Entrance Exam

I took that exam for the PhD program on Friday and I think it went well enough.  If it was a comprehensive exam (to be taken at the end of coursework), then it was a miserable failure.  But for an entrance exam, I’m guessing they won’t keep me out.  I’m not allowed to talk about the questions on the test, but I can say that a number of things that I’ve taught to my students came in handy (and thus, if you were paying attention in class, you would have done well).  There were some things that I “happened” to review in the week before the test, which I attribute to God’s help and leading.  And there were other questions where I did the ol’ “tell ’em what you know and not what you don’t know” trick.  Thanks for your prayers.

Elsewhere, Mark’s team played a team this weekend that had never won a game.  Mark’s team was creamed.  Mark had a hurt foot and so played two quarters as goalie and sat one quarter.  But in his one quarter as forward, he scored.  He’s quite a good goalie too.

This one’s going over the half line!

A highlight of the weekend was last night’s dinner with a group of Student Life leaders from TMC, most of whom happened to be former IBEX students.  I hadn’t seen many of them in years, but it felt like yesterday.  This is a wonderful grace of God: friendships with many from our time together at IBEX.