How Old Were You/ Will You Be?

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='Pax_et bonum' timestamp='1334720418' post='2420013']
That's so razzle dazzle that your college pays off their debt. Do you mind sharing where you're going next year? I'll be a freshman at college next year as well; I don't think my college does that, but it should!
I said I was hoping for 19, but if my dad gets his way, I'll be 20 because he wants me to get an associates degree which I don't care about. Actually, if my dad got his way, I would never enter...
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I don't know if this is the college that Annie12 is talking about, but I know Christendom College assists students who enter the seminary or religious life if they have student debt.

[quote]We loan at 10 percent interest with a six-year repayment period which usually begins one year after you leave Christendom. However, there are deferments available for students who continue their schooling elsewhere, or go on to graduate school, [b]enter the seminary or religious life[/b], or are working for a Catholic apostolate. There is no accrued interest from the time the loan is taken out to the time of repayment, which begins one year (the grace year) after the student ceases enrollment at the College. Students who repay their loan during the grace year can, in effect, receive an interest free loan on any portion of the principal paid by the student during the grace year. [/quote]

[EmilyAnn]

[quote name='Annie12' timestamp='1334709103' post='2419878']
p.s. I hate it when I second guess my vocation because of trivial matters like leaving home and giving up my stuff. Does this happen to anyone else?
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Absolutely. I've travelled at lot in my life, I've been very lucky and I have some amesome things I've collected from the places I've been. A lot of them are quite sentimental and some are very unique. It does kind of break my heart that I'd have to give up those things because they are very special to me. That's the biggest obstacle for me really, I do get too attached to my possessions. But I guess it's a learning experience whether I enter or not.

[mantellata]

[quote name='Annie12' timestamp='1334709103' post='2419878']

p.s. I hate it when I second guess my vocation because of trivial matters like leaving home and giving up my stuff. Does this happen to anyone else?
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I wouldn't say it is trivial.... the life IS a radical life and a radical choice and one needs grace along the way. Your reactions simply prove that you are normal. It just means, that when (if) you go, you will be giving Jesus a sacrificial gift. What I find wonderful to focus on during such trials (I have a beautiful niece and nephew who have stolen my heart.... not seeing them on a regular basis is going to be a HUGE sacrifice) is that God [b]cannot[/b] be outdone in generosity.... and the fact that my God will be close, close, close with me during the hard times..... even if I cannot feel his presence. Just knowing my Spouse is with me (even in Faith) is a huge consolation.

.... but it doesn't mean that I find leaving people (and stuff) easy.

On the more trivial side of things... I will miss cute shoes. They are not worth my vocation (by far) but the earthly part of me still likes such things.

[Annie12]

[quote name='Pax_et bonum' timestamp='1334720418' post='2420013']
That's so razzle dazzle that your college pays off their debt. Do you mind sharing where you're going next year? I'll be a freshman at college next year as well; I don't think my college does that, but it should!
I said I was hoping for 19, but if my dad gets his way, I'll be 20 because he wants me to get an associates degree which I don't care about. Actually, if my dad got his way, I would never enter...
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I am going to Thoma More College of Liberal Arts in the Fall. I'm not going there for the scholarship though. I'm going because I believe God has called me there. Even without the scholarship, I would go if God wants me to because as long as I follow the path Christ has planned for me, I can trust that he will lead me to happiness! I did so much praying to find where God was leading me. Now all I have to do is trust!

Edited April 18, 2012 by Annie12

[marigold]

[quote name='mantellata' timestamp='1334745454' post='2420106']
On the more trivial side of things... I will miss cute shoes.[/quote]

Oh goodness yes. I'm happy to admit that I believed I was 'not that vain' until I had to spend 3 months (dv) in postulant clothes while still living in the 3rd most expensive city on the face of the earth. Let that be a lesson to you, ladies - don't get rid of all your gladrags until you absolutely have to!