Winter Semester 2011 is officially in full swing. The first week of classes is over, items on my to-do list like "Breakfast at Marie Catrib's" have been replaced with "Read Chapters 1 & 2", and I'm back in the habit of hitting my snooze button a few too many times every morning. Oh, the life of a college student.
This semester is going to be a good one, though. Lots of reading. Lots of studying. Lots of writing. Lots of working (well, to me, anyways). And on top of school, I need to find time to study and take the GRE so that I can apply for grad school at the end of the summer. Wow-za. I'm excited for it all. My professors all seem nice. The classes are somewhat interesting (well, physics isn't... but I'm determined to have a good attitude this semester :)).
Still ahead? Two more friends leaving the country (aka lots of Skype dates). Working my butt off to get good grades. Going to The Netherlands on Spring Break. Pouring into the life of an amazing freshman girl.
And happening in T-Minus ~10 hours? I'm gettin' dunked. And by dunked, I mean, baptized. I've been putting it off for years, but it's time to tell the world that I love Jesus, and I want to live a life in pursuit of him. And that, that my friends is why I am getting baptized in the morning.
Now, let's just hope I don't get water up my nose...
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes.
It is 2011.
When did that happen?
Yes, I know January 1 at 12:00am.
But where did the month of December go?
December was a whirlwind. Wrapping up the semester. Finals. Packing up 1/2 my life to move home for 3 weeks. Working at the library. Working at Target for a little holiday help. Christmas. IndyCC. Some of those things sucked, some of them just needed to happen, and some were absolutely, without a doubt, amazing.
Finals went well. I finished strong and am glad Fall Semester 2010 is OVER. Being at home has been wonderful. I have some of the world's greatest roomies at school, but there is just something great about being at home! The week leading up to Christmas I worked my life away. It made the first week of break FLY by, but it was good. Christmas was great - spending time with family and taking the time to remember that without Jesus I would be nothing. IndyCC, well, that deserves it's own paragraph...
Indy was incredible. The theme of the "week" was Unm!stakable. The idea behind it is to live a life that is absolutely unmistakably in pursuit of Jesus. For me, after a crazy month and a half where I pushed my relationship with God to the back burner, my week was spent focusing on God and what it looks like to consistently put Him first in my life. Being in a community of 2000+ college students that were doing the same thing was amazing. Within that, getting close and going deep with some people from GV was awesome, too. Indy made me question why I do things the way I do. Why do I stress so much about school? Why do I worry so much about what other people think? Why am I not giving God my all? What am I passionate about? There is a lot that I am still processing, but these are good things to process. And aside from all of the serious things, I have never laughed so much in my entire life.
Now, since it is 2011, I of course have to recap 2010...
+ Shared my faith on the beaches of Panama City
+ Completed what I thought would be the hardest semester of my life
+ Begin babysitting for an amazing family - the 3 kids have become a huge part of my life
+ Watched my brother and several friends graduate from college
+ Stood up in my brother's wedding and welcomed a sister to the family
+Worked my second summer at Target - and loved yet hated it the whole time
+ Got a job at the library on campus
+ Moved in with 4 amazing girls
+ Became friends with some amazing new people
+ Went back to Ada Bible Church
+ Signed up to go to The Netherlands on spring break
+ Went to IndyCC and decided to make some ch-ch-ch-changes in my life
In 2011, with God's help, I will...
+ Say goodbye to 3 of my best friends as they study abroad for the semester
+ Continuously strive to know God more
+ Stress less
+ Step out of my comfort zone more often
+ Serve others and not focus on myself so much
+ Pour into the lives of others
+ Have fun and enjoy the end of my junior year of college
+ Apply and interview for physical therapy school
Here goes nothing. 2011, welcome. Let's make you a great year.
When did that happen?
Yes, I know January 1 at 12:00am.
But where did the month of December go?
December was a whirlwind. Wrapping up the semester. Finals. Packing up 1/2 my life to move home for 3 weeks. Working at the library. Working at Target for a little holiday help. Christmas. IndyCC. Some of those things sucked, some of them just needed to happen, and some were absolutely, without a doubt, amazing.
Finals went well. I finished strong and am glad Fall Semester 2010 is OVER. Being at home has been wonderful. I have some of the world's greatest roomies at school, but there is just something great about being at home! The week leading up to Christmas I worked my life away. It made the first week of break FLY by, but it was good. Christmas was great - spending time with family and taking the time to remember that without Jesus I would be nothing. IndyCC, well, that deserves it's own paragraph...
Indy was incredible. The theme of the "week" was Unm!stakable. The idea behind it is to live a life that is absolutely unmistakably in pursuit of Jesus. For me, after a crazy month and a half where I pushed my relationship with God to the back burner, my week was spent focusing on God and what it looks like to consistently put Him first in my life. Being in a community of 2000+ college students that were doing the same thing was amazing. Within that, getting close and going deep with some people from GV was awesome, too. Indy made me question why I do things the way I do. Why do I stress so much about school? Why do I worry so much about what other people think? Why am I not giving God my all? What am I passionate about? There is a lot that I am still processing, but these are good things to process. And aside from all of the serious things, I have never laughed so much in my entire life.
Now, since it is 2011, I of course have to recap 2010...
+ Shared my faith on the beaches of Panama City
+ Completed what I thought would be the hardest semester of my life
+ Begin babysitting for an amazing family - the 3 kids have become a huge part of my life
+ Watched my brother and several friends graduate from college
+ Stood up in my brother's wedding and welcomed a sister to the family
+Worked my second summer at Target - and loved yet hated it the whole time
+ Got a job at the library on campus
+ Moved in with 4 amazing girls
+ Became friends with some amazing new people
+ Went back to Ada Bible Church
+ Signed up to go to The Netherlands on spring break
+ Went to IndyCC and decided to make some ch-ch-ch-changes in my life
In 2011, with God's help, I will...
+ Say goodbye to 3 of my best friends as they study abroad for the semester
+ Continuously strive to know God more
+ Stress less
+ Step out of my comfort zone more often
+ Serve others and not focus on myself so much
+ Pour into the lives of others
+ Have fun and enjoy the end of my junior year of college
+ Apply and interview for physical therapy school
Here goes nothing. 2011, welcome. Let's make you a great year.
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