Tuesday the 9th I had the opportunity to see an incredible exhibit with my grandparents at the downtown art museum called Passages. It is the private collection of Steve Green, president of Hobby Lobby, containing ancient manuscripts of the Bible starting with the torah and continuing through more recent editions of the Bible. It was absolutely incredible! When you enter the exhibit, they give you an ipod touch and when you put in the number of whichever exhibit case you were looking at, it plays a commentary on the items inside the case telling you all about the history of the pieces and the people related to the pieces. There were so many wonderful pieces: a 1st edition King James Bible, a Tyndale Bible (which I read from through the glass), Esther scrolls, giant hymn books for choirs, even a portion of a dead sea scroll! I especially loved the cases with illuminated manuscripts, they were beautiful! There were so many rooms and cases and Bibles, if you listened to every one and spent some time on every one it might take you all week to get to the end! I could have spent all day and longer in the exhibit, but I only had a few hours. If you get the chance to see this exhibit, go! It really can give you a new perspective on how much was put into the Bible you read today, and how many people gave their entire life to preserve it!
Last week I packed and cleaned out and re-organized my room in the hopes of getting it all packed up by the end of the week.. Didn't exactly get it all done, but I made a dent! Monday morning I moved into the residence hall and my new room! It seems so strange that I am old enough to move out, I don't feel that old. But apparently I am, so here I am. All week there were events and breakout sessions and parties to go to as part of the 'Welcome Week.' I have walked more this week than I have in a long long time! I don't understand how someone could gain the 'freshman 15' when you have so much farther to walk than usual. I do have a bike, though, which makes getting across campus in 10min way easier!
I love my hall, most people are very friendly and everyone wants to make friends and be social, which makes for a happy place to be and get to know new people! We already have 'Stout Hobos,' people who wish they were in Stout so they come just to hang out with us. On the whole, the facilities are so much nicer than most halls, so I'm really glad I made it in!
Thursday morning I went home (and came back Friday), and it was so weird having to pack to come home for the night! But I'm sure I'll get used to it. I just hope I get used to everything pretty quick, like remembering to do laundry and keeping up with a lot of different classes at the same time!
This is a very rough sketch I did of part of our living room :)
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