summer...college...getting old...

I guess it's been awhile since I've been on here, so let me catch you up on my life.

The last week of June was KOSMOS (that big mission conference in Costa Rica). My fellow GAPpers and I were translators for the groups and it was awesome! Thursday night of that week we had the GAP Year 08 graduation. It was so sad to see it all end. Saying goodbye to my Costa Rican family was quite possibly one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. My time in Costa Rica was absolutely wonderful and I learned so much. I just thank God for the opportunity to go there.

I got home to beautiful SD on July 1st. It was so good to see my family again! I

worked alot at Arby's and Rondee's Campground but also got to spend some quality time with my family. My sister from NC came out for the rodeo so we had a small family reunion that weekend. It was alot of fun! The first week of August was our church's Bible school. I think about 100 kids were registered. Praise the LORD! The missionary story this year was CT Studd. It was fun to act out and the kids loved it!

That brings us up to... SEPTEMBER: (well actually August 25th lol) Natalie, Nehemiah, and I drove out to college from SD on Aug 25th. We got to go to our friends' ranch in NE the first night out and ride horses for several hours. Talk about fun! Then we met up with some friends in Arizona and drove the rest of the way to school and got here Thurs around 2:30AM. It was a wonderful trip...with no vehicle problems at all! Avon (my future sis-in-law) and I stayed with Nicole at her apartment until Monday Sept 1st when the dorms opened. The first official week of school was registration and settling into the dorms. The preaching that week was absolutely phenomenal! But my favorite part of the week tho was definitely when the WHOLE college (all 920 students + faculty) went to the LA Dodgers game. It was so awesome!!!Life is settling down now...classes are good. and I get to take Piano lessons! yeah!!! and I'm in the choir which I just LOVE! My weekend ministry is working in a 5yr Spanish Sunday School class. The kids are just absolutely adorable :) God is still working in my life and I'm excited to see what all He has in store for me.
Jeremiah 29:11