3/13/25

Feeling incredibly blessed tonight. I remember my freshmen year feeling like the world around me was collapsing. I failed my anatomy course, and it filled me with fear that I was not equipped enough to be a nurse. It made me want to drop out of school all together and move back home from the pure embarrassment I felt from needing to take longer to finish my bachelors degree.

So many people would try to console me that this was common for students. and that it “was all a part of His plan”. I was promised that something good would come out of this experience, if I allowed myself to be open to it.

This time last year I attended our schools India Utsav and felt it placed on my heart that this study abroad opportunity was something I wanted to partake in. Immediately after the celebration, I told Fr. John that I wanted to apply and interview for the December 2025 trip.

I went through the application and interview process for my spot and for the (only) full ride scholarship that is gifted to one student a year. I prayed day in and day out. I felt so at peace that this was something that the Lord wanted me to partake in, that this was meant to happen.

The Lord blessed me and I was the recipient of the full ride scholarship. As someone who has been in a season of a lot of waiting, it felt so good to have the exact outcome I prayed for come to fruition. All things will come together in His will, but it’s so much of a more tangible reminder that for what we ask, we will receive (if we put our trust in Him).

If it wasn’t for me taking an extra year, I wouldn’t have this opportunity. This was orchestrated by the Lord and I didn’t even realize it. Good things have came and will continue to come from this extra year.

So much more can flourish for us when we choose to set aside our own path and follow His instead.