April =)

Wow! I can’t believe that I haven’t updated in almost a month. I don’t even know where to begin, so much has happened. Prepare yourselves for a very lengthy entry! The first weekend of April was spring formal. It was a fun night of getting dressed up and dancing around like a bunch of crazy people. That same weekend, two of my best friends, Aimee and Lauryn, came to visit me. It was a ton of fun. During the school year, Aimee, Lauryn, and I try and keep in touch and make sure we are all doing okay, but for the most part don’t get to talk very much because we are all busy with school. One thing that I love about those girls is that no matter how long it has been since we talked, we always pick up and it’s like we were never apart. It’s great. It was fun to have them at PCC and be able to let them into my college world. I will always hold a special place in my heart for those girls.

April 9, was Lorah’s 21st birthday! That night we went out to dinner and celebrated. It was a great night of celebration, great conversation, and many laughs. It was definitely a night to remember. Pretty late that night I got a call from my good friend Curtis, telling me that his dad had passed away. Curtis’ dad, Kevin, was diagnosed with cancer right before our senior year of high school. Since then, his dad has had a very long battle, with many ups and downs along the way. The past couple months things started to get a lot worse and the doctors began to find more tumors in different places. Ever since my trip home in March, I have been keeping in touch more with Curtis and had been hearing how bad it was getting. His family new that it was only a matter of time before the Lord took Kevin home. I spent the rest of that night in total shock that it was actually all over and that Kevin was now standing in the presence of God.

The next day, I headed home for the weekend, to spend Easter with my family. Once I was home, I talked with my dad and made the decision to stay home for a few extra days so that I could be home for Kevin’s funeral. Throughout the 6 days that I was home, I had the opportunity to hang out with Curtis. It was great to be able to sit and talk with him face to face. Kevin’s funeral was absolutely amazing. I walked away so blessed by the music, sharing of stories, pictures, and message given by Pastor Duane. Kevin was such an amazing man of God and will be greatly missed by so many. It was so great to hear about the man that Kevin was and to realize how much Kyle and Curtis are like him. I loved it.

The rest of that weekend was pretty good. I got to spend a lot of quality time with my dad which was a lot of fun. We went out to dinner a couple times and watched a few movies with just us. I love talking with him about techy stuff and hearing about the new products that he just found out about. I love him and was so happy to spend time with just him. I don’t get the opportunity to do that very often, so it was great. I also got to hang out with some other friends and just relax.

After spending that time at home, Ben came back to PCC with me for the weekend. It was so nice having him around school for a few days and show him what my college life is like. That weekend, my mom and dad came down to spend the weekend with me in So Cal. We ended up making a spontaneous decision to go to Disneyland for a day. It was so much fun. My family hadn’t been together since I was in first grade! I had a blast hanging out with them. I miss them all so much when I am at school.

As you can all imagine, this month has been pretty crazy for me, but I have enjoyed every minute of it. This week is my last week of my Sophomore year. It’s so weird to say that. I can hardly believe that my college career is half way over already. This past Monday we planted a tree in honor of Jen Uwarow and that was just great. I will write a blog about it in the next couple days. I have a lot to say about it and this blog is already long enough!

Well I should get back to the books now!!!!!!!!!!

God's Presence

Last Thursday night I went to the most amazing concert. The performers were Addison Road, Tenth Avenue North, Hawk Nelson (my boys), Jeremy Camp, and Mercy Me. The concert was only $10! I was so excited to see so many amazing bands for such a small amount of money. I was sad that only 7 PCCers went (Tim, Jana, Lorah, Rachel, Jason, Adrian, and I). I walked into the concert looking forward to seeing Jeremy Camp. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed all of the performers. The concert was held at the Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario (the minor league hockey team plays there). With the ticket price being so low, there were so many people that came out for the show. It was an amazing 3 hours of worshiping God. All of the bands did a wonderful job of centering their music on God and not on themselves. Hawk Nelson was a lot of fun (as usual). I always enjoy seeing them perform. They have so much energy and great facial expressions. When Addison Road was performing, I text messaged my friend Pat because I knew that he was going to the concert too. I told him what section I was in and then he told me he could see me. Rachel and I waved and then Pat and his friend Jeff waved back. It was pretty cool to be able to see each other from so far away. At some points during the concert, I could see Pat jumping up and down like a crazy person (pretty normal for Pat).

I have been to many Christians concerts in my 19 years of life, but never to one that has been so powerfully Christ centered. There are only a handful of times where I have felt the presence of God so strongly, that night was one of those times. During one of Jeremy Camp’s songs, I was brought to tears thinking about the day that I will kneel at the feet of Jesus and praise him for the rest of eternity. The entire night I felt God’s presence in that arena. I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed Mercy Me. There are a few songs by them that I really love, but I often get annoyed with them when I hear them on the radio. I really enjoyed all the songs that they sang that night. The lead singer has an amazing talent. It is so neat to see these bands using their talents and gifts for the glory of God.

Thankfulness

Life has been a very trying and difficult the past few weeks. I have been having a hard time trying to grasp why there is so much pain and agony in this world. As a Christian, I know that this is because of the fall of man and that we all sin and fall short of the glory of God. Cancer is the main thing that I can’t seem to understand. Every Christian sins and fails time and time again, but I don’t understand why so many good people are diagnosed with such a horrible disease. I have always known about how terrible cancer is and how it has affected my family in the past. Unfortunately, this year, I have had to experience watching several people suffer from it. Not only have I seen some of these people suffer, but have seen their families and friends suffer along with them. As I lay in bed every night and pray, I find myself asking God why he could allow these wonderful people to suffer like this. More often than not, I am brought to tears when thinking about it. God has been so comforting and strengthening throughout my relationship with Him. It is so hard when I doubt his power to heal. Every time I think about cancer and the negative effects that it has, I get very angry. I tend to think the worst and instead of hoping for the best. Throughout this past month, I believe that God has been working through me and in my heart to teach me that someone being diagnosed with cancer is not the end of the world.

This past weekend I took 3 friends (Lorah, Rachel, and Lynnae) to my hometown of Ripon. I had pretty low expectations for the weekend and was instead blessed tremendously by my family and friends. There were some things that I was really hoping to do while I was home and ended up getting to busy to do them. In the end it was all okay. Even with only about 60 hours actually spent in Nor Cal, I felt that I grew so much closer to my family and to my friends (from PCC and home). There are so many days that I wake up and dwell on all the heartache and pain that I am feeling. I want to so badly to be able to not do this and to, instead, concentrate on the many blessings that God has given me. This weekend really showed me how much I truly have to be thankful for. There are so many people that have played a role in helping me get to this point in my life. If I sat here and listed them all, I think that this would end up being on the longest blog entries in history. There is only one that deserves the most praise and honor for getting me here: My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

One of my favorite radio stations down here is Air 1 (the Christian alternative channel) I have signed up to be on their e-mail list and they send a daily Bible verse. Today, I was feeling pretty discouraged and this was the verse that was sent: "He will give you all you need from day to day if you live for Him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern. " Matthew 6:33. (NLT)

Praise God for His almighty greatness and the grace that he provides to his people every day.

Spring Break '09

I can’t believe that Spring Break has already come and gone. It feels like not too long ago I was sitting on the couch in my family room opening my plane ticket to South Carolina that my parents bought me. I think that it was by far one of the best gifts that I have ever received. Remembering back to Christmases and birthdays that have passed, I have been given some pretty great things. None could compare to this one. This was a gift that just kept giving.

At 5am on Thursday, February 20, my friend Pat picked me up and brought me to the Ontario airport. It was a very early start to my day. My first flight to Atlanta left Ontario at 6:35. It was a good flight and I slept most of the time. Once I landed in Atlanta I had a 1 hour and 15 minute layover. I made phone calls to my mom and dad and to Pat. I ended up talking to Pat for pretty much my entire layover, which was nice. I have flown by myself before, but only from Ontario to Sacramento. I have never had to do connecting flights by myself and had to sit so long in airports by myself…so needless to say, it was nice to have someone to talk to. My flight from Atlanta to Charlotte was nice and short. When I came down the escalator and saw Aunt Kristina, Lily, Marielle, and Paisley I couldn’t help but smile. In fact, I couldn’t stop smiling for quite a while. In the car on the way to Boiling Springs, South Carolina, Lily and Marielle were quite the chatterboxes. Every few minutes it was, “Bekah, Bekah, Bekah……” It was so cute.

Friday morning Lily woke me up at 7:30am…which would be 4:30 California time. Needless to say, I was just a tad tired. Lily had preschool yesterday so she was gone for the morning. My Aunt Kristina and I got ready and got Marielle and Paisley ready. Then we went and picked up Lily from school. We decided to go to Chick Fil A (the girls say it with a southern accent. It’s pretty cute) After lunch we went to a pottery painting place which was interesting. The girls lost interest pretty fast. Last night I babysat so that Aunt Kristina could go to her MOPs dinner.

Saturday morning, Lily, Marielle, and I made monkey bread for breakfast. After we all got ready we went and got pictures taken at the mall. It went pretty well. Then we drove around Greenville and looked at all kinds of really cute houses and awesome churches.On Sunday we all slept through church on accident..woops. Instead we stayed around the house and had a pretty lazy day, which was really nice. That night at about 7, it started snowing! we got the girls in their jackets and headed outside. they were very excited about it (AND so was I). Last night we started to watch August Rush and then the power went out. It was out for about for about 5 hours. It came back on at about 2 am. I was already asleep by then.

Monday morning Lily came and woke me up so that we could go play in the snow. It was absolutely gorgeous outside. The girls had fun playing in the snow. After playing in the snow for a while we came in and had breakfast. Since the roads were all icy today we ended up not going anywhere. The people here don't really know how to drive in snow and there are lots of accidents that end up happening, so my uncle prefers that we stay here. We finished watching August Rush (which is an amazing movie!!!!).

On Tuesday, we finally got to leave the house after been cooped up for 2 days. We tried to go bowling, but the bowling alley didn’t have power, so they were closed. We just ended up going to McDonalds and hanging out there for a while. On Tuesday night, Aunt Kristina, Paisley and I went out to a movie and to dinner. It was a lot of fun to get some time to talk and hang out without children running around everywhere.

On Wednesday Lily had school again, so we had another semi quiet morning. After picking her up we went and got some lunch and then went to Wal Mart. While we were there I bought the girls each a stuffed animal. They had a lot of fun with them and pretended that they were cars.

Thursday morning we all got up and got ready to go away for the weekend. We drove about 3 hours to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It was a nice, interesting drive there. We went through a couple very interesting little towns. One had the county jail smack dab in the middle of town. Once we got to Pigeon Forge we settled into our hotel and took a while just to relax. We decided to go drive around and explore the outlet malls and get some dinner.

On Friday, we did a lot more shopping and took the girls to a mini amusement park and they got to ride the train and the carousel. The girls had a ton of fun with it and didn’t want to leave.

Saturday, Paul came and met us to spend the rest of the weekend there. Before Paul got there, Aunt Kristina, the girls, and I walked around the town of Gatlinburg. Later on in the day we went to Ripley’s aquarium. It was a lot of fun to see the girls’ reactions to all the different kinds of fish.

On Sunday we packed up and headed back for South Carolina. We drove through the Great Smokey Mountains and made a stop in Cherokee.

Monday was my last day and we spent it just hanging around the house and relaxing. It was a nice time just hanging out with the girls and talking with Kristina. My flights home went well and I ended up sitting my some pretty interesting people, which made the flight seem shorter.

Being back at school is nice, but things are starting to pick up and become really busy. Only 49 days left of the semester!

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Happy un Valentine's Day

This year, Valentines was not a momentous occasion. There was not a romantic dinner for two, no moonlit walk on the beach, no beautiful bouquet of my favorite flower (which by the way are daisies), and no big box of my favorite candy. Valentines was an extremely hard, but also joy-filled day.

On Saturday morning I attended the funeral service of the amazing Jen Uwarow. We left school at 7:15 and headed to Forest Lawn in Hollywood Hills. Forest Lawn is a cemetery that has I think six different churches on the lot. All of the churches are absolutely gorgeous! Walking up to the church and seeing all the different groups of people made the situation so incredibly surreal. I am not sure if I have ever lived a more surreal morning in my entire life. I have known some incredible people that have passed away, but never really thought about the fact that they are standing in the presence of God now.

As we all entered through the doors of the church there were three amazing pictures of Jen. My favorite was one of her laughing. The church seemed to just become more and more filled. There was an incredible turn out…so many people there that loved Jen and her family. Many people ended up having to stand to the sides. Jen’s twin sister, Jessica, gave the eulogy. When Jessica first made her way to the front and began to speak, I sat there in utter amazement at how much they sound alike. From far away it looked as if Jen were standing there talking about her own life. One of the best things of the service was looking around to me fellow PCC students and seeing us all come together to comfort one another and praise God for not prolonging the suffering of our sister in Christ.

Last Friday, after chapel was over, one of the guys got up and made an announcement that the guys from Room 1 had something for all the single girls on campus. When we all walked out…there was a table set up with a flower and a card for each of us! It was such a nice gesture that all of us loved.

On Saturday afternoon, Lorah, Richard (Lorah’s cousin that’s visiting from Canada), Lynnae and I headed down to San Diego for the day. We headed to my friend Lauryn’s apartment. Lauryn is a sophomore at San Diego State University. I had never gone down to see her since we both left for college. It was really nice to see where she lived. After she showed us her apartment she brought us to the SDSU campus and showed us around. It was pretty cool. When you come from a 5 acre campus, seeing a school that has 30,000 students is pretty incredible. After seeing the campus we headed to Coronado Island. Coronado was gorgeous! Unfortunately we didn’t take into account that it was Valentine’s Day and the entire Island was swarming with people! But it was okay. We still had a good time seeing the Hotel Del Coronado.

Once we were done and I had said goodbye to Lauryn….we headed back to Orange (the city that Lorah lives in) and went to Don Jose’s for dinner. It was nice to eat some yummy Mexican food. Richard paid for all of our dinner…which was a nice treat. After dinner we went to Blockbuster and rented a movie and went back to Lorah’s house, drank coffee, and watched the movie.

At the end of the day, I lied in bed thinking about the amazing God that I strive to give glory to every day. God has blessed me with so many amazing people in my life. People who build me up and encourage me with my relationship with Christ. People who commit to praying for me. People who are always there when I need a shoulder to cry on, a listening ear, or someone to make me laugh. God is good. All the time. All the time. God is good.

In His Presence

Last night at 7:25 PST Jennifer Jane Uwarow lost her battle with cancer and went home to be with her Heavenly Father. Needless to say, it has been a very emotional 18 hours since the PCC campus found out. After we let everyone know, we all met in the chapel for a time of prayer. We sat there with the lights off and one candle lit. As I sat there holding Marie, one of the freshman girls, I couldn’t get the image of Jen and her husband Pete walking across campus holding hands. They are such an amazing couple with Christ at the center of their relationship. I can’t imagine how Pete is feeling right now. We prayed for about an hour and a half and then decided to sing for a bit. It was awesome to see a family of believers singing and praise God for all that he has provided us with. Although we are going to miss Jen tremendously, we know that she is in such a better place now. She is no longer suffering…she is standing in the presence of God. It’s so incredible to think that she got to meet Jesus Christ last night! I cannot even fathom the joy that she must be feeling. I am so thankful that I got to such an amazing school with a great community of believers, my brothers and sisters in Christ. We are leaning on God first, and second on each other.

I wanted to include some pictures in memory of Jen and the tremendous impact that she has had on so many people.

Hesed Hall residents after putting up our hand prints.

Jen (right) and her identical sister Jessica (left)
Jen and Pete on their wedding day, June 5, 2004

Jen & Pete's hand prints in Hesed Hall, next to the apartment they lived in from August-December 2008. Jen decided to resign from her position at Providence when she was diagnosed again with cancer at the end of November. The words were written by Pete when they moved out.

Providence Campus flag half mast, on February 9, 2009, in honor of Jen.

Here are some words written by Jen herself:

"I want to say I'm a woman who is willing to model honesty and brokenness--serious casualties to a social life. I realize yesterday was the last ordinary day and we shall soon exit to eternity and hear the long awaited whisper...welcome home. I am interested in being a difference-maker. That means doing good, but to do good we must do His work. Only the Shepherd of the Sick can make us better. I am inspired by truth. It takes seriousing one's mind to rethink life and see that true happiness always supercedes human beings."

