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Every
year at the seminary is interesting and my third year is no exception
but before the semester started I went home for the summer vacation as
usual. In the beginning I felt like a stranger there because I had not
been home for a long time and the city had changed a little bit.
I was very happy to see my family, friends and neighbors, even
strangers on the street. I understood how much I missed my home and I
had the opportunity to spend two wonderful months there. It is always
nice to be back but I did not want to do nothing, so I chose to work a
couple of hours a day, I also decided to attend the choir rehearsals
and to be in Sunday school.
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I
love my students from Sunday school; they all are unique and
incredible. I think it was the best part of my summer when I entered my
class room and saw those kids. All of them have grown up and look so
mature, they pretend to be little adults and it is so cute to watch
them. We decided to make a trip to the mountains and it was amazing
because it felt like we were a family. Everything was just as if I had
never left to study in Prague. My life continued on its natural course
and after my vacation was over I made the long trip, five thousand
kilometers, back to the Czech Republic.
I have written all my papers in the last academic year so I feel that I
have done half of my study, but as long as I have started writing my
dissertation I understand that it is much less. I thought that I would
finish this job in a few months but it took more time than I expected.
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It
is interesting to mention that I have changed my topic and outline a
hundred times. The reasons were always different, sometimes I did not
have enough information, sometimes I was not interested in that field,
sometimes teachers would suggest other topics to look at and sometimes
simply I had some new ideas in my head which I wanted to explore.
Finally, I submitted the theme and started working on my dissertation.
I have chosen to write about my own country Kazakhstan and about
Baptist life there, I am really interested in this area so I am looking
forward to seeing the result but, before that comes I need to work
hard. That is what I understood after starting on the paper, the good
news is that the first chapter is ready and in a week I will be
presenting it to my colleagues. As soon as it is approved I will move
to my second chapter but before that I think I will have a nice
Christmas break with people whom I love and care about.
Love and greetings, Jenny Kanunnikova
(to be continued)
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