Roommates at Bible school

At 95 students, we were the biggest class the school had ever had, which meant close quarters. The girls' dorm (2nd floor of the main building, here pictured) consisted of 10 rooms, with 4-6 girls in each room. In my first room there were 4 of us, each getting a drawer and a half, and a fourth of the closet. When it's that tight, you either love each other, or you kill each other. For the most part, we loved each other. Actually, we were very close. That first room will always hold a special spot in my heart.

Not that I didn't love the others. My second room was laid out the same way, with 4 of us again. That one was fun because all of our birthdays fell in the three months that we were roommates, so we got to live it up for each one. We also adopted Kimberly as an unofficial roommate. My third room was an interesting mix of girls (5 of us that time), who went above and beyond to have roommate bonding times - Monday nights, Friday lunches, and any time we could possibly get Julianna to stay in the room for more than 5 minutes.

Those girls are all very dear to me. Of all those roommates, I've really only kept in touch with one, although another has resurfaced, which is nice, and I occassionally get a prayer letter from another. I miss them terribly, but I'm so thankful they were in my life when they were, and that they'll be in my life again someday.