There is also an article written about Jen on the Providence website. This is the link: http://www.providencecc.net/jenuwarow.cfm

I ask that all who read this will keep Pete and their family and friends in your prayers through this difficult time. The funeral is on this Saturday, February 14, at 9.

Jen & Pete Uwarow

As I write this, it is 2am and I am sitting here in the hallways of my dorm. Right before Thanksgiving break my Resident Director, Jen Uwarow, was diagnosed with cancer for the third time in less than five years. This time that cancer was found in her bones and liver. After Christmas, Jen & her husband Pete (who also lived on campus) decided that they were no longer going to continue their position here. Jen had been struggling tremendously and didn’t feel that she would be able to fulfill her duties any longer. The chemo treatments that she was on were taking too big of a toll on Jen, so Jen & Pete decided to forgo chemo treatments. This was about a month ago. A few days ago Jen was encouraged by her doctor to go to the hospital because her liver looked like it had blockage and may need surgery. The doctors at the hospital found out that there wasn’t blockage and that the liver was beginning to suffer due to the cancer. Tonight we got an update on her caring bridge site that read:

“The liver doctor's opinion is that 95% of Jennifer's liver is not functioning. The oncologist said that she has at the very most two weeks to live. She will continue to want to sleep more and more and then eventually will fall into a coma for about 72 hours, not experiencing pain Jennifer will meet Jesus. She'll be at the hospital for at least the weekend. I personally would rather people not come and visit in the room but if you'd like to come to the lobby I'm sure one of us in the family can see you.
Please join the family in praising God for His mercy toward Jennifer, since being in the hospital this week she hasn't experienced any itching (which she told us a number of times was actually worse to live with than cancer and cancer treatment) and from what all of us can tell hasn't been in too much pain.
Pete”

This was not an easy update to read. This morning in chapel we spent time in small groups praying for Jen & Pete. This was before we knew this recent news. Pete had called Mr. K (Dean of Student Life) and told him that they had felt peace this morning and that he and Jen knew it was because of our prayers. This was amazing to hear. Although this news has been very emotional, I am comforted to know that Jen will soon be with her Lord and Savior.

There are so many different verses that have stood out to me in the past two hours. One of them is John 14:1-3. I recently came along this verse and have found it very encouraging.

John 14:1-3 (ESV)
"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”

I ask that you keep Jen & Pete Uwarow in your prayers.

Super Bowl XLIII

Did you know that more food is consumed on Super Bowl Sunday than on Thanksgiving. I guess when you think about it, most people will eat consistently all day long during the Super Bowl, bit on Thanksgiving, most people will sit down and have one big meal. As I sat here on a couch, in a room filled with about 20 other people, watching Super Bowl XLIII, I see the difference between girls and boys. Most of the boys scream and shout and the girls just kind of sit back and watch and cheer when something good is happening. The majority of us have our fingers crossed for the Steelers, hoping that they can pull through to win their 6th Super Bowl and become the only team to ever win six Super Bowls. There are also a few Cardinal fans, which makes for an interesting afternoon of friends battling out and hoping that their team will win and they can rub it in the others’ faces. As the game continues and the Steelers are up 20-13 in the 4th quarter, the Cardinal fans are growing more agitated. A rather funny thing about watching the Super Bowl, is hearing people that don’t know much about football, ask a bunch of questions as to what’s going on. I don’t understand every little call, but I understand the majority of it.

After the game is over, there’s a special 1 hour episode of The Office with quite a few guest appearances. If you don’t already know, I LOVE The Office. In fact I own the first 3 seasons on DVD, which makes for a pretty good procrastination tool. Hehehe. Shhh…don’t tell my mom I said that.

This last week was pretty good. My tests went pretty well. I got my Spanish grade back and was somewhat happy with my grade. This week I have a huge Educational Psychology test. Although it’s gonna be pretty difficult, it is my most interesting class, so I actually enjoy studying for it.

I can’t believe that it’s already February and midterms are coming up in about 3 weeks. It’s so weird to be walking around in 80 degree weather and not being able to see pretty blossoms and have a little rain. Oh well, I guess I should probably be thankful for the warm weather. Farewell for now.

