Thursday, May 28, 2009
A message from the south.
My heart and prayers go out to the dear family back home who have lost thier loved one, please let them know that they have a family in Christ down here in Alabama and they are praying for them.
Just call me Lifeguard Becky....hahah
Im an official certified Lifeguard!
it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. i did get frustrated at times with myself and my inability to do some of the manuevers. but all it all, it was good. awkward at times cause it was me and two guys. and we had to be victims for eachother. and yeah.... im not a touchy person. there was touching. My bubble is popped, that is for sure.
As for an update. Ive gone canoeing. played with frogs, turtles, fish, aligators, snakes. Got to feed a mouse to a snake. hold a snake. hold an aligator. Its been rainy all week so the boat dock was partially under water and i love boating and such and water and yeah, well i was walking around the dock and i was walking around the corner (well, its circularish, so it was moreso like a octogon) and there on the part ofthe dock that the water had just went down from was a Big Brim. so much bigger then any of the brim i have caught in Lake Albert. it was great! it was just laying there! after examining it a little i helped get it back to the water, being careful of its fins cause they are sharp as needles. it was great! there is so much that i have to tell you all, i walk around or am just thinking as the day goes on and i learn more or see more and do more, and i wish i had paper with me at all times because i wish i could record it all! being able to Think clearly again is awesome.
it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. i did get frustrated at times with myself and my inability to do some of the manuevers. but all it all, it was good. awkward at times cause it was me and two guys. and we had to be victims for eachother. and yeah.... im not a touchy person. there was touching. My bubble is popped, that is for sure.
As for an update. Ive gone canoeing. played with frogs, turtles, fish, aligators, snakes. Got to feed a mouse to a snake. hold a snake. hold an aligator. Its been rainy all week so the boat dock was partially under water and i love boating and such and water and yeah, well i was walking around the dock and i was walking around the corner (well, its circularish, so it was moreso like a octogon) and there on the part ofthe dock that the water had just went down from was a Big Brim. so much bigger then any of the brim i have caught in Lake Albert. it was great! it was just laying there! after examining it a little i helped get it back to the water, being careful of its fins cause they are sharp as needles. it was great! there is so much that i have to tell you all, i walk around or am just thinking as the day goes on and i learn more or see more and do more, and i wish i had paper with me at all times because i wish i could record it all! being able to Think clearly again is awesome.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Final Grade!!! :)
AND im pleased to report that I have finished my Second Semester of College with a GPA of 3.67, a .32 improvement of my first semester which i had completed with a 3.35!!!
AND ive completed my first year of College with a GPA of 3.51!!!!
im excited!
I didn't think i could do that! i know i couldnt have done it with out God's help! and your encouragement from back home! i love you all and am so excited!
man! i have hope for the fall!
AND ive completed my first year of College with a GPA of 3.51!!!!
im excited!
I didn't think i could do that! i know i couldnt have done it with out God's help! and your encouragement from back home! i love you all and am so excited!
man! i have hope for the fall!
Highlights of the day!
There were highlights! they deserve their own post!
The guys are pretty nice.
After dinner, we had a Homemade Icecream social, and then we went out and took some canoes out on the lake. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE canoeing and have been wanting to do this for a while, as in this entire semester i have been wanting to get out on the water with a canoe or kyak. I was very excited! still am excited that i got to do it. we raced in the canoes a couple times and just floated in. then one of the guys spotted lightning, and see as we were in METAL boats in the Lake, we used our newly trained Lifeguard minds to determine that it would probably be best to get out of the water. interesting task all on its own cause it had rained so much the the dock was almost completely under water. thus making it really interesting to try to get out of the boat...!
Great times!
The guys are pretty nice.
After dinner, we had a Homemade Icecream social, and then we went out and took some canoes out on the lake. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE canoeing and have been wanting to do this for a while, as in this entire semester i have been wanting to get out on the water with a canoe or kyak. I was very excited! still am excited that i got to do it. we raced in the canoes a couple times and just floated in. then one of the guys spotted lightning, and see as we were in METAL boats in the Lake, we used our newly trained Lifeguard minds to determine that it would probably be best to get out of the water. interesting task all on its own cause it had rained so much the the dock was almost completely under water. thus making it really interesting to try to get out of the boat...!
Great times!
Im at camp!
I signed up a couple months ago for lifeguard training, but i freaked myself out the more i thought about it so i backed out. then my Camp boss messaged me on facebook, 3 more people backed out of the lifeguarding, leaving them in a pickel. So, (and this was yesterday), i packed and shoved the remainder of my stuff from school in my car (got everything but my bike in) and left for Camp Victory after church last night.
