Spring Break 2015

We can never take a good picture; for this reason, I love Daisie, Madison and Andrew.

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Thursday, March 12, 2015, was the start of Spring Break. Mom picked me up from Public Speaking class at 12:30 and then we went to Arbor Place Mall. I have been wanting Johnny Rockets for a few weeks and eventually I was able to get it. We also went shopping in the mall for me to get some new clothes for a trip that I am taking in the summer. After we left the mall, we went to the mall of Georgia to pick up Ariel and Alayna to get them for C12. Now, I was really excited to be able to go to C12  as it was a Night of Worship. A much needed night of worship; there I was able to see many C12 people that I hadn't seen since July of 2014 because of college. It reminded me how much I missed this group of people that I love.

It's been over six months since l last saw Alayna and Ariel at C12

On Friday the 13th, I went to Atlanta by myself and let me tell you this, I was totally afraid of going down there alone. I went to GSU's campus and as soon as I was called in for instant decision day, I was accepted into the school immediately. I am so excited to be going down there in the Fall and I know that God has some big plans for me and even though it scares the crap out of me, I know that I am following his wishes and that he got me on this. 

That Saturday, Mom and I took a trip down to Athens. Since Athens is roughly 30-45 minutes from the house, Mom allowed me to drive down there so that I can get driving experience. We spent the day down there shopping and spending time with my mother. It was quite fun as we went to Willy's for lunch and it reminded me of going to Chipotle or Moe's although it was not too bad. I quite enjoyed it. One thing  I love down in Athens would be that they have a Trader Joe's there. Trader Joes is fantastic and its so fun to be in the store even though it's a grocery store. We also went to Lifeway and I got a new Bible and I absolutely love it. It's a journaling Bible so it has places in the margins to take notes and such, It's a beautiful creation and I love it.

On Sunday, I was able to volunteer with M12 and it was amazing! Being able to see the girls grow in their walk with Christ and spend the time to get to know each and every single one of them, was an awesome sight. I also got to see the leaders and hang out with them after the first service . We went to Taco Bell and just hung out and get to hang out with them as not only are they my friends, but also some of the best people I could be with. After the second service, since it was a nice day out, I was able to Eno and I loved it! It was one of the post peaceful and relaxing thing I've done since I started spring break. I wasn't hot but wasn't cold out either. The wind was blowing making it the perfect day to be outdoors and experience God's creation.

On Tuesday, I went to H12 and helped them set up. We arrived at the Church at 2:00PM and let me tell you this, there is a lot of preparation that happens behind the scenes that many people don't know about and take for granted as it takes hours to make sure that everything is ready for H12. There's bulletins to be printed and put out, there's making sure that there is enough seating in Cafe Theater, there's setting up the check in area and making sure that the games are set up and that the signs are out for the night. Not to mention that we pray over the room and the night before students even arrive. Now there is student-led prayer that happens at 5:30, but there's also a prayer that happens before students even arrive. Let me just tell you this: prayer works. If you don't get anything out of this, know that prayer works. {you might not get an answer that you like, but he answers it: yes, no, wait}

Daisie and Myself

On Wednesday, Rosemarie was sick, so we went and visited her and took her a birthday present as her birthday was the 22 of March. It was such a great time as I got to catch up with her and I missed the laughter and she pointed out a mistake that I made on her birthday present. I gave her a shadow box with a hole  at the top so that she could put her travel memories (plane tickets, tickets to events,etc) in it and in the box I spelled out "Adventure is out there" in stickers as a reference to the Disney move, UP. Only I misspelled adventure by not including the 'n' in adventure....  oops.

On Thursday, I had C12 which I was stoked about as it was Alayna's birthday as well! :) I have known Alayna for almost seven years or so because we met in 6th grade and now we are freshmen and college. Where has the time gone? But It was the first time that I heard the new college pastor, Matt, speak because I've been in Carrollton and it was a little hard for me to come home to hear hm speak. The first time I was able to come to C12, we got free Starbucks and we were "speed dating" because they were coming out of a dating series. It was really fun because I got to meet so many new people that I will be hanging out with this summer and in the fall hopefully. The next time I came to C12, was a night of worship. I quite enjoyed his message because Matt talked about: "what right is right even if nobody is doing it and what is wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it."

On the final day of Spring Break, I was able to volunteer with M12 one last time before summer and even though all the leaders were tired because of prom before, it was still enjoyable and I got to spend time with the students who wanted to learn more about having a relationship with Christ.

Being home this week made me realize how blessed that I truly am and that I cannot wait to be home for the summer. Just four more weeks till summer :)