Dera's Diary

Hello world, It’s been a busy week and an even busier weekend but while thinking of what to write, I started to reflect on some of the life lessons that have been pretty salient recently. God is capable of making things that we would never have thought possible literally happen. Sometimes we notice it and we have that ‘no way’ moment. Some other times, the circumstances sneak up on us and we don’t notice the fact that we’re living in what were once just prayers and dreams unless we intentionally reflect. I’m friends with people that I remember meeting and feeling like I would never be friends with. I’m also friends with people that hurt me I ways I thought I could never recover from or forgive them for. I don’t know if you ever really forget where you started with someone or fully forget what someone may have done that didn’t sit well with you. Sometimes that could mean the end of a friendship. Sometimes it should. But sometimes, tough things don’t mean that relationships, or...

Hello guys, It's been a little while since I've posted on here. The last two weeks have seen me through moving across the ocean to Uni, having a week of international and general orientation and then having my first week of classes. It was a lot, but not necessarily in the ways I expected. Stepping onto campus for the first time, I wasn't as uncomfortable as I expected. My navigation skills are really not up to snuff and on such a big campus, that could easily have been a place of anxiety and worry for me. I thought they would be. Instead, it was exciting. I used google maps to find my way, admiring the picturesque area and not truly taking any time to sleep off the 23 hours worth of travelling. International Student Orientation started and I had to make my way with getting to know a new group of people. I actually saw a lot of personal improvement here in the sense that I was quite comfortable being and walking and eating on my own, but I also wanted to meet people and...