Multnomah University - Ambassador Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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I8 M55 TIHICQ fi lilwfm The 1975-76 school year, Multnomah's 40th, began with an air of expectancy-smiles, laughter, and hopeful hearts. Deep inside we each wanted God to do great things in our lives-individually and cor- porately. The new prospect of supportive fellowship groups seemed to provide a concrete avenue whereby we could change. Accountability was a way we could measure our growth in definite ways instead of just floating goal-less through our first semester. We were just plain excited about the prospect of a new year, a clean slate. New classes, new people, new opportunities. The trials ahead-the late nights typing, the social pressures, the early morning exam cramming, the pressure-didn't scare us. We'll be more organized and consistent, we said, and we won't get behind this year. We had the world by the bookstrap and we were confidently swinging it over our shoulders and press- mg on. Then came the combined difficulty of the homework load, Christian Service assign- ments, meetings, activities, interdorms, dorm devotions, working off campuses, and fellowship groups. But then not everything was tough. The weather was beautiful, God was faithful, and the world was rich with new surprises. The kids in our teen clubs were responding, our roommates were opening up, and Rev. David Needham was unfolding the beautiful book of Isaiah to lucky seniors. Then one week the pressure was really heavy. Man, if we can just get through this week we'll be on top, we said. But the next week wasn't any better. In fact, it was worse. The people in our Christian Service assignments started losing interest. Our roommates started being really unrea- sonable. And the weather tumed gray and drizzly. Midterm exams and papers came. It seemed like mid term took place at least four or five times that semester! We allowed ourselves to become discouraged. We wondered why God would allow us to have to endure this. We prayed: Lord, to my heart bring back the Springtime, Take away the cold and dark of sin, Oh, refill me now, sweet Holy Spirit. May I warm and tender be again. We got bogged down in the routine of living-rain, roommate arguments, late night typing and early morning exam cramming. And then some of us got the idea. What was LIFE? Easy, sluff-off, do-what-you-want irresponsibility? No. LIFE- resurrection life-is WGRK, hard work. Multnomah and all it has to offer-classes studies, dorm life, Christian Service, relationships-provided the challenge needed to cause growth in our lives. This fall was a special challenge to us-individually and corporately. But through it all, we rose to the challenge. Here are the activities that made up the fall portion of Multnomah's 1975-76 school year: by Vickie Webb