Hello world. I have some happy news. Just now I called PHC Student Life to ask if I was going to get a single-person room or not, and I hit the perfect window. Mr. Mason was laying out room assignments, and he called me back to ask me where I'd like to live. 8) So, guess where? I'll be in D3, in Natalie H.'s wing, straight across the hall from Em and Rachel P.! And yes, I have my single room! Hooray! I couldn't imagine a better room assignment for all my purposes, play-related, student-body political, and friend-wise. :D Thank you, Mr. Mason! Thank you God!

I shall dedicate the rest of this post as an ode to Dr. Hake.

I have never met anyone as centered on God as is Dr. Hake. Every discussion in class (sometimes to my frustration) returns inexorably to Christ and the Bible. Dr. Hake prays for us and corrects us. In short, he fathers us, something we displaced college students often need.

A few years ago Dr. Hake sent me a letter he gave his daughters when they went away to college. In it he recommends that his daughters set apart at least two hours a day for God. When I first read that I hardly understood. Two hours a day seemed an awful lot to spare for Bible reading and devotions. But then I realized what I was thinking - I couldn't spare two hours out of twenty-four for the Creator of the universe? I decided to treat my godly studies as another class - one in the matters of heavenly wisdom, to go along with earthly wisdom. Before long I found out that those two hours were a necessity, a wonderful blessing, not a duty. I found a deep heart relationship with God.

Dr. Hake's deep heart relationship with God is so evident. Every day, hot or cold, one can see the squinting, grey-bearded figure walking around Lake Bob and praying. He is always ready to welcome students into his office.

In class, Dr. Hake scarcely ever takes us where I would choose to go. Often the only thing is to let go and ride along. Sometimes we hardly touch the day's reading. But we always learn something, and we remember it.

I wish I appreciated Dr. Hake as much as he is worth.  ¶ 11:45 AM