What we do in life echos in eternity

So I was talking to Robbie and Cole the other day, telling them about Central. I told them that, while the experience was life-changing, and I'd definitely go again, knowing everything that happened to me, there was a lot of crap that I hated about the school, and some of the students. I'm sure most of you already know, but there was a lot of debate about whether or not baptism is the point at which someone receives the Holy Spirit (basically at conversion). I knew nothing about Theology, or even the Bible, really. Most of my faith was ignorant, based on my upbringing and such.
Anyway, Robbie was kind of shocked, and asked me what Bible verses they used to back that up. I told him I don't remember specific verses, but it was pretty overwhelming when they'd make a case for it.
I was thinking about how Robbie reacted, and how I read my Bible these days, and while I can understand how someone would think that, I totally don't see it that way. Back then, it was incredibly overwhelming. I really thought I was wrong, and that somehow every teacher of the Bible I'd ever known totally missed the point of those specific passages.
It's weird how our perceptions change with our environment. I'm really excited about Oregon (my professor said he'd give me a recommendation, so I'm one step closer to acceptance!!!) and the community. It's not just one of those "yes! I'm going to be completely surrounded by Christians! My faith is going to be so strong!!!" I don't think that's the normal atmosphere. I've said before that I'm excited because I'm going to get to see people at their darkest spiritual state, and while I'm definitely not at my darkest state, I'm definitely at my most intrigued. I've never wanted to seek God more aggressively than I do now. I think a lot of people going here are so confused, and while they believe in God, they don't have a major foundation. That's an atmosphere of questioning. I'm not going to have a bunch of people trying to tell me this piece of Theology they all believe, and reinforce among each other- I'm going to have a bunch of people reinforcing the idea of questioning, and searching. That's exciting.