Some of you may know me by now, but for those of you who do not, I am Jared Willis and i am from Valdosta Georgia. For those of you who watch ESPN that's "Title Town". When looking for a college to attend I knew I had to leave home. Not because my parents made me or because i hated the people there, I left home so i could meet new people and experience new things. I had been considering MC for a while and felt like that was where God was leading me. So i applied. When i got the acceptance letter i was excited beyond belief, who couldn't be, you get to live on your own and make your own choices. I mean is that not what is all about...right? For a while i thought so, and for a while i lived with the mentality of "Yeah! I'm finally out of here!" But when it came time to leave everything for real, your friends, your family, everything you have ever know, its a different story. Don't get me wrong, i was still excited about leaving, i just started to realize what i was leaving.
We left south Georgia and drove north to Atlanta. In Atlanta we spent the night with my grandmother, woke up the next morning and headed to Mississippi. We arrived here in Clinton mid-day August 20. When the morning of the 21st rolled around i began to get a little scared, but still excited nun the less. My family helped me move into the dorms and get settled, most like all of the other freshman. When it came time to say goodbye to my family one last time, it hit me even harder, the people that I have been so dependent on for the past 19 years of my life are no longer going to be there at my ever becking call. It was an emotional time for everyone, mostly for my mom, but they left and i went back to my dorm.
Lets jump ahead a few weeks to today. I have started classes and meet new friends. I have found that the people here are very nice and accepting for the most part, but you will all ways have a few that are still living like they are in high school. So with all this said i would like to thank you all for making me a part of the "MC family". I can truly say that I am 500 miles away, but still feel at home.
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All my friends went to MGCCC which is in my hometown. So that made me realize I needed to be the one to experience something new. So I understand
I live only about a hundred miles south from here, but I know what you mean. And the people at MC really do help you feel at home.
I had a few experiences at MC before moving here, I went to Music Camp here, and I have worked with some of the faculty and alumni around my hometown. In that case, I wouldn't say MC was a HUGE change, but it still was a change, leaving your family behind is probably the hardest thing any of us do, unless you have terrible problems with them, but deep down you still may miss them simply because of the cushion from society they provided. MC is very welcoming, its Christlike spirit, although I agree that it does not permeate through everyone, creates a very loving, if not accepting, then tolerating atmosphere. Things will change, the angst you feel for your family will wane as you separate yourself more from them and your friends become your support system.
It is really tough leaving everything you have ever known. I lived in the same house, went to the same school, same church my entire life. Its really wierd starting completely over in a new place.
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