Here Comes a Long One! :)

Hey everybody~
I realize that I haven't written on here in about two weeks so I apologize! So much has happened these past couple of weeks that I'm sure this post is going to be long:) Lets see....where to start?..
Well, first of all, classes are still going really well for me. I'm keeping my grades up in almost all of them and so far have been comprehending a lot! The flight lab I'm in is going ok. It's probably my hardest and most important class right now. I am needing lots of prayer for that! Especially the conviction to go and practice (which my parents have already talked with me bout that haha). I had my first big test in my flight science class and was pretty nervous BUT I got an 82% on the test! I was really excited because one of my friends, Jessie, told me that I scored higher than other kids who already have their license! That made me feel pretty good, I'm not gonna lie:) So, yea, school work is going pretty good so far!!

Intramural football has started up and our floor is participating...it is so much fun! We play flag football and currently my position is wide receiver! lol it's very entertaining to watch some of these girls play because half of them have no idea what they are doing! We have had two games so far and unfortunately lost them both, but we're having a great time playing! It's also been a great way for me to get to know some of the girls on my floor better. Because of how our floor is set up, it's hard to get to know the girls in some of the other suites because I don't see them as often. But now that football has started up, we have been practicing and playing together which is so much fun! Oh! And I scored a touchdown:) hehe it was great

This week has been really great in that I am getting to know the girls in my suite a lot better! One girl, Amanda, and I had a long talk last night and just shared alot about eachother and I'm so happy we did because I finally have gotten to see more of who she is! Also, we as a suite have done a lot more with each other. Last week we went out and took some pictures and we all dressed alike and took some fun pics! I'll post some of them up so you can see them. It was a lot of fun!

This past weekend, my cornerstones group went on a little retreat for a night to a campground in Arkansas. We camped out for the night and just relaxed! It was a nice break from school! There is this river that goes through the campground so on Saturday we went swimming....it was SO COLD! The water was freezing and after awhile you got numb so you couldn't really feel it. haha you looked around and everyone in our group was just sitting still and shivering! It was really funny:) We had a good time but I was glad to come back to campus the next night!

Every Sunday night we have this thing called Prayer and Praise. Students go into this smaller chapel and we basically sing and pray and it is one of my favorite parts of the week! I cannot express to you how incredible it is to be surrounded by so many who share the same faith as you. I know we experience this in church, but its so encouraging to have all these kids my age truly seeking the Lord. It's been great too, to break off into groups for prayer time because we can all just share what is going on with each other and sometimes we don't even know the people in our group but since we all share Christ in common, it doesn't matter. We can just put everything out there and it's ok. I absolutely love it and just wanted to share that with you all! :) God is good and I know this is where he wants me right now. I really enjoy this school! But don't worry because I'm not gonna live in Texas:) When I say I like the school, the state is not implied lol and therefore you won't have to worry about me liking it so much here that after school I will live here...thats definately not the case! haha

So there are definately some cultural differences here in Texas that I've noticed. For example, Texans call pop "Cokes"...it's really weird and I can't figure out how they know when they are talking about a coca-cola or pop because its the same word! Strange! Also, they call shopping carts buggies! I told Morgan..."that's what the amish drive!" :) haha Oh and..you know how Florida doesn't have good grass? Well Texas' grass is just like Floridas! I'm still trying to figure out why Texans like their state so much:) Oh and I was driving somewhere the other day and saw a sign along the road that said "Don't mess with Texas." This sign kind of looked like a speed limit sign with the white background, black letters kind of thing...I mean did the gov. people of Longview decide to put that up or what?! Crazy Texans! haha Well I love you all and hope things are going well for you! Miss you and I will try not to wait two weeks til the next post! :)

LOVE YOU!

Flight:)

By the way...today I had my flight sims lab and I got a 92.5% on my work for this week! I was feeling a lot more comfortable and confident. Thanks for your prayers! Love you.

Redecorating!

So this week went really great and really fast! I couldn't believe it was the weekend already! Classes so far have been pretty good...nothing too awful and so far my grades are still doing good! The flight simulators are difficult but slowly getting easier which is good. I've been much more encouraged about them but I still need lots of prayers because none of the manuevers are getting any easier! :)
This week we had some Extended Orientation activities which were really fun. I only participated on Friday night because I had homework the rest of the week but we played capture the flag with our brother floor (2A) and teams were freshman vs. upperclassmen. The freshman won! We had a great time! After the game ended, we went to this hill at the center of campus to find the "Berm Beast." None of the freshman had any clue what this was but we went up the hill anyway...then, some of the boys pushed this huge tire up to the top of the hill (I was still confused by this point). When they got it up and started pulling out padding from the middle and handed someone a helmet, I realized that the Berm Beast was the tire and you got in it to ride down the hill! It was the funnest thing ever! When I got in I thought, "this is going to be crazy..." then they pushed me down and it felt like I was rolling forever and it was so much fun! When they stopped me at the end of the hill, I got out and was so dizzy! haha I had to hold on to some people til i got my balance back but it was really fun!
2A had to do a lot more EO stuff than us girls did and one of the boys had to come in and sing to me. The song Fall for You by Secondhand Serenade...yea it was awkward! He told me later that my face was really red...I didn't know what to do with myself when he was singing...it didn't help that there were lots of other people crowded in my room and I was sitting on top of my bed as he looked up to sing to me. It was funny and awkward!
Another EO activity involved our brother floor pushing a truck with a trailer full of G1 girls on the back...it was a nice ride around campus for the girls but I felt bad for the guys who were pushing the truck! :) After that we went up in the mushroom building to play some games. One of the games we played was "I have never." One person has to stand in the middle, say something they have never done, and everyone else has to get up and find an open seat...well it got pretty intense and people were running into each other to find chairs and one time I got up to run across and I ran directly into someone! I hit my head pretty hard but luckily neither one of us was hurt too bad;)
Me and Morgan went to another girls room last night and got some really great ideas of how to decorate/design our room...so, after we left we went to our room and completely rearranged everything! We bought wrapping paper and put it on one of our walls and then we got some frames and put those up and lights and pictures and of course my michael phelps poster :) and we got a $1 shower curtain and are using it as a curtain for our window! It looks so cool and i love it!! :) The pics are of our NEW & IMPROVED room so you can all see how awesome our room is:) ha we love it!
Prayer Requests for this week:
-my parents are headed to Africa this week so safe travels for them!
-continuous prayer for my schooling and flight simulators
-that our floor would continue to get closer together
-and that I wouldn't miss home too bad and these next few weeks go fast so I can come home for Thanksgiving:)
Love you all!
Oh yea! I almost forgot! On Thursday night we came into our room and there were termites on our printer and floor! It was so gross...then, Friday night, we found a few roaches!!!!!! We were too scared to sleep in our room that night so we moved our mattresses out into our suites lounge and slept there for the night! The next morning we went to Target and found some bug spray so we better not find any more of those in our room!!! :)