When I arrived, I was welcomed by the ant pile, that was freshly surfaced by the week of rain we've had, right beside my car. My feet were completely swarmed with ants and left me with around 14 ant bites.
I was able to get my duffle bag in my cabin, and got settled pretty quick. I was then faced with an empty cabin and nothing to do. as i was reading, i got a big knock on my door. My lifeguard instructor/teacher guy was at the door along with one of the other guys that were doing the lifeguard training with me, they just wanted to give me my lifeguard manual.
so Now its the end of my first day of lifeguard training. can i just take a minute and say that i never in a million years would picture myself as a lifeguard. im not that great a swimmer and today has proved that. this is a bubble-popping experience. (i have difficulty jolting myself out and onto the side of the pool. and i can hardly kick well which is a kinda important thing to be able to do when SAVING someone, and theres this thing where i have to walk into the deep end with the floaty thing and im supposed to just sorta bounce in thewater, but my head is supposed to pretty much stay out of the water...yeah not good at that, i just kinda sink.) It gets better though. Im one of three people in the class, and im the only girl! yeah. Its not too too bad though. we had to swim 300yrds. which was 21 laps for the pool we were in. We had to "rescue" a victim a bunch of different ways, enter the pool in a couple different ways, sit in a class basically all day, and we got to put together a manican (which was pretty fun actually). hehe and its rained all day at various times, so we would run out, do our pool stuff, then run back in before the rain came.
Its good though. i might sound like a Debbie Downer, but its a good bubble popping experience. this is just what has gone on through my mind. its difficult and a little discouraging when the guys jump in and do everything perfect and make it look so easy, then i jump in and i struggle with everything.
So in case you were wondering. I am in Hacoda, Alabama. Which is 5 miles from Samson, Alabama. My phone doesn't get any service at all and I dont foresee being able to get on my computer much so its back to the good ole Snail Mail. Ill probably write home a bunch. and ill blog at least a quick blurb here and there when i can. Once i get through the lifeguard training, my mind will be more at ease.
for now, good night. Love you all.
When I arrived, I was welcomed by the ant pile, that was freshly surfaced by the week of rain we've had, right beside my car. My feet were completely swarmed with ants and left me with around 14 ant bites.
I was able to get my duffle bag in my cabin, and got settled pretty quick. I was then faced with an empty cabin and nothing to do. as i was reading, i got a big knock on my door. My lifeguard instructor/teacher guy was at the door along with one of the other guys that were doing the lifeguard training with me, they just wanted to give me my lifeguard manual.
so Now its the end of my first day of lifeguard training. can i just take a minute and say that i never in a million years would picture myself as a lifeguard. im not that great a swimmer and today has proved that. this is a bubble-popping experience. (i have difficulty jolting myself out and onto the side of the pool. and i can hardly kick well which is a kinda important thing to be able to do when SAVING someone, and theres this thing where i have to walk into the deep end with the floaty thing and im supposed to just sorta bounce in thewater, but my head is supposed to pretty much stay out of the water...yeah not good at that, i just kinda sink.) It gets better though. Im one of three people in the class, and im the only girl! yeah. Its not too too bad though. we had to swim 300yrds. which was 21 laps for the pool we were in. We had to "rescue" a victim a bunch of different ways, enter the pool in a couple different ways, sit in a class basically all day, and we got to put together a manican (which was pretty fun actually). hehe and its rained all day at various times, so we would run out, do our pool stuff, then run back in before the rain came.
Its good though. i might sound like a Debbie Downer, but its a good bubble popping experience. this is just what has gone on through my mind. its difficult and a little discouraging when the guys jump in and do everything perfect and make it look so easy, then i jump in and i struggle with everything.
So in case you were wondering. I am in Hacoda, Alabama. Which is 5 miles from Samson, Alabama. My phone doesn't get any service at all and I dont foresee being able to get on my computer much so its back to the good ole Snail Mail. Ill probably write home a bunch. and ill blog at least a quick blurb here and there when i can. Once i get through the lifeguard training, my mind will be more at ease.
for now, good night. Love you all.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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A Place in God's Family
"But as many as received Him, to them He gave
the right to become children of God." John 1:12
that is the theme for Camp Victory this summer.(the camp im working for)
i just realized that i have to come up with a devo for each night with my cabin, and i need to bounce ideas, i would like to to try to incorporate the theme in with them. but i dont know how to really go about doing that. im up for whatever ideas or suggestions. I will be focusing prayer towards this until i go, so if you would like to pray along with me, i would like to be ready for my first group of campers, because each camper only has one week, they dont have time for me to mess up and so im praying that God will show me what He wants me to say to my campers.
thanks all,
love you much!
