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What's one obstacle you've faced in the past week? How did you handle it?

<strong>One obstacle I faced in the past week was just emotional strain.</strong> When my friend left, I found myself getting impatient and easily frustrated at things that probably should not have bothered me. I think it was just a lot to process--getting to have such a big blessing and then having it be taken away. Last night, I also had <strong>a really tough conversation where one of my peers</strong> (I wouldn't exactly call him a friend, yet) bascially <strong>told me about how lonely and homesick he is</strong> on campus, that <strong>he would just cry every day </strong>for the first few weeks of school, that <strong>he hates it on campus and doesn't leave his room </strong>if possible, etc. <strong>My heart just hurt for him</strong> and I wish I knew what I could do to make it better. How I overcame this was by trying to encourage him and tell him how much I respected all the work he is doing on campus.