Your light will shine when all else fades

Lately I have been listening to a lot of worship music in my free time. I have been enjoying listening to the amazing words that these artists sing about. One particular band that I have been enjoying a lot is Hillsong. They have quite a few powerful songs. Recently I heard the song , “From the Inside Out.” I had heard the song quite a few times on my iTunes, but the words had never really clicked in my head until 2 weeks ago when we sang it at CrossPoint CRC. I have included the words and hope that you all would look up the song and follow along with the words.

Hillsong United, “From the Inside Out”
A thousand times I've failed
Still your mercy remains
And should I stumble again
Still I'm caught in your grace

Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
my heart and my soul, Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise become my embrace
To love You from the inside out

Your will above all else, my purpose remains
The art of losing myself in bringing you praise

Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
In my heart, in my soul, Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise become my embrace
To love You from the inside out

Chorus 2x
Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart is to bring You praise
From the inside out Lord, my soul cries out

30 days and counting!

One month from this very moment I will be on an airplane, flying to South Carolina for Spring Break. For those of you who don’t already know, I got a plane ticket to their Christmas from my parents. I can’t wait to see my Aunt Kristina and my three little girls, Lily, Marielle, and Paisley. Tomorrow is Lily’s 4th birthday! I can’t believe that four years have passed since she was born. I feel like it was yesterday that I went to the hospital to hold that adorable little girl. My mom, Grandma, and Edward are in South Carolina right now visiting for a couple weeks. My mom told me that Lily is acting so grown up. I can’t wait to hold little Paisley again and to snuggle with Marielle aka Sissy and her many stuffed animal frogs.

This semester is going very smoothly so far. The busyness starts this week. I have a Spanish test, Bible test on the book of Romans, and a paper, a presentation, and a paper topic due in Cross-Cultural Communications. I luckily am not feeling too overwhelmed with it….yet. Last week was a little stressful when both my iPod and my laptop charger broke. My dad was very gracious and rush delivered a power cord to me. It’s only been a week since my iPod broke and I am already going through withdrawals. I knew that I used mu iPod quite often, but never realized how much I used it until I didn’t have it anymore. After my next paycheck, I am planning on bringing it in the Apple Store to see if they can fix it. If not, I might try and buy a new one. So we shall see how that all pans out in the coming weeks.

Other than being busy with school, college life is treating me very well. In the past few weeks I have realized what and amazing school that I go to. I couldn’t have asked for better professors, roommates, friends, resident life staff, student life staff, office staff, and everything else that Providence has to offer. I have grown to love my Lord and Savior more and more as the days go by and learned the importance of being firmly grounded in all aspects of life.

As Calvary Reformed always says, “God is good, all the time. And all the time, God is good.”

Back Again

As most of you know, I am back at school again and just started my 3rd semester at Providence. I am enjoying being back after a wonderful Christmas break at home. I really enjoyed spending time with family and friends. It was a great time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Along with all the different Christmas celebrations, I had the privilege to attend 2 weddings. The first one was for Julie Vanden Heuvel, a staff member at Providence. The wedding was gorgeous and it was fun to see her and Steve so happy. The 2nd wedding was for Kassi Weerheim and Darren Van Vliet. Kassi and I have been friends since we were three and have always enjoyed hanging out when I am home. Kassi and Darren’s wedding was absolutely beautiful, Kassi looked stunning in her princess like dress and Darren had a smile on his face all night.

I got back to school on Monday, January 5 in early afternoon. I was excited to get back to school because my friend Meg was still in town visiting her boyfriend/fiancé. That night a group of us went bowling which was a lot of fun. I talked to Meg a lot about her wedding and other plans. Brian and Meg are getting married this summer on August 14. I am very excited to go up to Washington this summer to see them get married.

The rest of this week has been pretty relaxed. I started my classes and received all of my syllabi. Right now I am not too overwhelmed with my class load this semester. I am really excited for my Educational Psychology class. It seems like it’s going to be very interesting class and that I will learn a lot. I am looking forward to getting more in depth. I am still working in the Café (Providence Kitchen) this semester and working at my church once every other Thursday for the MOPs program. It will most likely be a pretty busy semester.

Friday was Benjamin’s 17th birthday. I can’t believe it. My family went to RC’s homecoming and then Ben had friends over afterwards for a birthday party. On Saturday, Ben had homecoming and Winter Banquet. It was hard not be home to see him go off all dressed in his suit.