Update......

[hilaryfan16]

Classes start Monday! I'm pretty excited. The past few weeks have been CRAZY! I've been getting like 5 hours of sleep a night and having the time of my life. I've met so many awesome people already and really look forward to the next three years as a resident of Durham and a student at Duke Divinity

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Glad to hear...

[jlleblanc]

...that you're adjusting to Duke so well. I should catch a train sometime and visit you. :)

Re: Glad to hear...

[hilaryfan16]

Totally!

You're always welcome! On a similar note, I'm going to do what I can to get up to DC for a few days during my fall reading period whicdh is Oct. 10-17. We'll see how that shapes up as the semester begins and I get a feel for the homework I'll be doing plus the exact amount of money I'll have to deal with... Concerning both those items I've spent about $500 on books.... The stack is like 2 and a half feet high so I'll be reading a lot. All interesting stuff though.

[blitz9]

As in speaking and writting ancient Hebrew? Crazy stuff!

Sounds fun so far!

[hilaryfan16]

Just reading... It's like Greek in that the purpose of learning it is to read the Hebrew OT... However I will be able to pronounce and reproduce it. It's crazy though.... the alphabet (or Aleph-bet) consists of 23 consonants, and vowels are denoted by various dots and other markings that appear around the letters. The language is on crack.

My preaching prof. treated me to lunch today. He's from Birmingham, and in preparation for class this semester, he visited a bunch of different churches in our area. One of the ones he visited was Kensignton and he had a very, very interesting observation about it. I'll tell you over the phone.