Walkin in a winter wonderland!

Lot's of snow here! We probably have about a foot or so. The pic was taken the on Saturday night after it had been snowing for probably 12 or more hours! There have been kids on Prez's hill (the hill that goes down from President Medder's house) everyday since this big snow fall. Some of the girls and I also enjoyed the hill with some industrial size garbage bags! :) Make your own fun I guess, we are definitely good at it!!

Thursday is American Thanksgiving! :( The American girls that I hang out with and I were talking all about Thanksgiving; the big paper, waking up in the morning to the smell of turkey, watching the parade, and Black Friday. We are all so sad that we are going to miss it! We are having our own celebration consisting of spending the whole day in the lounge watching the parade, making breakfast, ordering pizza and hanging out. In the evening the school does a Thanksgiving like dinner, which won't be the same of course, but it will be nice! It will be a good day, but different I am sure, my thoughts will definitely be 1000 miles away.

Please pray for me. The last couple of weeks have been extremely rough and I nearly reached my limit this weekend. In such a small school girl drama runs wild and is hard to escape, I am not one that enjoys that scene and it really takes a large toll on me. I am trying to find joy in everyday and I have been reminding myself that everyday is a gift from God, and nothing can bring me down unless I choose for it to. It just gets rough when things are weighing on you heavily for an extended period of time. Break will definitely be a great reliever of that stress.

18 days until I come home! I am so excited! There is so much to look forward to when I am home! My roommate and I have a countdown in our room and are both eagerly anticipating when we get to go home. It will be a good time :)

Well, I am out. Have a lovely evening/day/ect.

Love you all.

SNOW!!

I woke up this morning to a very chilly room because Vanessa and I had left our window propped open last night! When I went to close it all the way, I looked out the window so I could see what the last few mornings has been heavy frost, and there was SNOW!! I was so excited, and had to remind myself to be quiet because  Vanessa was sleeping. It's not a lot, probably not even an inch, but there is a light covering on the rooftops, some places on the sidewalks and grass, and around the trees....I don't care how much or how little it is, I am just excited to see some of that white stuff! We are supposed to have 5 centimeters by the end of this week; I'm not super sure of what that means but I think around 4ish inches. :) 

Last night Alyssa and I got very Christmas-y and bought lots of Christmas stuff at Wal*Mart. I got a little baby tree and Alyssa bought a wreath, a big bow, construction paper and lights. We had a fun time after we wrote papers [:P] decorating my little tree and making red and green paper chains. My room now looks like Christmas threw up in it! I love it though, and it makes our room all the more cheery!

Today I only have classes until 12, and then I am done! Monday, Wednesday and Fridays are lovely free days, which I will enjoy to the fullest because next semester I will be busy everyday. Tonight after dinner we have d-groups, our small groups, from 7-8ish. I enjoy d-group very much and the girls who are in my group.

Well, I just wanted to update on our first snow! Can't wait for more! 24 days!!!!!

love you all. 

I WANT SNOW!!!!

It's snowing like crazy at home and I want snow here!! It's super cold, but we haven't had the slightest hint of snow, and weather reports say its not coming for awhile. BUMMER. I would really love some of that white stuff ((it'll make me feel a bit more at home! )). As an inspiration for the snow to come I decorated our room tonight; a green curtain over the window, snowflake 'garland' ((from my grams! )), candy canes and of course our christmas lights. It looks really cute! Plus, we've been dowloading Christmas music all night and it's been playing loudly since after dinner!! I said I wouldn't break any of the Christmas stuff out until after Thanksgiving, but I REALLY want snow and I am feeling very festive!

On Sunday Alyssa and I, along with 2 other Michigan girls got invited over for Dinner. It was WONDERFUL. All of the food was prepared from scratch and we got to help in the kitchen! We enjoyed yummy chicken, ham, squash, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, salad, and peas. For dessert we had cake that Alyssa and I prepared; chocolate cake with hand whipped cream, ice cream, homemade fudge sauce, and cherries. We were SO spoiled!! It all tasted so good, and I am not sure that the family knew how much they blessed us. I am so thankful for those simple gestures.

Today I only had class from 8-10, 11-12. I had the whole afternoon off and enjoyed some extra sleep; it was lovely. Tonight Alyssa and I walked down to Dairy Queen and enjoyed non-campus food. We talked some and enjoyed time away, campus is nice, but sometimes you need a breather! Non-campus food is always nice too!!

Tonight I am headed to bed early, 2 hour Psychology classes at 8am on Tuesdays kill  me! It will be nice to be in bed before 1am.

picture of  me :) My hair has gotten really long since I've been here! This weekend I am getting my bangs cut, which will be nice because they are very long. 

well I am headed out. Love you all. 25 more days....

WOW. Update!

It's been awhile and I apologize...I've been pretty busy! 

:) Just some pictures I've taken in Sussex. The amount of photo opportunities here is incredible.  My interest in photography sparked again greatly when I got here! 

Thursday 4 other girls and I went to St. John and did some shopping. I needed some jeans and the Christmas banquet is coming up, so dresses are needed! Me and the girls tried on lots of dresses just for fun, and Alyssa ended up buying a really pretty black one. The Christmas banquet is in the first couple of weeks of December; the time is approaching quickly! It was a great day to get away and have some fun with the girls, I enjoyed it immensely.

Finally it's the weekend! Tonight some girls and I went to Superstore (similar to Family Fare) to buy some baking supplies; brownie mix, cookie mix, cookie cutters, eggs, ect. We reserved the lounge from 9-12 so that we could bake and watch movies. We baked a couple dozen cookies and brownies. The sweets were delicious!! We listened to Christmas music the whole time we were baking, I am so ready for Christmas to come!! :) We started watching Premonition awhile ago, and after the movie is done I am ready to konk out in bed! It's been a long week emotionally and physically.

Next week will probably be no different than others.  I cannot think of any special events that are happening at all. Every day is one more day towards home! Right now I have 28!! It will be great being home and seeing everyone again. 

Have a great weekend. I love you all.

Encounter

Encounter is this weekend! More than 250 students will be on campus and I am excited to see some new faces! My apartment has 9 girls staying in it, besides the 3 that will be here this weekend, it's going be a fun time trying to juggle 12 girls and one bathroom! :) It will be fun though, I remember my visit to BBC being a great time.

Encounter is a 24 hour event and many high school students from all over North America come to participate in fun, rallies and to learn more about the school. I am excited for the students so be here and for us to get to know them! It will be a good weekend Im sure.

Tonight the girls in my apartment and I went to Wal*Mart and did some shopping for the weekend. We bough crepe paper, christmas lights, poster board and and cookie dough. We decorated our front hall and arranged our lounge so there is plenty of floor space for them to crash on. :)

We all made posters, and I will post pictures in a bit!
:) Home in 35ish days, I am very excited!

the hallway with Christmas lights and posters!

welcome to Booster! (Encounter was called Booster until this year, so the name stuck a bit!)

the poster I made...Welcome to 210!

Some fun "rules" we made up...

1. Eat Cookies

2. Have fun!

3. Repeat number 2 and laugh your face off

4. Dance parties are always permitted and expected!

5. Enjoy Booster!

6. Kissing boys is BAD (it said fun, but that got crossed off for obvious reasons :)), just dont do it at Bethany!

We only ended up having one girl in our apt, but she enjoyed the poster and felt very welcomed. All the girls in JP are still enjoying the decor in our hall and it is a cheery environment to walk in everyday! There ended up being 350 kids on campus! The weekend was a good one :)