"But as many as received Him, to them He gave
the right to become children of God." John 1:12
that is the theme for Camp Victory this summer.(the camp im working for)
i just realized that i have to come up with a devo for each night with my cabin, and i need to bounce ideas, i would like to to try to incorporate the theme in with them. but i dont know how to really go about doing that. im up for whatever ideas or suggestions. I will be focusing prayer towards this until i go, so if you would like to pray along with me, i would like to be ready for my first group of campers, because each camper only has one week, they dont have time for me to mess up and so im praying that God will show me what He wants me to say to my campers.
thanks all,
love you much!
bitter-sweet
reading everyone's blogs is a bitter sweet process. i love you all and love hearing the updates of your life(the sweet part). but i miss stafford alot, and so thus is why it is bitter.
i know im where God wants me to be, but im human, and i miss home.
i know im where God wants me to be, but im human, and i miss home.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Update
As per request, i shall update yall.
Camp: I leave for camp in two weeks. Even having done the camp deal before, im still nervous because its a completely different deal. With Global, i had been a camper for years, which made switching to staff slightly easier because i knew what it was like to be a camper and i knew people already, there was a history in it. This, Camp Victory, is starting from scratch. i asked one of my fellow staff members what i should expect, her list was very similar to what i would expect to go to camp with global, but now im going to be living with my campers. and they are all in elementary school. which i love, i love lil kids, they are alot of fun, and taking care of everyone's kids back home i hope has prepared me for this. i just, well there is still that little bit of uncertainty. In due time it will work out. i hope to use my time wisely up until then so that i can prepare as much as possible. im excited for this next chapter of my life, Camp Victory, HERE I COME!
RA Deal: After camp is when it begins. the thinking about the summr is overpowering the thinking about the fall. but i do know that its going to be a crazy semester. i have to decide, rather quickly, if i should take less work hours, or if i should try to get another job. i dont even know if there are openings in our coffee shop, but i would like to try to get a job there, it will help me be able to make money and do my homework at the same time. i love my job now, i just dont know if i am going to be able to stick with the schedule i have, right now i have three classes on tuesdays and thursdays, and three on monday and wednesday and two on fridays. plus work, plus RA. it will be jampacked, and that is ok. That will be ok. on crazy semester so that i can finish the general education stuff.
There is alot that happened this past semester in our dorm. my RD approached me last week to "warn" me of what im getting myself into. She said that i would need someone outside of the school to vent to at times and that i need to find my one thing to do for me every week as a way of refreshing. and that there will be times that the best thing for me to do is just get away for a day with my friends to relax. (would scare me off, but it doesnt, maybe i havent fully grasped what im getting into...)
thats about it though for now...
Camp: I leave for camp in two weeks. Even having done the camp deal before, im still nervous because its a completely different deal. With Global, i had been a camper for years, which made switching to staff slightly easier because i knew what it was like to be a camper and i knew people already, there was a history in it. This, Camp Victory, is starting from scratch. i asked one of my fellow staff members what i should expect, her list was very similar to what i would expect to go to camp with global, but now im going to be living with my campers. and they are all in elementary school. which i love, i love lil kids, they are alot of fun, and taking care of everyone's kids back home i hope has prepared me for this. i just, well there is still that little bit of uncertainty. In due time it will work out. i hope to use my time wisely up until then so that i can prepare as much as possible. im excited for this next chapter of my life, Camp Victory, HERE I COME!
RA Deal: After camp is when it begins. the thinking about the summr is overpowering the thinking about the fall. but i do know that its going to be a crazy semester. i have to decide, rather quickly, if i should take less work hours, or if i should try to get another job. i dont even know if there are openings in our coffee shop, but i would like to try to get a job there, it will help me be able to make money and do my homework at the same time. i love my job now, i just dont know if i am going to be able to stick with the schedule i have, right now i have three classes on tuesdays and thursdays, and three on monday and wednesday and two on fridays. plus work, plus RA. it will be jampacked, and that is ok. That will be ok. on crazy semester so that i can finish the general education stuff.
There is alot that happened this past semester in our dorm. my RD approached me last week to "warn" me of what im getting myself into. She said that i would need someone outside of the school to vent to at times and that i need to find my one thing to do for me every week as a way of refreshing. and that there will be times that the best thing for me to do is just get away for a day with my friends to relax. (would scare me off, but it doesnt, maybe i havent fully grasped what im getting into...)
thats about it though for now...
