Why am I here?

Hey there everyone!

I'm Stef! I love Jesus, thinking, drinking coffee, cooking and baking, eating all things chocolate, engaging in debates of all sorts, reading everything I can get my hands on, wearing comfy sweaters, singing, writing poetry, walking barefoot in the rain, and serving others.

I'm originally from Papua New Guinea, where I spent 17 years growing up as a missionary kid. My parents and younger sister still live over there, while my brother and I attend college here in the United States. My roots are still sunk deeply in Papua New Guinea, and my experience as a missionary kid has shaped the way I think and go about life in many key ways.

I go to Baylor University where I study Philosophy, Spanish, and pre-Law, work in the BIC and Philosophy departments, am a member of the Mock Trial team, participate in the BIC and Honors Programs, and teach an ESL class to under-privileged Hispanic adults.

This blog is going to be formed as an ongoing conversation with the texts and other members of my History of Classical Philosophy class. I am taking this class because I think understanding from whence our great thinkers came is extremely essential to how we interpret the works they have left behind for us to read and learn from. I am interested in Philosophy as a whole because I am extremely interested in thinking critically about different schools of thought in my own little quest for the correct way to approach the world in which we live. I desire to be a lover of wisdom, and discover all that being a philosopher entails. In addition, Philosophy teaches one to think in a certain way that prepares an individual wholly for many aspects of life and vocation.

Proverbs 4:6-7, "Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding."