http://www.apu.edu/blogs/jordan/blog_undergrad Azusa Pacific University Blogs en-us Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:33:00 PST Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:33:00 PST http://www.apu.edu/blogs/jordan/11713/  

So, hope you all had a wonderful holiday season filled with cheer and delicious crumpits! Again, I’m sorry it’s been a while since my last blog, but hey, at least I get to still do it AS A GRAD! Woot! It feels pretty good to be done. Although, I definitely am already missing some of the amazing good times! That’s why I try to make it up here to APU as much as possible! At this point, I’m cruisin’ on my graduation money (Handy dandy tip #1: Have a big party for graduation! I guarantee you it’s worth the work you put into it! Believe me) and I’m on full-fledge job search. I crossing my fingers that I can find something at APU. With everything that APU gave me, I really want to give back my time and efforts! Sooooooooo, when all you awesome future Cougars (pre-cougarious, for the technical term) come to the school, I look forward to serving YOU!

Alright, so--initial take on the graduated life:…um…hmmm. It’s different, because I really am feeling the sense of responsibility that comes with being a grad. It was weird at first, all tingly and stuff, but then it slowly permeates the rest of you and you realize—“okay, um, I’m now officially independent…so, I better find a job…or a big bundle of money…or discover something that a lot of people would pay me to know about.” However, on the other side of things, it is really exciting to think about what God could have in store for me in the future! I love the fact that God is a mysterious God. It allows His power to be unlimited! So, that is my initial take—but, I’m sure there will be a lot more updates. I mean, I haven’t even received my complementary Men’s Health Journal subscription and first set of penny loafers that’s mailed with my diploma…only then will I really know what it means to be grown-up. (I’m kidding, so please don’t come to APU purely for the reason of free ploafers) (Handy dandy tip #2: Call penny loafers “ploafers”, because it shows you know how to talk with the Gen Y market. Fo’ Sho’! Word ;-) )

Exciting things are happening with APU right now and it is such an awesome time to enter into the university—and I’m not just saying that to try to sell APU to all you prospective students out there. Honesty, some rad things are going down. APU is on the rise and in this next season, there is going to be a really strong push in even furthering the already outstanding community aspect of APU. It gets me totally stoked and I don’t even go here anymore. I’ve told you all this before, but the faculty and staff here at APU are amazing. I mean, if they were going to win a medal for what they do here, it would be, like, platinum, or diamond, or some precious radioactive material. All I know, is it would be more than gold. (Handy Dandy Tip #3: When you really want to emphasize how great something is, say that it is better than the best and don’t worry, the confusion that you sometimes leave your audience in is not always a bad thing.)

Well, I think I am going to wrap it up—sorry, there is not a whole lot to talk about right now when I’m in between school and a job. I mean, I could tell you about how I got my wisdom teeth out, drank milkshakes and looked up job and grad school info, but it’s not exactly what you call an “edge-of-your-seat-nail-biting suspense”, which, obviously, all the rest of the things I talk about are (hehe). Anyways, before I leave—I want to congratulate all the high school seniors out there that have been accepted and want to say that it’s a great place. I’ll leave you with my final Handy Dandy Tip #4: Knowing how to identify bird noises is totally NOT nerdy—it’s 100% awesome. Ornothology platinum medal here I come! Later gators!

-J-Gash

 

P.S. You may have noticed that this blog was a bit more serious—its because, now that I’m graduated—I have more “being serious” brain cells.

 

P.P.S Woah! Sick! It’s says “Alum” under my name now! Cool! Thanks Blogmaster Guru!  

]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:33:00 PST http://www.apu.edu/blogs/jordan/11510/  

            Ok, so I’m graduating tomorrow…sounds pretty cool, ya? It actually really stinks. I mean, it is so cool to be done and moving on to this next stage of life where I am actually making money and not losing money (well, it was lost a while ago, now I’m just losing loaned money--J), but APU is so amazingly rad! It’s my home. These people here are my community of brothers and sisters! In addition, I’m one of those “lucky” people to graduate a semester early, but by graduating in December, I’m also one of those guys that just ends up disappearing. People start saying “What ever happen to that Jordan Kid?” and then the other says “I dunno, I think he might of got drafted by the Army?” and then the first one says “Drafted? Are they doing that now?” and the other says “I dunno, let’s go to the library and google it.” Soooooo, what happened in this conversation: Jordan got lost in space!!! Fortunately, I have been strategically trying to fight against this!

            First, I realized, nobody can forget me if I incessantly call and write them: That’s why there is power in an address book! Yeuh! So, at the beginning of the semester I went to Target and got an address book. Which, by the way—are all girly! I mean, I went to the store, looking to get something with like a bunch of leather and metal and maybe an engraving of Mr. T on the front saying “Get some addresses, FOOL!”, but all they had were books with, like, babies dressed like ladybugs and stuff with a lot of swoopy lettering. C’mon, where the masculine market! We need addresses book that like, when you open it, Pearl Jam plays or something. Anyways, ended getting like this blue and brown one, which is not so bad. So, I have been going around like a madman these last two weeks getting people to fill in their contact info, so that I can like call them when they’re 80 and say “Hey man! You remember when we released 1000 crickets in Trinity 2nd South? That was funny, huh?” and then he’d say “Yeah.” With this address book, I will hold onto to these friends! Right’on!

            The second thing I’m doing to not disintegrate from this society of awesomeness is that I’m trying to get a job here. Don’t know if you remember, but I am planning on spending my life working in a college. (Which, this week has also been hectic trying to get a bunch or recommendations written, getting transcripts, etc. for grad school.) Anyways, what better way to not disappear than to not leave! You know what I’m sayin? And no, I do not have separation anxiety from APU…ok, maybe just a little bit. There are a couple jobs that I’ve looked into, but there is one that I really am kind of hoping works out for me, because it something I’m passionate about and would love to do. So we’ll see what happens…whether I get a job here or not is kind of a factor for a lot of others things I need to figure out for post-college life. So, you can pray for me in that if you’d like. Don’t know if I’m allowed to do this, but hey, can’t get kicked out of school, I’m already out: If any APU people are reading this, I love this school and would love to donate my time and gifts into giving back to it!

            The last thing that I am doing to “remain” is by imagining a future in which I can give back to my alma mater. Who knows what is going to happen in my future, but whether I’ll come back to work for APU or not, I definitely do want to give back to this school throughout my life. For all you prospective students, this school has the potential to really sink into your heart. It is lead and run by some amazing people. I have had the chance to hang out and talk with Jon Wallace (APU’s President) and many other campus leaders here and they are incredible, Godly men and women that truly are leading this school according to our motto “God First!”

            These are the things that I am going to do to stay connected here at APU………….okay, well, to be honest, I’ll probably be up here all the time, possibly even still living up here, because Alex (my fiancée) is here. I’ll probably come up here all the time and crash on my roommates’ couch. So, I’m not, actually, that worried. Though, I still am bummed to not be a student anymore! One nice thing to think about, is, the fact that if I’m living at home—there is food in the fridge! YA! That is a luxury that is not as common here. Or, there is food in the fridge, but it’s been in there since like day one and now it has like legs and feet and every time you open the fridge it tries to run out—plus it reeks! I’m telling you guys, if you’re living at home, thank your parents for the fact that there is food in the fridge. Thank God for food as well—it is a blessing; much of the world worries about where their next meal will come from! Be thankful!

            Anyways, I hope this is not my last blog, I’d like to keep blogging after I graduate, to give you a picture of what post-APU life is like, but if it is, I hope this last thought of the week is a good one: “If you run into the wind and you notice that your hair is blowing forward, you must not be running into the wind…or you’re in a tornado and if that’s the case, well, that sucks.” Thanks y’all! God Bless!

 

J-Gash

 

P.S. If you have time, Read Isaiah 43, it’s a great one!

]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:23:00 PST http://www.apu.edu/blogs/jordan/11431/  

            Hey, I know I suck because I haven’t written in quite a while and in regards to that, I want to send you all a package of apologies from Sincere Sincerititon—expect to see that in your mailbox (metaphorically that it). Well, now that I got you all nice and confused, I’m ready to start. First, let me first talk about The Office firstly. Can anyone say “Rest in Peace”? Oh, you can? Well, let me say that I can’t! I’m freakin’ out! I’m totally bumming hard core…it was a great show and now…well…excuse me for a sec---(*Weep, weep weep*)—um---(*weep, weep *).  You know what I mean? Anyways, good talk. Let me end this first paragraph with a classic Michael Quote: “I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.”

            Ok, so let’s talk AIDS Experience Tent. Remember how in the past couple blogs I was talking about the AIDS Experience Tent that I was bringing to APU and how I was super busy? Well, the main reason that I haven’t blogged in a while is because I was cranking out that thing and it was here from Nov. 11-Nov. 16. All I have to say is PRAISE GOD! He is so good! He did some really cool stuff through this tent that got me and all my volunteers stoked! First we had 1041 people go through the tent (maybe YOU were one of those! For that—thanks—you allowed us to have more than 1040---J), we raised just about $3000 dollars which is going to be split between the Nkhoma AIDS Orphan Project and The Nkhoma Teachers AIDS Training Project. All the money is going to the specific community in Malawi, Africa called Nkhoma—I figured: we can’t change Africa, we can’t change a whole country, but we can change a specific community—and let me tell you that $3000 dollars certainly will. Not to mention the greatest praise report about the event: we sponsored 36 children in that Nkhoma community which will sustain children, as well as go into the Nkhoma Area Development Project (Helping the community become more self-sufficient). I’m so excited that we had this turn out! Now, people have an awareness unlike anything else and are passionate about the topic of AIDS in Africa! Hallelujah! (I’ve actually decided to do my senior thesis on this topic) If you don’t have an awareness of the Greatest Killer that has ever hit mankind, I urge you to check out the online AIDS Experience: http://media.worldvision.org/getinvolved/aids_experience/index.html. Thank you everybody who contributed to this awesome project. Oh ya, and thank God that I get time to rest now…and write sicky gnar gnar blogs! wOOt!

            So anyways, I just got back from thanksgiving break and I’m sitting in my apartment with Jared and Chad. We’re talking about Beowulf, which I just saw yesterday. Ok, the movie is hilarious! It’s the most ridiculous movie ever…making it awesome! All I know is that for the next couple of weeks I’m going to be shouting at random moments: “I AM BEOWULF!” It just makes me laugh. I was just talking to Jared and I couldn’t help but be distracted by the big box of Legos that I brought from home! Usually nothing can distract me from the amazingness of Jared’s face carpet—but Legos can. Every lego is like candy for your fingers and your brain—the imaginative part—Imagitellum: (n.)-Lego brain part! Mr. Lego was a Genie-ous (like a smart guy and a genie mixed.) If I had the choice to live in a Lego shack or a normal mansion—I probably would have to think and pray about it. Legos are sweet, but don’t be fooled: Legoland is dumb…actually I’ve never been there, its just dumb cuz its really expensive and I’m poor! I can’t wait to assemble Lego stuff this week.

            So though I have busy with the AIDS tent these last couple of weeks, I have had a chance to do a couple of fun things. Ok, one of the highlights of the last couple of weeks: So I did this event with a bunch of the guys from the Alpha program about two and half weeks ago. We all dressed up like cowboys and went to the best restaurant in town: Steak Corral! This place’s got class! Top quality class. Get this: Steak meals for under 10 bucks, a wagon train that you get your food from, saddles for seats and the most extensive backed potato condiment bar known to this world and Mars (I looked at all the Mars rover pictures: there is no baked potato bar like this one!). I’m serious guys, this place is good! If you come to or go to Azusa, check it out! It’s down Azusa Avenue! Look for the Neon lights, cactus and the building with the corral on top of it! Then, after that, we went to Pay and Play racquetball and we got 4 guys in a room and 4 racquet balls and we just started hiting ‘em in all directions! Ok, some might be thinking, “Ok, this guy is a typical guy that does stupid things”—but I know that there are those out there that are saying right now: “YES!” and this part of the blog is for those guys! Time spent is only as good as the welt that you get from it!  

            As for the rest of life: its pretty dang good. I still love my roommates, big time! They are so fun and I’m really going to miss living with them when I graduate here in two and half weeks (ya, I know! Graughg! But I’ll get to that). I love this apartment because it’s almost as ridiculous as Beowulf. RAWR! I AM BEOWULF! Advice for all those in the future: It’s nice to get roommates that are clean and organized and seem like good housemates, but the most important thing about selecting roommates is find people that are you just love being around and that have qualities that you want to adopt into your life. Find roommates that make you joyful and that intentionally and genuinely want to build you up spiritually. That is what I have now and it has brought so much joy and spiritual encouragement in my life! Obviously, I see these qualities in my Fiancee as well. Ya ya, this is going to get sappy for a while, but just gimme two sentences to get all “Sleepless in Seattle” on ya. I was talking to a long time buddy of mine last night about love and marriage and honestly, I know that Alex is the woman for me because I can truly say that there is no one in this world that can put a smile on my face and build me up like she can. The overwhelming comfort that I have for my life is because of two things: God’s Purposes and a future with Alex. Oh, wow, I did get soft on ya…but, hey, you got to see another part of me.

            Well, I’m leaving APU here it two weeks and I’m in the process of preparing for launch. I’m applying for jobs, hatching it out among grad school choices, doing wedding stuff, getting ready for moving back home, etc. It was weird being at home this last week, knowing that I was going to be back there soon. It’s definitely sad, but I guess exciting at the same time. It’s bittersweet. You all don’t have to, but if you would like, I would appreciate some prayer for this time in my life…there still are parts that are little hazy. Thanks! I definitely will talk more about getting ready to leave in my next couple of blogs. Hey, also! Can you pray that admissions will continue to let me blog until the rest of the year, cuz I really enjoy doing it and I think it will be cool to get a graduate’s perspective. You guys out there are rad! I like hanging out with you all during this blog session!

            Anyways, let me give you the words for thought for the week:  The contemporary term “rad” came from the term “radical”—what’s the best way to connect the dots? Think about it!

-J Gash!

 

P.S. Remember, if the thing you remember about thanksgiving is that you felt sick after you ate—you lived thanksgiving out the right way! Word! ]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:37:00 PST http://www.apu.edu/blogs/jordan/11213/  

            Fancy of you to stop by once again, it’s always such a joy when you do! I’m doing quite well, you know. It apparently is in the middle of mid terms week and a lot of people are stressing out. Lucky me with my three classes it isn’t too stressful—BUT, I do have plenty of things to keep my mind busy! Especially with this AIDS tent that I am working on, though I’ll talk about that a little bit later. I actually feel kind of bad though right now, all my friends are frustrated (but, lets be honest, its jealousy) at me because I don’t have any mid-term stuff. Alex (my Fiancé) is jam packed to the rafters with stuff she has to do—remember, she is a nursing major and Nursing=HARD WORK. I wish I could help her with things, but she talks about things that I can’t even pronounce.

            I cannot wait for tomorrow though! Tomorrow night I get to have dinner with President and his wife! In case you don’t know, our president, Jon Wallace, is the best thing to hit this earth since the train whistle. He has to be related to William Wallace or something because he is that cool. I’m sure he would look amazing with blue paint on his face…and carrying a gargantuan sword…and wearing a kilt…yeuh J-Dub! I get to do it with a couple friends because I’m on homecoming court…yeah, it’s weird, we have homecoming court in college— but hey, if it gets me time with the Prez…count me in!

            Tomorrow I get my first lesson in guitar too with one of my best buds—Alex (A-turp). This man has spoken into my life in incredibly powerful ways the last three years and I consider him to be one of the greats of this world—I’m sure he would look good with blue paint and all that jazz too. Anyways, he wails on the guitar and he is going to begin to teach me some stuff. It’s more to just schedule time to hang out with him, but I have always wanted to learn how to play the guitar—Even though like every person and a half plays the guitar here. It’s cool though, I look forward to the mentorship of a master. It truly is cool though, you will make relationships like the one that I have with Alex here at APU and they will rock your world for the better!

            Tomorrow is also the day that I begin my campaign for the AIDS Tent here at APU. Tomorrow I am setting up a table on Cougar Walk (The primary locus of fun and adventure—you’ll see if you take the tour) and will be signing up volunteers for the tent. Hey, ask me what time it is…go ahead, ask me—say it out loud. Did you say it?..............GAME TIME! WOO! No, but it really is, I really gotta get cracking on this AIDS Tent this week so that it is ready by November 11, but I’m confident and ready and it’s going to be a super-sick event! Speaking of game time, did you know that APU is taking on UCLA in basketball??? Ya, we’re very humble about it, but we just want to let you know that we are that incredibly gnarly and super good at basketball! We are, like, almost the best ever. It’s because we have a superhero for a president…who likes wearing blue paint.

            Switching to a little heavier issue, being in Alpha, I am involved with a class called Beginnings that all freshmen take—it addresses a lot of the real issues that students face in their first year of college. This week is a pretty heavy topic—it’s the topics of sexual assault, body image and pornography. This is definitely a week in which freshmen get thrown into investigating what it means to act for Christ in the midst of difficult issues. This is also the time in which Alpha leaders really get to see what they’re made of. Though it is a hard time, it is also an exciting time because leaders can shine and freedom can be found…praise God!

            Oh man, I really feel like a slurpee right now, its midnight and it sounds so amazingly delectable right now! ….mmmm…blue raspberry sour straw…that’s the nums right there! Speaking of slurpees, I’ll give you an update on Hard Drive (That’s the name of my apartment). So the roommate kick of the week is baseball—we have been playing catch quite a bit this last week. Oh and also this hard workout that is stupid because it leaves you ridiculously sore. Yah yah, I know that means it’s good…and ya, it may be because I haven’t worked out in a long time…and ya, ya, I actually kinda liked it…but it still hurts…Ouch! My pectoralis!!!! Hehe. Oh and I am supposed to tell you: Remember how I talked about how Chad just bombed his test…welllllllll, turns out that the Lord has shown him favor. He got a 93%. It was a huge curve, but he still got a 93%. There Chad, you happy, I told them…

            Well, it’s about that time to say goodbye to all my friends and me, M-I-C...Okay, never mind, let’s not start that. So, I leave you with this my friends: “A pumpkin is only as good as its jukebox”. Think about it…Peace!  

 

]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:42:00 PDT http://www.apu.edu/blogs/jordan/11163/  

            Anyhow, how you doing? Hope you are doing great…truly. I’m doing pretty darn good—it’s only Saturday at noon and I already went to an awesome student leadership retreat and won my intramural softball game. Yeah team Xtreme!!! Not to mention, in about an hour or so I’m going to do a fun weekend with a bunch of friends--including my fiancée and roommates—down at a beach house in Newport Beach. A little hang out, a little surfing, a little grubbing…pretty much sounds like heaven to me—well, without the gold streets, of course. I’m really stoked; it’s going to be a great weekend!

            It’s good to have a fun weekend; it has been a busy week filled with escapades of adventure—kinda. No, but really, it was a busy week. It’s pretty crazy, in my Theology class we have moved into the heart of the subject matter and it’s intense. We have reached my professor’s favorite book—Torture and Eucharist. It’s a book focused around the oppression and intense political managing in Chile under the Pinochet government. Specifically, the torture and martyrdom of believers and how those believers made their oppression into a holy Eucharistic act. …Intense, eh? I know all the theology lovers are freaking out right now in jealousy. Ok…breath…breath.  Anyways, the class is full of students genuinely seeking Godly wisdom and guidance in life—which makes for good discussion.

            On a lighter note—or perhaps it can be seen as a much heavier note, heavier than the great kong—the kick that my roommates and I have been on this last week has been racquetball. There is a pay and play place around here that is open 24 hours—it’s SICK! (Just in case, when I say “sick” it usually means “totally and complete amazing in every way”)  We leave at like 10:30 pm and have intense 4 person tourneys—loser buys slurpees, or Alberto’s, or Donut man—whatever the bet is. Its funny though, the 7-11 guy is probably confused because 4 out the last 5 days he has seen us at like 1:30 am, super sweaty and gulping down big slurpees (with the sour straw, of course). However, Jared always get like the tiny slurpee that is ridiculous…I mean, seriously, there is more condensation on the side of my cup than all of Jared’s slurpee. Whatever, I still love him. The worker may not be that confused though, I’m sure 7-11 workers see some pretty crazy, weird/awkward stuff! Viva los 7-11 workers! Keep on keeping on friends!

            Racquetball is nuts though. Just the other day I hit Chad in the forehead with the ball, Shawn swung his racquet like a samurai sword and I hit the wall going like warp factor 3…not quite 4 though…maybe next time.

Ultimate Disc has been great this week too. We got a good looking team this year with a lot of talented freshmen. I think once they really start getting an eye for the game, they’ll really excel. My role on the team is a little different than in the past, being less of a driver/cutter and more of a thrower—the change is fun. Cody, our captain, who took over for the amazing Seth is doing a great job leading the team—he’s a great guy! All you prospective students, start throwing a disc (Frisbee) around now so that when you come you can rock it on the ultimate field.

Besides that, I have had a great week with a lot of one-on-ones with some cool people that I really respect! This is my favorite part about APU, the time you get to spend in conversation with your amazing fellow students and staff. APU is filled all the time with students just talking—lots of times, deeply—to one another. Not to mention, faculty and staff love to meet with students as well! It’s sick! (remember the meaning…)

Last, but certainly not least, I went, last week, with a couple of my Alpha leaders to this World Vision AIDS experience tent, that my dad was organizing at my church and was really impacted. I went to Africa (Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, and Namibia)  in 2005 and this tent really sparked a lot of the passions inside me that were dormant for a while. Anyways, got really passionate about wanting to bring the tent to APU and made some calls and looked at calendars and, well, the ball is rolling! The tent will be coming, probably some time this semester—most likely Nov. 11-17. Its great, praise God! Though, that means a lot of work for me—but God allowed me to have only nine units and some free time here for a reason—and I think this is one of the reasons. Well, tally hoe!

Well, my brothas and sistas, hope you have a great week! Keep it real, charge hard! I’m going to leave you with this, an ancient saying taken from the hieroglyphics of someplace super cool, that I got on a 50 cent stick-on tattoo at Country Chicken and Ribs: “Fire and Desire.” Peace.

 

Jordan

 

P.S. Sorry for the grammar mistakes last weeks? I’ll tried to do better these time. 

 

]]> Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:21:00 PDT http://www.apu.edu/blogs/jordan/11045/  

            Howdy friends…first off let me start by saying that I am so stoked to be blogging this year because this place is awesomer than the Keebler Elves (and they are pretty awesome…good cookies) AND, well, I like to tell stories. To formally introduce myself, my name is Jordan (if you feel like shaking an invisible hand, you are welcome to because I am right now) and I am a joyous senior from So Cal. I am a Youth Ministry major and a leadership minor, however, I am in my last semester *Tear* and have a pretty easy schedule consisting of only three classes. However, I am very involved with a lot of things on campus—the Alpha program (orientation program), intramurals, etc. So, if you want insight into what its like to be crazy busy with classwork, you might want to check out the other bloggers, BUT if you want to hear some random stories about college life—Check me out! (And they will be random). However, I am doing an intense senior seminar right now that I’ll probably write about. Yeuh!

            Well, hmmm…what should I write about…Well, I am sitting in my Crestview apartment right now listening to my newly downloaded “Wicked” soundtrack…to be honest, I kind of feel like jumping up and breaking into a musical dance number, but I am committed to blogging and to you my readers and am going to keep on it! Okay, I just do a little one sitting down…ready…MUSICALFIED! Phew, that feels better. I am listening to it because I just saw the show last night in Hollywood. Sweet Alaskan asparagus tips! Soooooo good! I wanted to join the Wicked Witch of the West’s revolution! Best part about it—all FREE! My best friend got free tickets. I’m telling you guys, when you get into college you find tremendous appreciation for the concept of “free”!

                                                                                          Yeuh! My roommate Shawn just got home! I love this guy! He is rummaging through our messy fridge like a chimpanzee looking for bugs on another chimp’s back. Oh, he found some ingredients that will work together. Let me just say that I have the best roommates ever! It’s me, Shawn, Jared, Chad, and Owen. Okay, Shawn is a great guy who loves to just chill with you whenever, but he is good at like every sport so these last two years has been spent trying to find something I’m better than him at…Still no success. Jared, my bearded bro! He’s had a beard since he’s had a bellybutton—ya, like the doctor tied the cord and a beard just started growing! This is the intellectual of the group who will catch you off guard with hilarious comments. Chad, who also just got home, he’s sad right now cuz he just bombed a test, but after like 15 more Pringles I think he’ll feel better. That what you gotta do in college, everybody bombs a test sometime, you just gotta keep moving on—pringles help. Anyways, Chad is like one of my new best friends, this guys is so silly once you get to know him—a really nice guy and very musically talented—he plays guitar in chapel. Then, the famous O-town—I’m sorry but this is one of those guys that is incomprehensibly incredible—like if I tried to tell you, it would blow your mind—like your head would stay intact, but there’d be like brains spattered inside. Let me just say, he is the nicest guys you could ever meet, but he’s got another crazy, wild side that only a special few get to see. Then there’s me, the random fun guy who has a “little kid” personality. I’m excited about tomorrow night—every Thursday night we have “family” dinner—or roommate dinner.

                                                                                          The other special people that I have here include, first and foremost, my beautiful and magnificent fiancée Alex. You will be hearing a lot about her because…well…um…she is my fiancée and a therefore a huge part of my life! I love her very much. We got engaged about a month and half ago And yes, I met her here at APU! I met her freshmen year, doing the ambassador program (we worked the charades game together on preview day). Then after about a year of avid pursuit—I had to work for her—she finally said yes to the relationship and from that point on I’ve been ten feet off the ground all the time. She is a nursing major and very committed to it. Let me tell you aspiring nurses, if you are planning to be a nursing major—you have to be committed to be committed to it and you have to believe that you are supposed to do it to make it through, because it is tough! I seen quite a few nursing majors suddenly decide to change majors. Though, it is probably APU’s most prestigious program. The other people that are so special to me are the people that I’ve been lucky to be brought together with in the Alpha program—a program that will truly show you the strength that comes from genuine and real relationships. I’m actually an alpha counselor this year and have a group of leaders of my own and they are incredible---I am so lucky, they teach me so much!

                                                                                          Well, the rest of the day is going to be awesome for me, I having lunch with one of my alpha leaders today to hang out and talk, I’m having coffee with Stacie (another blogger) and my boss this afternoon, get to hang out with my fiancée and go to ultimate disc practice at 5. Tennis will probably be in there somewhere too.  Then late tonight I’m going to transform into Slash McHoberson, Shawn into Vons Ripperton, and Jared into Buzz Sawsemoff—thus meaning that we are going to spend the night at my house and surf in the morning. I’m a big surfer by the way—I actually went on a two month mission trip this summer to Sri Lanka and Indonesia and did some surf missions.

                                                                                          Well, I’ve really enjoyed this first blogging session, its been fun! It was random, like probably a lot will. I really am going to enjoy blogging, because to be honest, I am sad that this is my last semester, I really love this place, BUT I’m trying to live this last semester to the fullest, to really soak it in. Trying to be involved with a lot…do the things I always wanted to. I’m excited to share this stuff with you! You will hear a lot of different stuff from me—you’ll be hearing funny stories, my theological thinking and processes, and a bunch more stuff. Later gators…

 

-Jordan    

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