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!