Monday, May 18, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACH!!!!!!!!
i am now 80% moved out. the room is clean, most of everything is moved out, i just have to wake up and through the last bit in the car, im hoping that if i rearange alittle i will be ableto fit ALL of my stuff in the car, right now i can fit all but my two drawer things. 2 weeks of nothing. i do get to work on thursday for a few hours so thats good. im rather tired, ive been packing all day and now is is 3:45am.
love you all!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACH!!!!!!!!!
love you all!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACH!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, May 17, 2009
life
went to the beach with a friend for the weekend. it was AMAZING!
I miss my friends though, they are my family here and now they are gone too. kinda stinks.
im moving out of Napier dorm and moving into East Lake Dorm for the last two weeks before camp. so i am in the process of packing my room. praying that all my stuff will fit in the car cause thats where it will be for the summer.
im rather excited about camp. and hoping that these two weeks will be refreshing and that i will prepare for the summer of craziness
Random Thought:
God has been revealing his wonderful-ness to me, i like having him in the driver seat.
I miss my friends though, they are my family here and now they are gone too. kinda stinks.
im moving out of Napier dorm and moving into East Lake Dorm for the last two weeks before camp. so i am in the process of packing my room. praying that all my stuff will fit in the car cause thats where it will be for the summer.
im rather excited about camp. and hoping that these two weeks will be refreshing and that i will prepare for the summer of craziness
Random Thought:
God has been revealing his wonderful-ness to me, i like having him in the driver seat.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Freshman year: COMPLETED!!!!
Its 3am right now, so technically as i speak of "today" its really my "tomorrow" but for the sake of sanity, today=May 12, 2009
Today was a great day because today ended my stress and my craziness as i COMPLETED my FIRST year of COLLEGE!!!!!!!!
AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! im so excited! no more stress. i no longer wish to pull my hair out!
Reflecting for a minute, it has been a crazy year, o so much learned, o so much done.
Not excited to say good bye to my peeps but im looking forward to camp and am excited for next semester but am SO going to ENJOY this BREAK from SCHOOL!!!!!!
love you all, thank you for your support! you rock!
(and in case you are wondering why im up at 3am. we had a midnight breakfast thing that our President, Vice President and another big name guy for our school SERVED US!!!!! and afterwards my friend Liz showed me about 3 hours worth of documentaries and such from "Invisible Children" Go to thier site, its crazy. invisiblechildren.com)
k good night!
Today was a great day because today ended my stress and my craziness as i COMPLETED my FIRST year of COLLEGE!!!!!!!!
AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! im so excited! no more stress. i no longer wish to pull my hair out!
Reflecting for a minute, it has been a crazy year, o so much learned, o so much done.
Not excited to say good bye to my peeps but im looking forward to camp and am excited for next semester but am SO going to ENJOY this BREAK from SCHOOL!!!!!!
love you all, thank you for your support! you rock!
(and in case you are wondering why im up at 3am. we had a midnight breakfast thing that our President, Vice President and another big name guy for our school SERVED US!!!!! and afterwards my friend Liz showed me about 3 hours worth of documentaries and such from "Invisible Children" Go to thier site, its crazy. invisiblechildren.com)
k good night!
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Hello
finals are monday and tuesday. im feeling stressed. a little overwelmed. and im sure there is something i could have done to prevent this. next semester: be more studius.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
(sorta) URGENT PRAYER REQUEST!!!!
Can i ask you all to pray with me for the next 24 hours. I was offered the RA position (asistant to the Resident Director) today by my RD(Resident Director). I have been praying about this position for awhile, but just to be sure that it is the way to go, Im taking 24hours to straight up pray about it. We have our end of the year party tomorrow night and she wants to announce or not announce the decision. i love you all and appreciate all your support. Thank you.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Saturday with the girls
7:30am- Wake up and get ready
8:10am- pack up car and leave for Phase one of the day (photo shoot in chipley)
8:45am-begin photo shoot. First stop: the yellow train car thing, 2nd stop: Old train station, 3rd stop: Train tracks, 4th: Old Train, 5th stop: moutain of rocks, 6th stop: old awesome wall building thing
9:45ish am- got an apple at the Farmers Market and went to KFC to change (it was technically closed but the lady let us use the restroom to change from Photo shoot clothes to BEACH CLOTHES!!!
10:10ish am- pick up friend from Defuniak
10:55am-Liz got yelled at by the cops for not pulling over quick enough so he could pass us to go on a call, wasting time by yelling at us.
