Jesus Is Cuter

Oh yes! It was bid-night weekend! Just in case you were wondering what we did, "Jesus is Cuter" ;o) It was a ton of fun and I am excited about pledging this year.

Hugh came this weekend. I was really glad to have him here and I am really excited about going to Lubbock in 2 weeks to see him perform! It's gonna rock the house!

Freshmen Follies was also this weekend I don't know how it went but I got to see some of the Alvin folk and that was fun! Met Brock's girlfriend-she's cute Brock.

Went to Russel street this afternoon. Karla and Terri are doing well. Shelby is awesome. She's loving school so that's super cool. The Wright family is doing well. Everyone was basically asleep when we got there so we didn't stay long but there were no complaints so I assume things are good. Ms. Maggie was looking very good today. She had on a pretty red dress and she looked healthy. Her kids left about 2 hours before we got there so I think they gave her a little boost! So Russel street is alive and kickin'. There is a new family that move into Rudy's house this week and they have kids so that's exciting. We are going to meet them next week I think!! Be praying that the Lord bless us with a relationship with them.

Hope everyone's weekend was as good as mine! I am feeling really good right now and I hope you are too! Have a great week! Love y'all!

Be Blessed!!!

Repeat

When you are sick it seems like all you do is blow your nose. You can blow and blow and blow and think that you got it all but then, then it comes- "the SNEEZE!" "The sneeze" is what I am calling the "repeat factor." You see when you sneeze what you are doing is bringing more of the gunk in your nose to the surface and you begin the steps of clearing out your nose all over again. Once you have passed this level of sneezing and blowing you get to "the cough!" Here it seems like you cough at only the times when it is most important for you NOT to cough i.e. "the cough" attacks during the prayer in chapel or a class, "the cough" attacks at the best part of the song or "the cough" attacks at the most important part of Days of Our Lives and you have to ask you roommates later what happened only to find out that Stepheno is behind the whole Salem Stalker incident. Sorry about that, but really mom- did I call that or what! So in conjunction with "the cough" you have what we refer to as "drainage" which is really annoying because it makes you want to spit and frankly- I don't like to spit, it's gross. I say all that to say this, I really hope I get better before I see my boyfriend on saturday!

Have a great weekend!
Be Blessed!!!

Sick Indeed

Sickness has hit my body. The stuffy nose and pressure headaches all of it. I can honestly say that today was the first day that I really didn't want to go to my classes and yet, my perfect attendance thus far would not allow a little cold to get in the way. So I went to class and with each one praying that it would be cancelled only to be unsuccessful, until tonight! It was a bitter sweet moment when a stranger walked into our class and told us that class would not be meeting tonight because our professor was not feeling well. Normally I would not be that concerned but this professor is the oldest professor on the ACE campus and frankly him not feeling well worries me a tad. Pray for him.

I hope everyone has had a good start to their weeks so far! Tomorrow's Wednesday! Let's Rejoice.

Be Blessed!!!

Back to the Hood!

Well, today was the first time I have walked the neighborhood, or Russel Street rather, since I have been back at school. I was so refreshing to get to see everyone. They are all doing well. Rudy has lost his job and is moving across town with his sister so if you think about it pray that he is able to find work. Miss Maggie is doing well. She has seen a lot of the Doctor lately which is something she does not like to do. She seems to be in good spirits though and is looking better. The Wright family is doing well. They are still coming to church on Wednesday nights and the kids went to another church this morning so that's awesome. We didn't get down to see Terri and Carla this week but from what I hear there have been some amazing conversations with them lately. Praise God for what he is doing on Russel Street.

Church was good this morning. It was kind of weird going by myself though I must say. Since I have been back at school I have been with Hugh either here or at a church out of town so today I went alone, it was weird. Hugh is doing well by the way. Keep praying for him and Best Friends. Their first performance is coming up here in a few weeks! I can't wait. He will be traveling here this coming weekend and we will be going to Temple Saturday to switch cars hopefully! I may FINALLY get my car back! Praise God! Anyway pray that we have a safe trip.

