In Exile?

Hello Everyone! Boy it has been about 4 months since I posted something. So...what's happened since my last post. A few things...the biggest being that I've been suspended for a year from school. That was a BIG shock to me when I got the letter from school...funny thing is I received it, but didn't open until just before the semester started. I thought the letter was a copy of my grades for the last semester...so I just put it on my desk. Hence the name of my blog..it's a question, but kind of how I feel..like I've been sent into exile from Western Christian. I have to admit I was angry and bitter about having been suspended for a year, but I'm not anymore. I'm doing things I might not have been able to do if I was taking regular school classes. For starters I'm re-taking a class that I took last year, but didn't finish. I'm learning so much more this time around, and it's also tranferable to any Bible College for credit. I'm meeting with one of the Pastors in my church in a mentor/internship type of thing..we meet once a week: study a topic, discuss any needs we have, pray. The internship program he started with the blessing of the other Pastors, I'm the first to be going through it. With that being the case it is very flexible in nature: although he has an outline on the internship we can modify it if need be. This internship can also be tranferable to any Bible College program as far as we could tell. I have signed up for a mission trip to Mexico in September. There's a possibility I may be able to go to Kyrgyzstan in August, but I've also left open the possibility of doing a missions trip to Northern Saskatchewan if Kyrgyzstan doesn't work out. I've been asked to be a co-leader of a surviver of abuse course that I took last summer...I said "Yes." Our church started a Missions Planning Group, of which I'm also a member. We meet once a month to plan and discuss the upcoming missions trips different members of our church are going on. We have 2 regular trips that happen every year: Bigstone Reserve in Northern Sask. and the trip to Mexico. We've added 3 other destinations that may or may not happen this year, but they are possibilities. Our church is hosting a conference in June called, "Rising Above." Again I've made myself available in a couple of different capacities for this event. Being out of school isn't such a bad thing...I've found another Bible College that is going to let me take some online courses even though I am suspended from Western Christian. I have to decide whether to take some individual classes or take a program through them...which is an option they are giving me. So this is how my time in exile is looking so far...which isn't so bad...so far...