people will be interested, and some just won't be, they won't care because they haven't experienced it. Not to say that anyone who hasn't experienced living in another country for some time won't be interested, but not everyone will care.
I have to be prepared for that. I have to reflect on how this semester has impacted me, because it has in so many ways.
In that, I have less than a month left here. 24 days. 3 1/2 weeks. 2 1/2 weeks of class, 1 week of final exams, packing up and I'm home.
I am ready to enjoy these last few weeks. Ready to enjoy them to the fullest. :)