11:00am- arrive at beach in Destin and set up, take a picks and then go play in the waves!!!
11:00am-2pm- Burry Becky in the sand, Tan, read, BURN, sleep, BURN, music, pictures, BURN, sand everywhere, BURN.
2pm- Starving, so we pack up and get as unsandy as possible and changed.
2:30pm-4:30pm- FudPuckers!!!! SO GOOD!!!! we were there til like 6. they had a gator pond under the restraunt and we got to pet a gator!!!!! So AWESOME!!!! i wanted to hold one, but alas, was unable to.
4:30pm- drive home.
6:30pm- arrive back in graceville and realize that we were ALL Human Tomatos!!!!!
7:00-Now- now clean, aloe Vera is our friend. we are looking at our adventure which is rather awesomely captured by over 300 pictures!!!!!
SO much to be thankful for today. basically the entire day was a blessing.
so random addins: Two Stepping, Picnik, white and red, laughs, Dave Barnes, Much great tunes, beautiful horizon, amazing waves, sand everywhere, Captivating, becoming a mermaid, Leah, Liz, Ashton, gators, friends, Fried Pickle Spears, colorful building, failure at modeling, loving life, the sun, Crispy McCrisperson, Liz driving, chat with my dad, chat with Leener, much love to the God.
8:10am- pack up car and leave for Phase one of the day (photo shoot in chipley)
8:45am-begin photo shoot. First stop: the yellow train car thing, 2nd stop: Old train station, 3rd stop: Train tracks, 4th: Old Train, 5th stop: moutain of rocks, 6th stop: old awesome wall building thing
9:45ish am- got an apple at the Farmers Market and went to KFC to change (it was technically closed but the lady let us use the restroom to change from Photo shoot clothes to BEACH CLOTHES!!!
10:10ish am- pick up friend from Defuniak
10:55am-Liz got yelled at by the cops for not pulling over quick enough so he could pass us to go on a call, wasting time by yelling at us.
11:00am- arrive at beach in Destin and set up, take a picks and then go play in the waves!!!
11:00am-2pm- Burry Becky in the sand, Tan, read, BURN, sleep, BURN, music, pictures, BURN, sand everywhere, BURN.
2pm- Starving, so we pack up and get as unsandy as possible and changed.
2:30pm-4:30pm- FudPuckers!!!! SO GOOD!!!! we were there til like 6. they had a gator pond under the restraunt and we got to pet a gator!!!!! So AWESOME!!!! i wanted to hold one, but alas, was unable to.
4:30pm- drive home.
6:30pm- arrive back in graceville and realize that we were ALL Human Tomatos!!!!!
7:00-Now- now clean, aloe Vera is our friend. we are looking at our adventure which is rather awesomely captured by over 300 pictures!!!!!
SO much to be thankful for today. basically the entire day was a blessing.
so random addins: Two Stepping, Picnik, white and red, laughs, Dave Barnes, Much great tunes, beautiful horizon, amazing waves, sand everywhere, Captivating, becoming a mermaid, Leah, Liz, Ashton, gators, friends, Fried Pickle Spears, colorful building, failure at modeling, loving life, the sun, Crispy McCrisperson, Liz driving, chat with my dad, chat with Leener, much love to the God.
Friday, May 1, 2009
may and june= crazy times
May 17th= Zachs 22nd Bday
then mothers day
May 23rd= Dad's 59th Bday
June 7th= Parents aniversity
then Fathers Day
AHHH!!!!! tis crazy!
my family apparently likes things to be crazy...
May 25th-August 1st= Camp
August 1st-18th= prep for fall (Napier Dorm Council)
August 18th- December= Fall Semester(aka, craziest semester EVER!!!!)
i never realize how crazy life is until i write it out like this...
then mothers day
May 23rd= Dad's 59th Bday
June 7th= Parents aniversity
then Fathers Day
AHHH!!!!! tis crazy!
my family apparently likes things to be crazy...
May 25th-August 1st= Camp
August 1st-18th= prep for fall (Napier Dorm Council)
August 18th- December= Fall Semester(aka, craziest semester EVER!!!!)
i never realize how crazy life is until i write it out like this...
John Cross is back!!!
My favorite chapel speaker ever is coming back to speak in chapel on not just Monday, and not just Monday and Tuesday, BUT instead!!!! Monday, Tuesday AND Wednesday!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!! words just dont convey it. i was so challenged and encouraged last time he came and am excited for this most amazing time ahead!
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