Jonathan's good news

Jonathan called lsst night. He was bored. I guess calling Mom is a good choice for relieving boredom. I'm not complaining! I am glad every time he calls me. While we were on the phone, talking about his guild in World of Warcraft (an online game with which he is consumed) he decided to check his email. Suddenly, he shouted "YES!" and read me the email that had elicited that response. He has been accepted to the class Christianity in Britain for Jan Term 2007. That means he gets to go to Britain to study about the history of Christianity. He was ecstatic. The next email told him the faculty selecting students for a semester in France wanted to interview him! YES! He may be accepted for that program as well, which means he will leave the first of January 2007 and not return until the first of May 2007 if he gets into both programs. After being turned down for Core 250 in Europe Jan Term, and for an RA position, he was pretty disheartened, fearing his low cumulative GPA was dashing any hopes he had of being accepted into any study abroad program. Now, he's in one for sure, and maybe in two. Now it makes sense that he's not an RA. He couldn't be an RA and leave for Jan Term and Spring Term. God always has a plan. Sometimes we just need to be patient to see it unfold. So... smiles abound in our household. Hopefully, he'll get into the France Study Program too. I'll let you know when he finds out. For now, we're happy with Britain. He's going to go thank the professor today. Then, we start figuring out how to pay for it. He says he'll work two jobs this summer if he has to. He'll have to. But it's for a good cause. I'm really happy for him.

So....YAY!