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A Beautiful Thing Happened this Week…

Friday, September 28th, 2012

I’m so excited to share with you something that happened this week.

First of all it is important that you meet my roomates. I am living with two of the greatest girls. There names are Sami and Eryn. Eryn and I go way back… like awkward jr. high days. We are friends from home and it has been truly a dream to be best friends that turned into roomates.

Sami on the other hand… she is an answer to both Eryn and I’s prayers. Sami was introduced to us at the end of last year by a mutual friend. After 15 mintutes of meeting each other for the first time… we decided to be roomates! Eryn and I continually express how blessed we feel to have been put in a living situation as great as this one. Remember these two girls because I will talk about them a lot this year:)

Now that you know my roomates I can tell you the amazing thing that happed this week. Sami got baptized!! Once a semester after our Wednesday night chapel, our campus Pastor Woody gives students the opportunity to be baptized. Here is a picture of us with Sami right after the exciting event!

(me, Sami, Eryn)

One of the things I love most about APU is that they allow students to come as they are. I will forever be grateful for nights like this that give friends of mine the opportunity to take a public step in their faith. It is so beautiful to watch students come to APU as one person, and leave as an another.

I hope you all get the chance to experience a night similar to mine one day!!

Here we go!

Friday, September 21st, 2012

I cannot believe it is my last year of college. Where has the time gone? I have a packed schedule this year but it’s full of so many things I love. For starters let me introduce you to my weekend which happens to include three of my favorite things…

1) COUGAR WALK! Cougar walk is the main strip of campus with the most eateries. It is a fun place to sit outside and catch up with friends, while eating a delicious BBQ chicken sandwich of course.

2) I now want to introduce you to my Young Life Team. You will hear more about them this year! I lead Young Life at a local High School with some of my closest friends. I’m so thankful that APU has started working so closely with Young Life because I feel like two great worlds are colliding. Here is a picture of my team aka some of my favorite people!

3) Last but not least… I got to go to the beach this weekend. I LOVE the beach! And in case you didn’t know it has been hot here so it was so nice to cool off in the ocean. I love being 30 min from the beach. Here is a picture of El Segundo, where I spent my Saturday!

Well that’s all I have for now. I can’t wait to have you journey through this year with me! Off to class…