Hannah and I had been driving for 14 hours. We were tired. At 3 a.m., we passed the city limit sign of Bloomington, Indiana, found a remote spot in a Wal-Mart parking lot, and slept. (I suppose if we were a better class of people, we would have slept in the Sears parking lot.)
After sunrise, we downed a Subway egg and sausage foot long, then headed to the sprawling campus of Indiana University. It was huge. Massive buildings made of light gray Indiana limestone accommodated more than 40,000 students. Large groves of hardwood trees allowed the school to recently claim the most Green Campus Award.
Hannah has been accepted into the Indiana University Graduate School of History, one of the nation’s top 20 history graduate schools. They were the top university on Hannah’s wish list that offered the degree program she wanted – a Master’s in U.S. History with a concentration in Public History, a degree that emphasizes making history relevant to the visitors of public places such as museums, national parks, and other historical venues. The degree leaves the door open for Hannah to pursue a doctorate in the future if she chooses to do so.
We spent Saturday and Sunday touring the town, looking for an apartment to rent. On Sunday, we attended a Southern Baptist church that met in a theater, having an active evangelism outreach to university students. On Monday, Hannah met with several professors in the graduate history department, and interviewed for a possible graduate assistant job at the school’s Visitor Center. Please pray with us that Hannah will get this job. Not only would it help much with expenses, but it would give her an avenue to be a Christian witness.
The others are all doing well: Martha at Liberty University, David and Sara, as well as Hannah, in their jobs, and Jonathan finishing up his last year of high school. In May, Jonathan will return to the same summer job he had last year at the Baptist Association Camp. In keeping with my goal of making memories with my kids this year, Hannah, David, and I will be traveling to Big Bend National Park next week for a couple of days of hiking and adventure.
September will find me before long, so I continue to enjoy my time with my kids while I can.
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To the Moses family,
Lately I have been curious of finding some old friends from my childhood. One of the best memories I have to date was when My family was still living in Iloilo City in the Philippines.
We used to climb trees, play dress-up, ride bikes and play with all my siblings and playmates.
My name is Candy Hernandez but when I was young, people called me "Cindy."
I am now 24 years old living in Davao City in the Philippines where I work. My older brother Ivan is in Cagayan and so are my siblings May who recently graduated from college as an Engineer.
My youngest brother Solomon is already in his first year in college and currently we have been blessed with a new baby sister, Rebekah who is now 5 years old.
I hope Sara, Hannah, Martha and even David and Jonathan still remember us as we have never forgottoen them.
The shirts they once gave us for Christmas still hang on our walls at home.
I can oly hope that you and your family are all well-it seems that way from the pictures I saw in this blog.
Hoping to hear from all of you again,
Candy Hernandez/ Cindy
P.S. my email address is catherine_modequillo_hernandez@yahoo.com if in case I could ever hear from you all most especially Sara, Hannah and Martha.
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