formal fun & friday

Formal 2010 meant Ethan, dancing to ANDY DAVIS, and plenty of time locked away in the bathroom while the tornadoes came through. It was kind of a crazy weekend but such a fun memory. 

My hot date for the evening

Andy Davis playing at formal

Our first generational formal

Lauren Conrad came to formal too...

This past week was one where things feel so busy but at the end you don't feel like you got much accomplished. This weekend is just time to rest and be lazy. Tomorrow's the 5K for Make-A-Wish so we can grant a wish for a child. Just hoping the rain stays away and 7:45 doesn't come too soon...

crazy life..

You know that the end of the semester is near when you go from feeling like it will never end, to feeling panicked that you can get everything in before it's over. The switch has happened and in less than three weeks I will be half way finished with college.


The other exciting part of this means I am even closer to going to South Africa. In 27 short days I will spend 24 hours on an airplane, 32 days in Cape Town, and then 24 more hours to return to Atlanta. How crazy is that! I am so anxious to see all the ways the Lord is going to prepare my heart, work in my life, and use me through my time in South Africa. I know that there is so much in store for me to learn, ways to grow up and things to be challenged by. God is a big God so I won't even predict what He has in store but rather just take it one day at a time until I come back. 


Life here is about to get crazy! The Social Work department.. and Union in general.. loves to give all tests and paper deadlines on the same two days in life. Which makes for an interesting end of the semester. So life should be kinda crazy the next two weeks! And then finals.. and we're through! Praise HIM.

today.

"God doesn't lay things on your heart to just lay there."
-Mallory Carter

what we think/what we do

I'm taking a class this semester called Gender and Sexuality. As you might guess from it's title, the class is very interesting.. and very full of opinionated classmates. Many of my classmates have somewhat to extreme liberal points of view and it's been incredibly challenging to my faith in class discussions. For instance, the topic of homosexuality. We recently had an assignment online (thank goodness--its much easier to voice your opinions when you can think through them before blabbering like a fool) in which we were supposed to share everything we knew for sure about homosexuality and anything we were unsure of. This was such a challenge to me! What better way to present the Gospel through Scripture, interpretation of what the Bible says, and how it applies to life today. It's hard to argue against some of my classmates because they've lived with people who claim to be Christians but have no desire to live for Christ. Their view of Christianity is negative, they don't think God is legitimate, and they think that how we live on this earth should be our own choice. It's hard to argue with someone who doesn't really care what you think, especially when you have to be gentle so as to remind them that not all Christians are terrible filthy people with no regard for Holiness. But it sure does remind me that my life is a witness... what a great opportunity!! 


I've found my most reliable argument for what the Bible teaches about homosexuality is to look to Genesis BEFORE the fall... After the fall, the Bible is full of sinners just like us who messed up, so my non-Christian class mates think they are not a very reliable witness. But there isn't much to argue against a perfect God who created man in His image, then made woman out of man to be the suitable helper for which he would commit his own life to. Our God is a Holy, all-knowing God indeed!

crazy chi omega...

this was the week of Chi Omega that I thought would never end, but I had a great time and now I have a life again! ;) First, last weekend we had Greek Olympics. This is one of my favorite events, and something every Chi O loves. We had so much fun painting up, cheering, being crazy and having so much energy that was nice to just get to devote to something all Greek.

We won swimming, football throw, came in second on tug of war, chariot race, and relay. But we won Greek Olympics overall. It was a great competition and all the girls did awesome. Sunday we had Eleusinia, celebrating Chi Omega's 115th year. It's sort of a Founder's Day type celebration where we have lunch and all of our alumni can come back to see everyone. I learned this weekend all about what Eleusinia really means and its so special to share something so awesome with all my sisters.

This past week we've practiced so much for VShow which was last night. Yesterday we spent basically all day long at the civic center, and the show was incredible. We worked so hard, Allison and Libby came up with everything, and everyone did so much to make it the best show we could give. I was so proud of my ladies! 

This weekend the National Consultant was also visiting our chapter so I got to learn so much about Chi Omega and my position as the New Member Educator. Although its been somewhat of Chi Omega overload, I've just been reminded of why I love my sisters and how much they mean to me. The time I get to share with them is something that is so precious to me and I love every second of it!

SBX

Spring Break has come and gone, but I could still take another break right now. Got to go home over break and spend the weekend with my dad while mom was gone. We had a few days to just hang out and be lazy, I slept late and loved every second of it. Spent Tuesday with mom and ended with a Habanero's run. Wednesday I went to see Ethan in Clinton. On the way, I got to have lunch with Kendall then visit with Meredith, which I loved! That night was MC's Film Festival, and his film Because of Waking... won!!!

He did an incredible job, and everyone loved the film. If you would like to buy a copy just let me know ;) We spent a few days in Clinton, complete with crawfish, Newk's, Prissy and just having a good time. We came home Friday for Easter and spent the weekend back in Birmingham. 

After lunch on Easter we drove back to Clinton and spent the night before I had to come back to school Monday. It was a nice, calm break with plenty of time to visit family and friends, and just get some rest. School sure doesn't wait to get back in the swing of things though :(

thought for the day

"Though our feelings come and go, God's love for us does not."

-C.S. Lewis