I need to let everyone know about my special friend Ty. He lives in Crockett and is the coolest guy I know. He's super and I miss him! Ty Rocks!

Hope everyone is doing well.

Be Blessed!!!

Oh it's going...and fast!

Yeah it's going, school that is! It's in full swing. I took my first test and turned in my first 5 page paper this week. Paper was over my philosophy of Christian Spiritual Formation- sounds smart huh! I thought the same thing when I found out I was writing over that! Test was in Greek. Second year Greek! It stunk! I think I probably passed it but I don't like to just pass things I like to do well on them so this test was kind of a bummer. Oh Well! Other news from school, Rushing has begun for clubs. Last night we cut 25 girls and it's only gonna get worse. I am excited about pledging though. I think it will be a lot of fun to be on this end of everything- at least I'm hoping.

Other life news. Last weekend Hugh and I went and met my parents in Arlington for the weekend. It was a lot of fun. We got to see some of my families life long friends and I got to go on a date. Our first real date since we came to school so that was nice. For those of you that are interested today is 2 months for us! Very cool and very exciting. Hugh was gonna come this weekend but a Best Friends practice was called so I we won't get to celebrate until next weekend which is also bid-night weekend! It will be interesting! Things are going well for Hugh, school is in full swing up in Lubbock too.

You know in my Reflections class we are writing case studies about this summer and it has really caused me to reflect on this summer and look into the cracks that I may have missed while I was there. I think I am starting to realize the importance of theological reflection in my life. Not only does it help you pull out lessons from experience but you remember so much more of your experiences if you reflect on them.

Well, I suppose I should get to work, by that I mean go reply to the 10 emails sitting in my inbox! Love y'all and I can't wait to see you again!!

Be Blessed!!!

God is Good

God is so good!! I had a great weekend. I went to Austonio with Hugh to see his family. When we got there we found out his sister, brother-in-law and niece, Darcie, were going to be there for the weekend too so that was really fun getting to meet them and play. I got to see a tree get pulled over by a tractor too! That was fun! Hugh has a great family and the more time I spend with them the more I enjoy them.

As for everthing else, I'm tired. We drove in from Alvin this morning. We went to Alvin last night about 6 and left this morning at 8. It was a long trip and was full of construction zones, small towns, speed zones, state troopers, a wrong turn, and rain rain rain, but it was still the best weekend I have ever had. I hope that those of you that have not met Hugh will get to meet him soon! he is an amazing man of God and is dedicated to serving him. He's awesome.

I have a lot of classes tomorrow and I'm not really sure how much sleep I will get tonight but I hope it's enough to sustain me for tomorrow! I hope everyone has a great night and week!

Be Blessed!!!

Computer Lab Technician

Computer Lab Technician- yup thats me. Now you all know that I am not the Queen of technology so you are probably wondering how I got a job in the computer lab at ACU. Well, that's easy, my roommates dad is in charge of it! What can I say- I got the hook ups. As far as my job description...currently it consist of sitting at a desk minding my own business & not letting anyone take food or drink into the lab. Thats about it. It's a good place to get my homework done! So as I sit here at the enterance to the once again empty computer lab I decided to take you on an adventure through the first week of school.

It satarted on Monday. Pretty easy day for me. I only have one class, Greek. Man was I in for a surprise. You see I had every intention of keeping up with my Greek over the summer, but like most of you my summer went so fast I really have to think to recall it. I say all that to say- I did not finish- or really even start- my summer reader and thus I found myself almost completely overwhelmed by the Greek New Testament that we started reading on the first day. It was a blessing from the Great Lord above that things started to come back to me as we were reading but to be perfectally honest- If I had to take a test and write out the Greek alphabet right now- I would fail it. I suppose I should study huh?

