New Apartment and Semester

The basics:  I just moved into a new apartment with my friend (aka brother I never had) Chris and I started school this week.

Living with Chris so far has been FUN.  We have most of the same friends and having people over is a treat.  He even planned a dinner with the female "D's" to thank them for letting him stay at their humble abode while he was for lack of a better term homeless.  Teaching Dannica how to play "Guess Who?" with  Debbie and Dalynn was so much fun.  Chris and I are respectful of each other's wishes for the most part.  It's a good thing we got going, so I guess I'm just saying I am very happy with my current living situation.

My feature writing class started on Tuesday, but I really wished it started the week before so my story for the University Art Museum exhibit wouldn't have been completely trashed.  It is no one's fault but my own, the diversions editor tried so hard to get me to write something printable.  I completely forgot all the rules of journalism and simply wrote something from the press release.  I forgot to get any quotes from any sources that may be interesting.  Anyway, sometimes it takes failure to remember how to succeed and my next feature pieces I hope will be better crafted.

Anyways, I will leave you with "the shower cap incident" which is basically what happens when Dalynn sleeps over at our apartment and we all feel a little silly.  : )

Comfort vs. Adventure

If you stick with what is comfortable your whole life, then you will have comfort but not much of a life. - Kelly Stringham original

I just found out today that I am going to Africa for a month this summer as an internship.  More specifically Kenya to help at an organization called Empowering Lives International in an orphanage.  This group has grown and been blessing lives in East Africa for years now.  I am blessed just to help out.  When I heard the voicemail in which the internship coordinator, Katie, told me I was going to be working with them this summer I danced around my apartment and then I told everyone in my status on facebook, and then I danced some more.  I am really excited for this.  I think it is going to be life changing.  I want to cry I am already looking forward to being a servant of Christ to the orphans.  The best part is that I know the people at ELI want my journey there to be God-centered and will do everything in their power to keep me focused.

I am so thankful for this opportunity.  I think I just might dance some more! :)

Arrowhead Getaway

A weekend in the mountains in the fresh air sounds so wonderful.  And so far it has been.  Being with these great people who encourage following God and loving people is definitely great.  I am surrounded by music.  We worship and players are collaborating right in front of me.  Walking through the natural beauty of these roads with women who are so exciting and lovely.  This new year makes me feel so rejuvenated.  I haven't been caught up in the wasteful things I sometimes spend too much energy on.

I feel as if this is going nowhere so I am going to end this.  I shall leave you with a quote from Emerson:  "All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen."