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Hey everyone,

It’s been a while since I have written, sorry about that. I have found myself extremely busy the last few weeks. The first Preview Weekend that I got to participate in at my new job was this last weekend. It was a great weekend and I had a lot of fun.

If you are thinking about coming to APU, attending a Preview Weekend is an awesome way to get all the information you need about the school as well as being able to stay the night on campus in the dorms and truly live a day in the life. Your interaction with current students will give you some real insight into life on the APU campus.

I also just found out that I got the AC position (Alpha Coordinator position) that I was applying for in the last few weeks. The 10 Alpha Coordinators oversee the 100 Alpha Leaders, who in turn are responsible for 10-12 freshman APU students. We had our first meeting last week; I am really excited for the rest of the semester. We will soon be starting interviews for Alpha Leaders and beginning the process of choosing who the Alpha Leaders will be for the fall semester. Alpha is only one of the many ways to get involved on campus. Being involved with activities is a great way to meet a wide variety of people as well as get connected with professors and other staff members. If you are a freshman here at Azusa, I would strongly recomend getting involved with something; be it Alpha, ASB, music, intramurals, ministry, or any of the other activities on campus, they will truly make your experience here a lot more exciting.

This semester is surprisingly littered with random breaks and a few vacations which I am looking forward to. School this semester is much harder for me. My classes are more demanding and a few of them are less structured than I am used to, which makes studying difficult. But all in all I am having a great year!!

That’s all for now,

Josh

PS. Most of you know that I am in a triathlon class this semester and have been training on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Well Tuesdays are our swim days; we swim next door at Citrus Jr. College. Anyway my buddy Jaycen and I came to the conclusion today while we were swimming our laps that the “up” (of up and back) lap is easy, it feels like we could be in the Olympics, if you look behind us there is a wake so big you could probably surf on it, however the “back” lap is terrible we practically sink. We figured that the only explanation is that we are swimming up hill on the way back. I know that water can’t be up hill but still… Well I’m off to philosophy maybe I can ponder the uphillness of the water with my professor. Should be interesting…