Friends

I am so thankful for good friends!
Last night, I got to talk to 2 of my closest friends in the WORLD!

Josie and Kayla,

You guys are uh-mazing! The Lord has used you guys in such a powerful way in my life...I don't know what I would do without you guys! We have so many memories and I miss you guys so much! Remember our co-op days? Haha! Watching "Pride and Prejudice", Josie making fun of Kayla and I because we are "hopeless romantics" :) Walking with your Dad, Josie as he was teaching us biology and then all of our several hour long talks!

You both have been such a source of encouragement to me. You help me keep my mind focused on the Lord and you both constantly remind me through your actions, what a woman of God looks like.

And I am so thankful that even though none of us live close, and Josie, you're married now, we have still stayed in touch! All we need to do now is to set up a 3-way :)

I love you guys SO much! Thank you for always being there for me!
-CB

I have struggled a lot since I've been at ACU with loneliness. I have not made any good friends and I have found it really easy to mope and tell myself that no one wants to be around me. But, that does me no good. I have realized that the Lord is teaching me that I rely on my friends too much and I need to learn to rely on him more and more. Besides, I LOVE the friends that I have back at home...you guys are amazing!

I haven't really gotten "plugged into" a church yet, mainly because I don't feel like I will ever be plugged in since I don't have a car, but I really like Beltway. This morning I went to Beltway with a group of girls and it blessed me so much! Every time I go to Beltway, I feel like the Lord speaks to me in a deeper way. The worship at Beltway is AMAZING! Coming from a family that has such an appreciation for woship, it is something that is very important to me in a church. Every time I go to Beltway, I can't help but cry...not just cry, but sometimes sob. At first, I thought it was because I was homesick and the way the worship minister leads, reminds me so much of my Dad; but that's not the reason. The spirit of Christ moves so freely there and I can't help but weep. It's amazing!

I know that many of you guys followed the election and not all of you were happy with the results. I know that I wasn't. I voted Republican and I will probably always vote Republican. I will respect that Obama is our new President, but I don't agree with his stance on some moral issues and I have no fear in saying that. I respect those who disagree with me as long as we can agree to disagree :)

In saying that, the ACU paper, The Optimist, did something that bothers me a lot. The optimist cam out and endorsed Obama, somthing that the Dallas Morning News didn't even do. No good has come out of it, and we are already losing some prospective students due to their lack of judgement. If those individuals wanted to come out and support Obama, fine. But not in the school newspaper. I know that the newspaper doesn't technically reflect the school as a whole, but it does to an extent. What's done is done and I hope that the staff learns from their mistakes.

Well, I hope that everyone has a great week! I have some homework that I have to get done!

May the Lord bless you all!

My Grandpa

Would you guys please pray for my Grandfather?
My Mom's step-brother called us Friday night and told us that he might have had a heart-attack and that they were on the way to the hospital. That was about 10:30pm and he called up with updates until 2:00am. It took them awhile to figure out what had actually happened, but they have now decided that he's had a stroke and the stroke has effected the part of the brain that deals with his consciousness. He is still unconscious and my Mom flew to be with him in Kansas City yesterday evening, and my Aunt from North Carolina flew in early this morning.

Just pray that everything will be okay and pray for my Mom and Aunt Kris, that they are both filled with comfort and peace and that they are able to stay well rested.

Thanks everyone!

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Yes, I'm still alive♥

Hey Everyone!
I promise that I haven't fallen off the face of the earth! I knew I would be horrible at keeping up with this...I am so sorry! I figured that it was finally time for em to put some pictures on here! So, I have included some pictures of my dorm room and of my new, brown hair :)

This is my closet (on the right) and our "front door"

our pantry and media area :)

Our bulletin boards and Corri Anne's desk

View from our door. That's the edge of my bed there on the left

Tada!!

What do you think??

