The tree all decorated. We got the decorations at the dollar tree :) they were really nice looking

Our Christmas tree all lit up!

This is what my roommates and I do for fun on a Tuesday night. :) If you can't tell the guys have their hands behind their backs, and the girls are sticking their hands through the guy's arms. Before you turn it on, from left to right is May and her boyfriend Kyle, and Eric (Elissa's boyfriend), and Elissa. Lots of fun!

He Never Lets Go

This is one of my favorite worship songs at Foothills, the church I go to down here.

You Never Let Go
By Matt Redman


Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Your perfect love is casting out fear
And even when I'm caught in the middle of the storms of this life
I won't turn back
I know you are near

And I will fear no evil
For my God is with me
And if my God is with me
Whom then shall I fear?
Whom then shall I fear?

(Chorus:)
Oh no, You never let go
Through the calm and through the storm
Oh no, You never let go
In every high and every low
Oh no, You never let go
Lord, You never let go of me

And I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on
A glorious light beyond all compare
And there will be an end to these troubles
But until that day comes
We'll live to know You here on the earth

(Chorus)

Yes, I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on
And there will be an end to these troubles
But until that day comes
Still I will praise You, still I will praise You




God's been reinforcing this in my life over and over. Despite my perfect planning and dreams for how I think things should go, my life tends to go a different direction. However, though it all, God always provides a way for me, usually better than I could have dreamed. This has been especially evident in my time at Corban. God showed me that His plan is supreme, over who is in my life and He blessed me second semester with Heidi as a roommate. As I went through the process of applying to be an RA, my plans for where I was to live and my job were shot down. But through this, in the very last day of school, He provided a place for me to live with great roommates and great friends. He also knew that with my internship and hectic senior schedule, I would have been spread too thin. This semester, I was worried that I wouldn't get an internship in time to finish my hours before the end of the semester. God comes through again with an internship the last possible week I could get one and it's paid on top of that!
In everything I face, in every worry and fret, God takes my situation and turns it around for the better. No matter how I feel or my outlook on the future, God never lets go of me and always provides a way for me. God is so great! I am so blessed.

Goodbye, Chauntel

On Wednesday, Chauntel called me and said that she had unexpectedly moved up her departure date for her move to Arizona to Friday. I of course was shocked, and made immediate arrangements to come up to Longview Thursday, the following day. I drove up after my 10:30 class and arrived around 2:00 in the afternoon. I hung out with Chuantel as she did her last minute errands and said her last goodbyes. We played games in the evening and talked about our plans. She was excited about leaving, but we were both sad to say goodbye. She was supposed to leave on the 6:00 AM flight this morning, but when she got there it she was told that her dog carrier wasn't the right kind, so she had to go back to the front desk and purchase a different one, which made her miss her flight. She ended up leaving at around 12:00ish. Note to self: never fly southwestern with a pet! They don't let you check them underneath so you either have to carry the carrier on your lap or purchase another seat for them! Crazy. So she eventually made it to Arizona, and she messaged me on Facebook to say that she got there safely. I really hope we can find a time to visit eachother either over spring break or in the Summer.

So this week, my best friend of 9 years moved 1,305 miles away from me. How's your week been?

This is Mindy and May sandpapering the fridge in preparation for the Dry Erase Board Paint!




















Me being artistic with the pile of magnets.....















We have gotten a lot of free furniture and we had an extra tv and DVD player, so we turned our garage into another Living room! It is actually kinda nicer than the inside living room other than the no heat/ air condishioner part....heheh. We even got some free carpet so it's not hard cold concrete! We have two love seats, a couch, and two chairs out there, and a full size couch and a love seat and a recliner inside! Anyway, I should probably go study for Life of Christ now, so Bye.

Corban Happenings

Hello all! Today was my first day of classes. It was really stressful. I had a million books that I lugged to campus, but luckily I have a locker so I didn't have to take them to every class. The day started out fine with Social Psych. It's taught by Rich Meyers, who I'm sure you will remember is not my favorite teacher, but it looks like I will only have him for one class so I might retain my sanity this quarter. However getting to Social Psych was quite a task in and of itself. Me being the punctual person, I typed up my schedule earlier this summer so that I knew what classes were where at what time so that I wouldn't have to get confused by looking at the schedule and accidentally miss a class. Apparently I was a tad premature in my planning ahead, because the class room locations had changed drastically. only 1 of the 4 classes I took that day were in the original classrooms. Of course I didn't find this out until it was 10 minutes to my class, at which time I rush to the computer lab to find the right classroom. Of course, I didn't even think to check all my other classes to make sure they were in the same classrooms, so after my leisurely lunch and my Life of Christ class, I soon realize that Psych of Addiction is not in the same room either. Thus I repeat the run to the computer lab and check all my class times to make sure they are correct. I was a little late to Psych of Addiction, but the teacher is really nice and she didn't mind. Next was Theology 1 with Kersey who I really enjoy so I think that class will be great. The syllabi were rather overwhelming, but after writing down all the semester's assignments in a planner, it looks like it will be an ok semester.

Heidi got us a free washing machine, but when she did her first load of clothes, it turned out that the whole washer was VERY dirty. So much so that a couple rinse cycles didn't clean it out much. So Heidi and a couple of the guys who hang around our house (Such as May's boyfriend Kyle) took the whole thing apart and cleaned it all out. Quite a task. We just did a small load of non-essentials to test it out, and it looks like that deep clean did the trick! So, $8 on a new hot water hose, and 4 hours of manual labor later and we got a washer and a dryer! YAY.

We had our first house meeting, and with everyone's busy schedules it was the first time all 6 of us girls had been in the house at the same time other than sleeping since we all moved in! We decided to do a weekly bible study/bonding time/house meeting on Tuesday afternoons. We also divided up chores, and instead of having a wheel of chores that rotates, we are each having one chore that we do the whole semester/year. At first I was skeptical that this would be fair and work out to everyone's benefit, but one of the housemates really loves cleaning the bathroom, so that took care of that. lol. I am now the official shopper for the house. I will be buying all the essentials that everyone in the house needs and will chip in for together so that we don't all buy flour and eggs and milk and so forth. Fine with me. I don't mind that and that means I get to pick up all the dirt cheep stuff and don't have to chip in for brand name stuff! yay. The girls were all for that, and it also helps that I have Heidi's other costco card when it comes time to buy toilet paper and such.

Anyway, I think that's about it. I am gong to go triple check my schedule for tomorrow to make 105% sure that I have the right time and room number written down. As if I wasn't OCD enough already when it came to punctuality....