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Finished!!

I am so glad that finals are now over!!  Now I have little planned for the last days at Tech before going home and preparing for Bosnia.  During these last few days I have studied non-stop and I am pleased with whatever happened on those finals.  That doesn’t mean I did great but it means that I am pleased with my effort during these last weeks of school.  I have always been the type of person who can work all day everyday and still not be prepared enough.  This is a major fault of mine but I have to learn how to monitor how much I have learned and focus my time on the harder material.

Ok, schools done no more thinking about it.  This blog will change its focus over the summer because I will be out of the country.  I may or may not have internet while in Sarajevo, Bosnia so I’ll be sending weekly reports back to that States as the internet permits.  It is going to be a great time to serve the Lord, grow as a man and as a follower of Christ. 

To all of my friends from Tech – come and hit me up tonight and tomorrow and we can chat and chill.  I have little to nothing going on because I’m already packed and just feel like resting in the Lord.  Once I get home ill be chilling down in Pawleys Island for a few days before returning to Atlanta for training on the 14-17th.

See you after the summer I pray that the Lord continues to transform your hearts during these months at home, Tech, and abroad. 

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All is Amazing in the Almighty

Paul Shackelford

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