Hard to Believe

These past two weeks have been the most busy weeks of my college career up until this point. I never thought it was possible to do that many presentations, papers, and projects! But by the help of the Lord I finished them. All that stands between me and summertime is a week of final exams. My professors have been kind to us (for the most part) and given us finals that won't cause me to die of stress. Some big news is that MONDAY I will be buying my plane tickets to Dominica, and MONDAY I find out the logistics of the Scotland trip as well. It's going to be a big day!

God really and truly does answer prayers. I have been praying about this summer since last summer, and God gave me the chance to go to these countries outside the USA. It's been a blessing to be here at Harding this school year. He gave me a great group of friends and time to get to know them. I enjoyed everything I've done, and I've loved having my own space here as well. I believe that's what really helped me enjoy living on campus. I branched out of my comfort zone and tried new things. Overall, I'm just blessed. I hope you have been as well! Have a wonderful summer! I may be making a new blog OR using this one as my travel blog. I'm not sure yet, but I know I need to document this summer somehow. I'll probably just keep most of it in my writer's notebook, though.

May God bless you as much as He has blessed me!!

We All Love Chi Kappa Rho!

If you haven't figured out from the title, I'm writing about my new favorite thing ever: my social club. See, I pledged as a Junior -- Crazy, I know. But I'm so glad I did! I met so many sweet and wonderful girls who have quickly become my good friends. The reason I decided to pledge was because I felt that I needed a way to be connected on campus better. My top priorities are school, boyfriend, sleep, but social falls to the wayside most times because those top three are so time-consuming in general. This last fall I didn't even go to the first round mixer, but XKP invited me to their third round and then visitation!

I'm a Spanish major and one of my best friends - Caitlin - was my "big sister," and she's also a Spanish major :)

I went through pledge week and loved the getting to know everyone. It has been one of my best years here at Harding! I made the most of my college career. And yes, school and boyfriend and sleep are still my top 3 priorities, but I've made room for relationships here now. I can't believe I will be done with this year and moving on to my final year at Harding. I'll be a REAL senior and not just the classification-by-hours-senior. I'll finish this blog by adding some of my favorite pictures from all the events we've had: pledge week, Christmas function, Spring Formal...Awesome :)

My sweet pledge class! Love these girls. They have helped me grow in so many ways :)

SPANISH MAJOR FRIENDS! Mandy, Lucinda, Me, and Caitlin

My future roommate Amy :) She's awesome, by the way.

Tiqua - My lovely "big sister" who is graduating!

Kelsey! My fun "date" to the Spring Formal!

I guess to really end this blog, I want to add one quote that really sums up my year. It's by Dr. Seuss - shocking that an Elementary Education major would quote him (not) - and it really gave me a different perspective on how to go about this year. My 3rd year here has been great because I made it great with the help of my Lord. He has allowed me to grow spiritually and given me so many chances to influence others. Without Him, I would be lost!