My hurricane story is not interesting. However it is a blessing because my plight was no where near as tragic as the ordeal many others endured. I didn’t find out about Katrina until the Saturday before. Since I had the bad habit of never watching the news, I was completely oblivious to Katrina and the seriousness of it. I was at work in Covington when I overheard one of my co-workers and a customer discussing evacuation plans. I called home and asked my mom about it and she said that she didn’t think it was that big of a deal. I guess that’s where I got my unconcerned attitude regarding weather from. So the next morning, being Sunday, I was preparing for church when my mom came to my room and said church was canceled due to evacuations. She also said that our family were going to Texas to “wait out the storm”. Yes! A mini vacation to Texas in the middle of the school year because of some silly little storm was my initial reaction. I was all excited and ready to go on a shopping spree at one of my favorite malls in Texas while others were preparing to take cover while nervously awaiting the outcome of Katrina. When we finally made it to Houston we settled in our room and watched the news. I was stunned at how powerful this storm ended up to be. I stayed up all night watching the news and trying to contact my friends and family to learn of their whereabouts and well-being. When I woke up the next day, my parents were watching the news with a look of devastation on their faces. Seeing the houses covered in water and the people wading through the waters of the streets put me in a state of fear and shock. I instantly felt guilt and shame for my apathy regarding the hurricane initially. While I was safe and comfortable in a lavish hotel, others were fighting for their lives and many dead! I couldn’t believe something so horrific occurred in our area. I was terrified for my loved others because those who remained in Louisiana didn’t have service on their phones and I couldn’t contact them to ensure their safety. All I could do was pray for God’s mercy. Thankfully none of my family or friends’ homes were drastically affected, nor did I lose anyone during the catastrophe. I count it all a blessing because so many lost their entire lives and those who survived had to start all over again. I still thank God daily because I could have been one of them. Katrina taught me something valuable. That being life’s importance. I began to really realize that each day I open my eyes is a blessing and tomorrow is not promised to me. Each day should be valued and cherished. I know God does everything for a reason because His Will can not be compromised! Therefore, I believe He allowed me to escape Katrina’s effects for a reason. He has something for me to do on this earth and it’s a job I must complete. As my pastor says, “I have a charge to keep, and a God to glorify!”
My expectations for this class are high! I love studying the Word of God and I am extremely excited as well as grateful to have the chance to expand my knowledge of it in much more detail. The Bible is my favorite book because I view it as my instruction manual to life. I am a Christian and I feel that as a believer in Christ one should strive to gain as much understanding of His Word as possible. I feel like Solomon, if God would grant me the one thing that I want out of anything I would request wisdom. This is the one class that I know I would never get bored in because of my great interest in the topics we will discuss. I really like Dr. Homan’s technique of making class a discussion and not a lecture. I believe that is what makes it more beneficial to us because we are engaging in a conversation instead of just sitting and listening which would eventually cause our thoughts to drift on other things outside of class. My faith has to be the main reason I chose to take this course. I belong to a Baptist church and I have the greatest pastor on Earth! I know that statement is very debatable! LOL! But he is an amazing teacher. He doesn’t just shout that is good God, but he teaches why He is good, why He deserves our praise, and how to live so that our lives bring Him glory. I am a very active church member, I attend all services and I even teach the teen Sunday school class, ages thirteen to eighteen. My class is another reason I was to gain as much as I can from this class so that I can give them what is given to me through Dr. Homan’s teaching. My class is very important to be because of their eagerness to learn. Their eagerness inspires me and increases my drive to be successful in this class.
My desired field is obstetrics and gynecology. Although this class may seem to have no major connection to my major, I feel that it is much needed in my journey of becoming a doctor. As stated before, I feel that the Bible is my instruction manual and the situations I face in the future will be manageable for me through the wisdom and strength I gain from the Word of God. And that wisdom coming from this class. The Bible says that there is nothing new under the sun, so the same things that people went through in the Bible are very similar to the trials we face in the world today. And guidance is made available through God’s Words. So the more I know of the Bible the better I will be at handling worldly situations and ordeals.
586 BCE is a key event in the Bible because if those events had not occurred there would be no Bible because there wouldn’t have been any recordings. Lamentations describes the suffering and sorrow endured in the event of 586 BCE. Some of the trials the people went through during captivity reminded me of the suffering companied with Hurricane Katrina. The starvation and the belief that sins cause those forms of punishment were the elements of comparison.

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