Well, in one more week I will have been in Auburn for 2 months. Pretty crazy if you think about it! When I first moved in, it felt like I would be moving home in a few days, even though I knew that I would be living here for a year. It sort of felt like camp. Now I guess my mindset has changed, things feel more stable now. That would just be the staying in the dorm part, not the school part. I have yet to master that. I guess it's because in high school, all I had to do was pay attention in class, do just a little bit of studying and homework, and I was still made really good grades. Here, things are different. I'm used to the teachers actually teaching everything that will be on the test, and two of my teachers do that here, but two of them don't. They expect you to teach yourself. I haven't been able to figure out how to do that yet, but one day maybe I'll learn. Nothing too new has happened for me here on the plains, but I guess I could share some highlights!
On Saturday, high school students got to march with the AUMB for the Florida Atlantic game, and Catherine Grace Searcy was one of them! She's one of my best friends, and it was so good to see her. Her mom and dad came too, and they're pretty much my second family and I loved getting to eat lunch and talk with all of them, even if was just for a couple hours!
Josh, CG, me!
On Sunday afternoon, I had a meeting for an organization called "Alternative Student Breaks" and it's where Auburn students go through an application process, and can spend part of their break off of school helping other people. I will be traveling to Kissimmee, Florida on December 11-17th to volunteer with an organization called "Give Kids the World". Give Kids the World is a cost-free resort for children with life-threatening illness, where the kids and their families can visit different theme parks in the Orlando area. We don't know the exact things that we'll be helping with yet, it will just depend on what they need at the moment. We can't ask the kids the reason that they're there, and we can't take pictures with them. I think it will be a really good experience, and I'll realize everything that I take for granted. I know that it will be tough, but I know that it will be worth it, just to maybe get to influence a kid's life!http://www.gktw.org/about/
I am really looking forward to all of this and getting to know all of the people on the team, they seem to be really nice!
Last night, I went to Lakeview's bible study and a missionary was speaking. She went to India as a journeyman for 2 years!! I thought it was so incredible, because she hadn't learned the language and I can't even imagine being thrown into such a culture shock and living there for two years. Hearing her stories really made me think about some things. Sometimes I get caught up in all of my plans that I kind of push God's plans out of the way. What if my major isn't what He wants to be? Would I give up all my dreams if He wanted me to, or would I hold on to them? I get so incredibly bogged down into what I want to do, that I just tune Him out... and that is not a good thing. I'm really wanting to make a habit out of going to church every Sunday and go to a bible study every week, but it is a struggle for me to get out of bed on Sunday after a tiring Saturday gameday. But once again, I need to put myself aside.
Today I visited my advisor because on October 17th, we will already be registering for spring classes!! So far I think that I'm taking Organismal Biology, Chemistry II, World History I, and Heath Sciences Ethics. :/ So I realllly want to take a fun class! The ones that I'm considering picking from are: swimming, aerobic dance, kayaking, yoga, ceramics, or sailing! I'm really indecisive, and there are just so many choices! In the fall, they have a class that's called "costuming" and it sounds like a lot of fun because you learn how to sew. My mom sews really well, but I've never learned how to.
I will be traveling home this Friday!! :) I hope to get to see alot of familiar faces!
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