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October 21, 2006
continued
okay, so last night-or early this morning...i started to creat a blog about how great last night was, but, i know i left early and i didnt feel i did it justice, so, im continuing a bit today.
alright so, yes new orleans. its so incredible how that group-how that experience has impacted my life. even five months after it happened, my friends and i talk about it like it was yesterday. we were all so moved by the service we did down there-and we all want to go back so greatly. in fact, a small group of us are going back over thanksgiving-we're driving down. its going to be incredible. we've been fundraising some money to take us down there-this week, there is a benefit concert to raise some more money-it should be a big hit. :)
but yes, new orleans is incredible, and i am loving albright more and more each day.
last week was homecoming-that was certainly a great time. a lot of my friends attended the dances and the game...i spent a lot of time working and working and well, working. lol-there is a lot of catering jobs to do during that time-so, let's just say i made good amount of money last weekend. :-D ...which is always excellent, because i definitely need money. aaaannnd..yes, throughout this week, things have actually been going pretty slow, which is nice, of course. i havent been bombarded with too much homework, and ive really been able to spend some quality time with friends and devoting time to organizations and such. its been great.
:) speaking of work though-this is a day that i need to devote myself to catching up. :) soo, im going to get going-ive got a lot ahead of me. folks, its always a pleasure, im sure ill be updating in a week or so-until then...
In His love,
MJ :)
Posted by melissaj at 9:59 AM | Comments (0)
i <3 new orleans.
okay sooo...its 247, saturday morning, technically. i just got back from my friend ang's apartment-where..well, ive just spent the last three hours talking with three of my best girlfriends about...everything and nothing?! (okay, mostly boys). lol it was COMPLETELY fun.
you see, tonight was the friday night ive been waiting FOREVER for. practically the entire semester, actually. tonight-and i know im gonna sound like a complete nerd when i say this-but, tonight was the board of trustee's dinner-the dinner that all the new orleans students were invited to!! it was SOO much fun!! we got to dress up and wear our hair all pretty-it was super fantastic!
aaand then, we got to share about our experiences-we said speeches and showed a video-ohh everyone just loved it!! (i hope!) New Orleans is such a big part in my life-ahhhh I wish people could totally just understand the impact its made on my life!!
more to come later!! <3
Posted by melissaj at 1:48 AM | Comments (0)
October 1, 2006
whoa-october?
heyy everyone!! I hope your weekends are going FABULOUSLY! (is that a word?) oh well, i can make that up-its a beautiful sunday morning-my FAVORITE DAY, lol, and this weekend has just been GREAT so far. this entire week actually!!
its so funny how the most DIFFICULT weeks are often the weeks that go the BEST! I mean, yes, this week was a CRAZy tough week-with about four tests and papers and projects-I definitally had my work cut out for me. oh, not to mention the 30ish meetings i had to go to. lol, okay, maybe not THAT many, but it sure felt like it. but yea, i mean, its amazing how the Lord works when you dont think that you have any time. He's incredible.
tuesday was an AWESOME day-it was sooo beautiful out, and my boyfriend did a SURPRISE VISIT! i LOVE those things!! so yes, we went to a local park and sat on a blanket and talked while we watched the sunset. and then, we went out for CHINESE! i know, how romantic, right? lol. it was totally fun thought.
oh wednesday was INCREDIBLE! we had ACF as usual, and the group was just GREAT! we heard a great word and everyone was totally inspired-some awesome, awesome, God-centered things happened to me that night. :) And overall, the group is going SO well-we've got so many different bible studies, worship groups, concert-going, totally enthusiastic things going on. I LOVE IT.
hmm..Friday. oh friday. classes, ya know, the usual. i tutored at the elementary school across the street, which was fun. i'm a 4th grade tutor. but yes, friday. some friends and i went to this event called "friday night fire"-and BOY WAS IT AMAZING. it was so great, we went with a group of Albright students from ACF-there was about 10 or so of us, and man, we FELT THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH US IN THAT ROOM! THE LORD IS SOOO AMAZING. He's on fire for this city, folks-and yes, Reading is feeling it.. it was an incredible opportunity. :)
and SATURDAY...it was amazing. one of my best friends and i went to see MY FAVORITE ATHLETE IN THE WHOLE WORLD SPEAK ABOUT HIS TESTIMONY!!!! HOW AWESOME IS THAT?? so yes, BRIAN DAWKINS was speaking at a local church and we drove down to see him. AHH IT WAS SOOO COOL! oh, of course, that was after i had an amazing NAIL APPOINTMENT with three of my best girlfriends here. and then after brian dawkins, a bunch of us sat down to play our FAVORITE game-WHONOO!?!?! lol, ahhh we're so crazy. i love it.
so yes, I'm about to dig into the word, looking forward to another great week-and FALL BREAK!! lol. so, ill be talking to you kids LATER! love you all-comments are always welcomed!! :)
In Christ's love,
MJ :)
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