Tuesday was my first real day I suppose. I have 5 classes on Tuesday including a night class on the Gospel of John. My professor in this class is the oldest professor at ACU. He started teaching BEFORE my dad was born!!! Are you kidding me??? He has to sit down to teach- it's cool. He really is pretty cute. For those of you that know about my box- I would put him in it. My other classes are pretty cool too. I have David Wray for Education Ministry of the Church. I actually read a whole chapter on the history of education in the churches of Christ and found it interesting! Go figure. I have Reflections with Guilde, Reese (the woman), and Oglesby; Foundations with Oglesby and Participation of African Americans in the Restoration Movement with Robinson- he's a professor for the box too. It's cool that they are offering this special topic class this semester for lots of reasons but MOSTLY because it takes place of my Church History class! Praise the Lord. Funny thing, Mary Foster is in this class. Is it bad when your own child won't take you class because she thinks it's too hard??? Probably.

Anyway! That is basically what my schedule looks like. Monday & Wednesday 1 class and chapel Tuesday 5 classes and Thursday 4 classes and Friday 0 classes. All I gotta worry about on Friday is getting up for Praise Day in Chapel. I love Praise Day!

More News in my life. I am part of a 6 member team who has been recruited to teach the 8th grade class at Highland on wednesday nights. It's really kind of exciting. I can't wait to see what direction the Lord leads us in. If you would keep that in your prayers that would be awesome!! My other teammates are Randy and Jennifer who will be leaving in March to do mission work in Brazil, Chris Lair, Heather Randall, and Clint Askins. I think it's gonna be a great year.

Boyfriend news! He's great! We are going home for Labor day trying to work it out where our families will be able to meet- that would be cool! Pray that we have a safe trip next weekend!!

Everything else is great! God has really blessed my life lately! Praise God for his generosity.

Be Blessed!!!

Back to Life, Back to Reality!

Well it's back to school in a day and some hours!! It's been crazy! I have been here for 2 weeks and I still can't believe I have a house!! It's a little bit overwhelming to know that I am an upperclassmen in college but I enjoy it!

We just finished welcome week tonight! It was so much fun. I met a lot of new people and I got to know a lot of people a lot better! It was so much fun to be part of the planning of the week and I can't wait until next year to do it again!

An update on my boyfriend. He has been at LCU for about a week now and has auditioned for and made the singing group called Best Friends. He is one of two new guys that they took into the group and now he's gonna get to perform every where and be on a CD!! I'm so proud of him.
Anyway- I gotta go!!

Be Blessed!!!

Little Moments

I love that song Little Moments by Brad Paisley. It's on the radio right now. I can't wait until tomorrow!

Last night was a ton of fun. The Intern Farewell Party was great and a little bit sad but for some reason it didn't really hit me until I was leaving last night and said good-bye to one of my Freshmen guys. Sometimes you really don't know if what you have dedicated you time to doing for so long has actually had an effect on anyone until they tell you. That's how it was for me last night. I feel like I have done my job all summer and I know that this is the kind of job where you don't necessarily get to see the fruits of your labor but last night I got to and I felt like God has really worked in this church this summer. God is so good. .

Well my dad is here to chat with me so I'm gonna jet!

Be Blessed!!!

How 'Bout the Country

Well, my visit to the country was nothing less than amazing. Mostly because my boyfriend was there and I got to spend the whole weekend with him but I also really enjoyed everything. I love the small town atmosphere where everybody knows everybody. We seriously didn't go anywhere and not run into someone that Hugh didn't know. It was great. I have pictures documenting my visit to Austonio/Crockett. OH!!! I got to ride on the tractor!!! How totally cool! I have a picture of that too. So the country was everything I expected it to be plus some. Before I left Hugh took me on one of his walks and we prayed and it was the most amazing experience ever. There weren't a whole lot of starts out and a lot of cars drove by but there is nothing like walking in the dark with the light of the moon shining down and talking to God that will really convict your heart. I feel so blessed!

Everything else is going well too. This is me last official day on the job and I have worked harder today then I have all week. I am trying to get the song books done before tonight so that I am not rushed to do them tomorrow. There are 75 books left to do. I must say I am a little bit sad about leaving but I really don't think the reality of this being my last day has quite set in yet. Maybe that's because I have things to do until Saturday morning and maybe because right after I get done here I start welcome week stuff. Either way I don't feel like I am leaving yet. It's weird.

I'm gonna go help the girls cut the songbook covers! Hope everyone has a great day!

Be Blessed!!!