Time for School

Time for school-boo hoo :(
Well Christmas break is over, and it has been a whirlwind. As soon as school ended, Michelle, Jonathan, and Brayden came up for Christmas. It was so wonderful to have them and to see how much Brayden has changed in the last seven months. He's now running around and talking, well mumbling. Luckily Skype has made it seem like it hasn't been that long. While they were here, we experienced a CRAZY snow storm-totaling in over a foot of snow. Snow Angel Video--Jonathan, Paul, and I got a little stir crazy and went outside-very briefly in just shorts (and a shirt for me)! Unfortunately, they had to leave, but soon after, intercession class started, so it feels like my break flew by.



In all the craziness of this past week, I am just now finishing up this post. I officially made it through the first week back at school. I'm really excited about this semester. My class are a billion times better than last semester...hopefully, I will still like them in a month or so. If this past week has been a reflection of this semester at all, I'm really looking forward to it. I can tell that God is going to move in amazing ways,  and I'm so excited to see how He uses me.

Here are a couple pictures from the past two weeks-babysitting some of my favorite kids, OCS Homecoming,...

Julia

Julia's body was just found. Please please pray for her family and friends. It is so hard to believe that this really happened.
-January 10, 2010

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Thursday night, a senior Theta from OU, Julia Gilbert, was going home from a friend's house. She was on the phone with her boyfriend and said she was about 10 minutes from her parents' house. This is the last time anyone heard from her. Please please pray for her and her family. No one has seen her car, and no one knows where she is. Pray that she will return safely and that she is okay. She drives a silver 2002 Jetta with the license plate 607 BJK

New Year, New Blog

Well it's a new year, so I've started a new blog...again. Third times a charm, right? I'm determined to make this one work.

I really don't know how to sum up my first semester of college. It was such a learning experience. I'm trying to put it all down on paper while it's fresh on my mind. One thing I'm disappointed about is that my journaling was pretty much nonexistent. I have so much to learn and remember for the past few months, and I'm frustrated I didn't spend time writing it all down. Hopefully I will be able to get a chunk of it down in the part of break that's left.

Today was the first day of intersession for me. 4.5 hours of class and about an hour of driving. This is definitely a result of the hard/learning time that made up my first semester. I'm taking a history class at OCCC. Today wasn't too bad, but we'll see how I feel after 10 days. I'm so thankful though that I got into the class, because it was totally full a few days ago.

God is really doing something in me. A painful relationship flared up again over this break, and it has really caused me to rely on Him. Unfortunately my stubborn girl-self wants to get answers and go do something, but I'm trying to totally trust in Him, no matter how hard things are right now. Elisabeth Elliot is someone I so admire, and I never grow tired of reading her books, granted I've only read a few...oh well :) I'm re-reading one, and it's so encouraging. Being a girl in today's society is so hard, especially if you have any desire to keep your morals, integrity, faith, friendships,... intact.

Time to get back to studying for history woot woot! Any study breaks are more than welcome :) Just come by!!

-amy