I actually really like it :)

Classes have been going really good. I have a paper do for English on Wednesday. We're studying "Classical Arguments" so I'm writing a paper on "Why Parents Should Home School their Children". It should be interesting. I really like my topic and it's something I'm passionate about, I just hate to write. Oh well!

I started a job...finally! I am really excited about it. It's in the Admissions Office here on campus. I'm working under one of the new admissions counselors as a Student Recruiter. I have the San Antonio area, so I call applicants and prospective students and do my best to get them to come to ACU :) The team is great and I'm having a blast!

On another note, I'm still sick :(
I went to the Dr. on Wednesday and he said that I have bronchitis. He had me tested for mono and strep though, and that was no fun. So he gave me 2 shots in my hip and that was painful. But hopefully I'll get over this nasty illness!

On an EXCITING note, I'm coming home this weekend!! YAY!! I am SOOOOOOO excited!!! This next weekend is the first Bible Bowl meet of the year and so I'm coming home to help out. Woot! Woot!

Well, I really should go.
Thanks for reading my blog!
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WOW!

I am so sorry that it's been awhile since I've written. School has been really busy the last 2 weeks!

All of my classes are going really good. Here are the classes I'm taking:

MWF:
Bible (Mike Cope) 10am
English (Erin Voss) 1pm

TTH:
U-100 (George Pendergrass) 8:30am
Psychology (Dr. Richard Beck Jr) 9:30 am
Communication (Dena Counts) 1:30pm

I LOVE my U-100, but I think that Psychology is my favorite. Dr. Beck just has such an amazing way of making everything coming alive! He is an EXCELLENT communicator in his field and I am SO glad to have him as one of my professors!!

I had my first quiz in Bible yesterday and it was really easy, so I'm feeling a little more confident about the class. I guess I'm not really worried about any of my classes, but it was more the fear of the unknown since I had been homeschooled my whole life. But the adjustment wasn't near as hard as I thought it would be.

I had my first visit to the doctor yesterday and that wasn't any fun. I have an upper respitory infection, slight tonsilitus, and something else! Yuck! The doctor gave me a shot in my hip (which hurt like the dickins!) and gave me a perscription that I have to take for the next 10 days. He told me to stay inside as much as I can, drink LOTS of water, and have a little chicken soup :) So, after my appt. yesterday, I stayed in my room for the rest of the day which was kind of annoying, but VERY relaxing.

Now, some of you guys may have heard about this incident already, but I just wanted to share it with you guys real quick so you can be praying for the school. Our Student Body President, D.P.W. (who is African American), walked into his office Wednesday afternoon, and found a noose sitting on his chair. He was shaken and called someone to come look at it. The school has opened an investigation to find out who is responsible. They announced all of this to the student body during chapel yesterday and there was local and national news present. Please just pray that the Lord would give peace to D.P. and that no hate crimes or anythintg of that nature will happen in the future. I think that the school has handled this all very well and I have been extremely impressed with them!

Okay, well, I must go now!
I hope you all have a great weekend!

Exhausted already :(

WOW!
I guess for some reason I didn't realize how PACKED Welcome Week would be. I have been on the go since I got here. It's crazzzy!! haha!

Since arriving here I realize how "sheltered" (in a good way) I have been growing up. I'm just so used to being around people that have the same values as I do, and if they don't, they know not to say anything innapropriate aound me. Here, I've heard people make crude jokes, slight sexual jokes, and cuss. I know this is the "real world" and everything, but I'm at a CHRISTIAN University, and I guess that I just thought that my fellow classmates would live up to that standard. Just a little culture shock :)

I am LOVING my dorm! I'm staying in Gardner and I have an amazing roomie and a great hall! Corri Anne and my room has been deemed the "party room" in our hall because we have Guitar Hero and DDR and I brought over 100 movies :) It's been a lot of fun!

Today we have Moody Morning and then we're going to do a service project.

Well, I need to go, but I will write more soon...

I love you guys :)