1/14/12

First Sabbath back at Southern!  So happy. :)  I took Eric, Katie, and Seth to East Ridge today for church. The service went well.  And there was potluck. :)  After that, we drove up to Lookout Mountain and went hiking.  We probably walked at least 4 miles on trails.  That was fun.  Then we got back here to Collegedale and went to Heldzingers' house for the evening.  We had some food, then played Quelf.  That game is so random...  Anyway, after that, people just went back and forth showing different videos and stuff.  So all in all it was a great evening. :)  We left there about midnight and now I'm getting ready for bed.  Have a great night!

Happy Sabbath!

Today was pretty good.  I had my first Hebrew class for this semester at 8:00.  Boy do I need to do some catch up study!  Then I finished up some homework and stuff before my speech class at 12:00.  That was kind of fun.  We had to give an introduction speech about another class mate.  Mine was a girl named Keirsta Mackey.  Yesterday we spent awhile visiting and figuring out what we would say about each other. =P  It's kind of neat, because she's Norma Youngberg's great-granddaughter.

This afternoon Seth and I played Ultimate Frisbee for a couple of hours.  That was a lot of fun!  Really nice to get back out and get some exercise. :)  Then we had a little SALT reunion/vespers at Joe's house.  That was really nice.  So nearly all of SALT that is still around was there!  It was the first time I had gotten to see Matt since we've been back.  And Joe also invited some people, so we had 28 there. :)

Then of course we had vespers that we had to attend at the school.  It was communion, which was really nice.  Except the water for foot washing was COLD!!!  A basin had been put under every chair (the service was in the gym) and by the time for foot washing, it was really cold.  But oh well.

Anyway, I'm now off to bed.  So goodnight and happy Sabbath!

Thursday

So today went well.  Song service actually was possible, and then I had classes and stuff.  I haven't made it through one of Dr. Samaan's classes yet without nearly crying.  I love his class!  Anyway, and I had my audition for the choir this afternoon, and I'm in!!!  I am so happy. :)

Anyway, I'm off to bed now.  Goodnight!

1/11/12

So today was pretty good.  Went to the prayer group at 7:00, then went to breakfast.  Hebrew class was supposed to be at 8:00, but we found out when we got up there that it was canceled due to Dr. Klingbeil being sick.  So that was kind of frustrating.  Starting the semester of Hebrew late. :(  Oh well.  So I was free until 11:00, when I had my first Fitness for Life class.  And then there was Intro to Public Speaking.  And I am SO happy!  I know at least one person in every single class I'm taking!  That makes things SO much easier!

Anyway, this afternoon I faced my fears.  DeWayne drug me into the gym and we lifted weights and things for over an hour.  Yeah, a place I promised myself I would never go.  Oh well.  It wasn't so bad.

Then we had the Daniel study tonight.  There was a special guest speaker from the Idaho Conference and he talked about Daniel 11 for 3 hours.  Boy was it interesting!  This is the first time I've actually heard that prophecy explained in a way that actually made sense!  Everyone always avoids that chapter because no one has any idea what it means!  But he showed how Islam fits so perfectly into this prophecy.  So anyway, that was really good.

Now I'm off to sleep!  Hope you all have a great night!

Tuesday

Wow, this morning was quite a mess!  My phone for some reason thought we were on Central time, so I didn't wake up until 7:30 when I was supposed to be up front leading song service!  Since I'm sick and hadn't eaten, I couldn't even talk, let alone sing!  So I was very thankful to find DeWayne up there at worship, so I whispered to him my predicament and he was able to introduce the song and then sing.  I just kind of mouthed the words. =P

Anyway, the rest of the day went well.  I was very happy to find that I knew people in each of my classes!  So that was very comforting. :)  And now I'm off to sleep again!  Hope to wake up in time to go the prayer thing in the morning...  So anyway, goodnight!

Southern!

So I'm back at Southern! I'm so excited. Got to see a bunch of friends this evening too. :) Anyway, I'm off to bed, so will write more later!

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Home!

Here's just a short post to let you all know that I am safely in Alaska! :) Yesterday was spent organizing my new room and packing. Then Eric and I left for Groome Transportation at 12:15 so that we could catch the 1:00 shuttle to Atlanta. Eric, his sister Crystal, and I were all on the same flight to Seattle, which was really nice! :) So anyway, Crystal met us there and we got on the shuttle and our long adventure began! Things went smoothly through security and everything thankfully, so we had about two and a half hours to wander around before our flight left. And Eric and I found something to eat. Boy is airport food outrageous!

Anyway, I finally got to Fairbanks at 12:20 this morning local time. That's 4:20 AM eastern time... Well, Mom, Caleb, and Charity picked me up and we came to the Regency hotel to sleep. And now it's 7:15 in the morning and I'm just waiting on everyone else to wake up. :p

Well, I guess this blog will be put on hold until January 9 when I fly back to school. Happy end of the semester and I will post again later! God bless! :)

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