Finals Week with O.U.G.

It is Finals Week. It is the week that everyone dreads due mostly to all the stress that it causes. Some people have Math, English, History, Science, etc. It gets pretty hectic because everyone always seems to stress over what to study for the final exams that teachers seem to put up. Fortunately, the O.U.G. came up with an answer. On a Saturday, it was asked for everyone to show up to do some praying for Finals Week and also to do some studying. It’s no surprise that this was something everyone should pray for. So, I thought it would be very helpful if I showed up to this studying “party” that they had planned for everyone.

As soon as I arrived, everyone was there. Some were praying and some were studying. And some people were going on talking about their day. But it wasn’t necessarily time to do anything yet. So I decided to sit down and have a normal chat with others. Then, the group leader arrived. He thanked everyone for showing up and asked everyone to bow their heads for prayer. He went to pray for everyone to have a good Finals Week and hope for the best. He ended the prayer and everyone got to studying.

It was amazing how serious everyone took this. It was as if it was a contest to see who had the most knowledge. And as for me, I had to study for my Communications class, which was a very hard class (surprisingly). I had previously did bad on the midterm with a 55% and I did not want to finish off in a bad way as well. So I made it my mission to study.

It was also amazing how many people were there. It was a huge surprise to see people with different religions to actually be here. I didn’t think much of it however. The O.U.G. highly accepts anyone who is willing to open up to God, even if they have had different views. One person that I noticed was a woman who seemed to live with a Muslim community. She had on her “cloak” and had her hair covered with it. It was highly required for her to do this. It was her first time here, and I had barely just noticed how much the O.U.G. accepts.

But there wasn’t much else to talk about. There was nothing but people who studied for their exams, including myself. I had managed to just stay there for an hour and decided to leave. It’s pretty good to study, but it was even better to pray for it! Good luck to everyone!