A real update! 2-15-07

Sometimes I feel like my life is advancing at warp speed. When you travel that fast you forget
to notice what is going on around you, and thus don't have any stories to tell. But, inspired by my friend Alexis to persevere, I am writing a note with some bullets to update you on my life - since that is what this forum is for. :)

So if you can believe it... its already February! I can barely believe that January went so fast!
I had my first exam in Human Growth and Development, last week. I'm learning amazing things about the human body and mind. Its pretty fun actually. A week or so ago, I went to the Fergasons. Drexel is about 3 months old now and so I was watching all the ways he's changed and developed. Being in this class has added some fun to that relationship (though he was already so cute and smiley it was hard to not have fun anyway).

I've added a new member to the Kenya team - a coleader, named Marquette! She is a friend of mine, a Resident Chaplain living in Collins Hall and a Truett Seminary student. We met during training and she was the speaker on the youth ministry team I helped with last semester. This morning Marquette and I met to talk about training our team, and ended up spending 3 hours just sharing our lives. It was delightful and just as important to me as actually planning... though we will have to do that at some point. We got to pray together and that was a blessing for me. I need to be praying more with peers. Soon my letter will be posted on this site - if you're interested in supporting our team in prayer or financially, there will be information. :)

My parents sent me flowers last week (see photos) because I was having a sad day. I found out that the current Interim Chaplain, (who I work for) will not be hired for the permanent position. And at the same time, I had had a lot of meetings with various women and was just worn out with the weight of what was going on in their lives, and with not having enough alone time to process my own life. I am feeling refreshed now. The flowers were a nice reminder of my parent's care for me.

Speaking of parents, Sarah's came last weekend for 28 hours. It was nice to have them here, though it was also initiation weekend, so I didn't see them as much. But we did play Settlers with Joel and Jessica on Saturday night and had a fantastic, rollicking good time.
Also speaking of parents.... mine are coming in ONE WEEK!!!! I am SO excited. Be prepared for 800 pictures! My dad hasn't been here before, and my mom was only here with me for about 2 hours.... and we were in a heat-induced stupor. Unfortunately, its not very warm. I'm hoping the chill is off the air for their visit so we can do a lot of walking. I'm also working on getting ahead on my schoolwork so that we can really have a good time together with no studying!

Sing starts tonight (http://www.baylorsing.com/). Its the largest amateur variety show in the country. ADPi has an act and its fantastic!!! I'm so proud of all their hard work! You'll see pictures from it eventually, but up until now its all been a secret, so I could not post any pics! Their theme (which is OK to tell you today) is: "Meet the Greeks" and its a really fun show. I'm so excited to see the other acts, too - you know how I love musicals.

Oh, and for Valentine's day my friend Kathryn Wheatley (who is my new amazing race partner now that Tall Brian is married and soon, well, relatively soon, going to be a daddy) and I had a date. We decided that we were going to go try and see "Music and Lyrics" but we have class on Wednesdays till 7... every other week we have gotten out early... but last night it went until 7:05. The lines were long when we arrived at the theater at 7:20... and the movie was basically sold out. So we decided to rent a movie.... but there were none worth renting. So we got Whataburger (which was delicious!) and went back to Kathryn place and watched the Devil Wears Prada - it was a GREAT evening! :)

Thats probably it for me now. I'll be in touch soon! I promise this time!

(pictures below, with captions)

the flowers - they were beautiful!
what fun - thanks mom and dad!
this is a sweater that Sarah picked up at the Christian Women's Job Corp, where she is interning. Its amazing - it is patchwork, with patches of fur.. and it smells like perfume. We keep it on the stairwell to share with our friends - its kind of like our pet. Anyway, she thought I would like it. Above is a picture of me being bossy, with the sweater....
Marcos, our apt. repair man came and fixed the leaky faucet in our tub. when we got home, he had left the old faucet on the top of the toilet. This is what it looked like, seriously. It was so ridiculous I actually left it there for a few days as part of the decor!