Prayers and Adventures

Hi!

Well, excitement has once again hit Bluffton's campus. Yesterday another flood hit this area as we have had crazy rain/snow/freezing rain the past few days. We woke up on Wednesday and were unable to get to our classes on our "normal route" because one of the bridges that crosses a creek that runs through campus was totally under water. We found ourselves having to walk the long way around campus to get to our main academic building, Centennial, and our student union. It's funny when those kinds of things happen at college, though, because everyone seems to see it as a sort of adventure. There aren't many complaints or negative comments about having to walk different, longer routes, rather everyone is like "oh my gosh, did you see the creek!? it's crazy!" and it seems to be the talk of the campus for the whole day. It's amazing to me how, when you're in college, the little things seem to become the biggest adventures.

Big events like this also bring out the amazing community we have at Bluffton. While the flooding on campus wasn't horrible and there didn't seem to be much damage, many of the students immediately thought of the neighboring communities and how they are having to deal with the flooding. This summer, right before school started here, there was a major flood that hit this area and caused a lot of damage in homes and businesses all around. Bluffton even had a little bit of damage to the science building and many homes in the village had a lot of trouble. The prayers went out as soon as we saw water everywhere on campus because we knew that the people around here were suffering. I love the way the Bluffton community comes together in the face of hardship. It comforts me to know that no matter what happens, people will be there to comfort you, pray for you, and just be there with you when the going gets tough.

Here's to adventures, prayers, and amazing community,

Mary

pic: a picture of campus during the first flood right before school started.