Day 1 of 10SP

ALERT: katie just planted 3 trees in cameroon to help save the planet. hayleah planted 3 trees in cameroon. brandi planted 1 tree in lake tahoe and 1 tree in guatamala to help save the planet. thank you to chegg for helping us plant trees to help save the environment and saving us money on books :) we love you. 

**gunshot** let the race begin! the semester is underway and i cant believe that i am in my 6th semester of college. i feel like high school graduation was last year. 

current song: reign in us, starfield. sah-weet. 

I had two classes today, cell bio and english... yay for the first, barf on the second. i am dreading english already and i have only been once. i DO NOT like english one bit, esp the reading parts. i think i should have more of an appreciation for it, but its just not there for me. maybe its cause, in english, there is gray areas, and science/math there is less gray and more black/white. i like black/white worlds where there is a right or wrong answer. but then again, i feel like there is some gray areas in my life that i dont want judged to black/white standards. so gray, i welcome you.

first things first, had a quiz in cell bio! ON THE FIRST DAY! hopefully he wont count it :-/ (cause it was definitely bombed). english was ok, the professor seems very nice and understanding. im hoping she will be able to work with me when i struggle with interpreting these crazy hard poems, stories, and all the other crap literature. i think it will be out of my comfort zone for academics, but i think it will be a good semester in english. 

church on sunday was great. brandi went with hayleah and i, and from what i can tell, she liked it. "farmer phil" (who is from cali, like brandi---ironic, yes!) talked about the matt 13 passage of the different soil types. he challenged us to examine the condition of our own soil and our receptivity to the word of god and christ. out of the 3 soils, i feel like i am soil 3. i have a distracted heart that is caught up in idols of this world and therefore my faith and witness is weakened. to help me move to soil 4 (whole heartedly serving christ), "farmer phil" encouraged us to be honest with ourselves and god and repent. i am know striving to be real and honest with god this semester. pray for me in this journey. 

this next couple of weekends should be fun. i am turning 21 and am going to go wild and crazy- haha, lol. not really. i am going to eat with my parents, and probably my friends, and going to trail dust with some friends for a night of dancing and fellowship :) i cant wait

Move In Day

writing again, so soon. its a new thing for me. bear with me.

current song: daughters (acoustic live), john mayer.

yesterday i helped my new roommate brandi move in. she drove all the way from california- 1100 miles. whew! when she got here her dad, her, and i unloaded all of her stuff and took a stroll around campus. her dad had never seen it, so we showed him around. he seemed to like it! it is very small compared to her first school (dbu, 5000. davis, 30000)

after we finished giving a tour, we went to her cousins house in rockwall. we chilled on the couch watching snakes on a plane (very scary to me, i screamed more than once). i also learned a new term that is kinda like mongoloid  ;) <-- thats for you brandi :)

we went out to cici's for lunch- brandi's first time! i think she liked it. but then again, who doesnt like pizza. its kinda universally like from every place...i think? after we got back from lunch, her cousin, her and i talked about the upcoming semester, and many more things to do with life. it was fun :D

around 5:30 we left to drop her dad off at his hotel before we headed back to the apt. we were able to find the hotel and said goodbyes. there were tears- lots. even from me :'( it was a teary moment. her car fogged up- ok, not that much, but there were alot.

we finally made it back to campus and decided to tackle her unpacking. it went surprisingly very easy and smooth. she was able to get everything in place and she realized she brought alot less clothes than she thought. afterwards there was a semi-long list of stuff she needed to make herself more at home! big bonus- she brought cookbooks, and JULIE AND JULIA! i was so happy.

after she was all unpacked, amanda, megan, and brandi decided they wanted to jump into the freezing pool! they were trying to get katie and i to join in, but it was not happening. i was the camerawoman instead. they jumped in and jumped out just as fast. brandi was crazy fast. she was already out by the time amanda and megan were up from the water. they decided to ALL get in a hot shower when they came back into the apt. it was a fun and crazy night..

we are going to church tonight again. im so excited :) oh- and the COWBOYS play today! yay! go cowboys!

until later..... au revoir

bonjour, bonjour

Im back! after much busyness procrastination, I have come back to let you all know what has been going on in the past weeks. I have to confess, I dont write, because I feel each post has to be long and involve drawn out thought. But I have realized, they dont- so I vow to try my best to blog each day about what impacted me most from the day.

To follow up from the french paragraph from the last post: its in french- the point was for you to translate it! I want to learn French, so I am translating some of my post into french for fun ;)

J'ai découvert des classes de langue française à DBU ! Je suis excité pour leur prendre mes semestres restants à DBU ! En outre, je vais obtenir la pierre de Rosetta (niveau 1-3) en français bientôt de mon ami merveilleux Hayleah ! Je biseaute l'attente pour apprendre !

Current song: The Way I Am, Ingrid Michaelson! 

Since I last wrote, I've experienced New Years, moving back to school to start working, and started going to a new church! 

New Years did not go as planned in the last blogpost. There were some changes to the party and we decided to go to the Youth Lock In at Trinity Baptist Church to ring in the New Year. It was fun. I was able to be on the other side of the annual Sardines game. I LOVE the game sardines, its pretty much amazing.

I moved back to school January sixth to start back at work. I work in the international office at DBU and love it! I love working with international students and trying to make their time at DBU fun and valuable. It a great opportunity to show Christs love to those from other cultures. My work schedule has not been the greatest, only because I am not used to it. This past week, I worked full time hours (40 hours). Some people think that is easy, smeasy, but for a girl who is definitely not used to getting up at 7 in the morning everyday, its killer. :) I have been exhausted from it, but its all worth it! Since I have been back at school, I have spent time with my wonderful roomies and Brandon and Julie. They have an awesome new dinner nook area which is too cute! I have also been awaiting the arrival of my other roomie from Cali, Brandi. I am so glad she had to drive, and not me- I would have pulled all my hair out DRIVING from Cali to Texas. Also, since being back at school, I have gone cookbook shopping. Its a rarity for me, since I hardly cook. But my roommates and I are inspired to cook more together this semester. We are going to try to cook real dinners and see how it turns out... it might even be cheaper- a huge PLUS!!

I have had a passion to make a point to deepen my relationship with Christ this semester. One way I have decided to live for Christ everyday is to start making my prayer, bible reading, and church time an everyday occurance. It is crazy to me how I kinda fell off the church map this past year and lost my daily time with Christ. So, I have decided to get involved in a church around here. Hayleah and I have started going to Fellowship Bible Church, Dallas. They have a contemporary service on Sunday nights that is geared towards college students called Fellowship Metro. We go to that and love it! We look forward to going every Sunday now. The Worship leader there is Jeff Johnson: he is great- you should check him out on iTunes. We have also decided we want have daily prayer and bible studies with/for each other. Im excited to see where this semester will end up!

AMOUR xoxoxo

As promised here are Christmas Photos :)