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Name: Amy
Interests: music -especially David Crowder!, concerts, singing, piano, hanging out with friends, sleeping, computer graphics, animals, reading, writing, scrap booking, shopping
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9/25/2003
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| Well my 2nd year of my master's is well underway. I am into the 4th week of school. So far it has been smooth sailing but I feel the tidal wave vastly approaching. It's about to hit and when it does, I'll be drowning in projects and papers. It's been a good year so far. I am living in my first very own apartment in Wyndhurst. I love it! Selena is my roommate for right now. Betsy is wanting to come back but she can not find a job in the area right now. So this is making it kinda tough. Financially, things are up in the air right now. However, I'm not worrying about it because I know God is going to take care of it.
I finished up last semester well. 2 A's and 1 C. That's what I was praying for, so I'm glad it worked out. God is good! I'm happy with a "C" in research. That class was horrible. It's up there on the worst class I've ever had. So far my classes this year are going good. There's 1 in particular that I'm not crazy about but that's okay.
I've been hanging out a lot with Tess and Cuz. The weekend before last, Tess and I hung out with Matt Mihelic all weekend long ;) that was a good weekend to say the least! We went hiking up to Sharp Top mountain. It was a night hike and it almost killed Tess and I. But the view when we got to the top was well worth it. It also makes for a good story.
Last weekend, was our first home football game. We won. It was a really good game. Below is a picture of Katie and I at the game. Katie is a freshman on Tess's hall. She and her roommate Meagan are sweet girls and they fit in quite well with our group.
Next Tuesday, David Crowder's new CD comes out. It's entitled Church Music. I can't wait to get it! I really want to try to make it to one of their shows since it's been a year and a half since I've seen them last. Well that's about it for me. For now, I'm out.  | | |
| So it's been almost a year since I last updated. I kept thinking to myself "I really need to update xanga" but evidently that feeling must have went away quickly because here I sit almost a year after my last post.
WOW! so much has happened in this last year. As I sit here tonight, looking back over the last few years' posts I've noticed what a up and down struggle college has been. My posts seem to have a bit of a struggling theme to them. A bit depressing - so I'll try to make this one more positive.
Let me start by saying I worked Fuge last summer in Myrtle Beach, Wyoming, and Washington. It was great - I loved out west! I got to tour Seattle on our one day off and loved the city. I could see myself living there for a year or two though not forever. In Wyoming, I met a youth pastor named Scott. I'm hesitant in writing this just in case he ever does decide to read this (which I doubt). He and I formed a close friendship that week and the months following. I thought there could be something there between us but I was wrong because he now has a girlfriend. However, I don't think I was wrong in making that assumption as we messaged almost every day after camp. It's okay though obviously it wasn't meant to be. I think he knew I wasn't leaving NC and he definitely wasn't leaving WY so God worked it out. Mr. Right is out there somewhere for me and I'm not giving up hope!
So I started my GSA position as a Coms 101 instructor in August. I remember last August lying on my bed in the fetal position crying saying, "I can't do this, I have no idea how I'm going to do this". I was desperately trying to figure out how I could maneuver myself out of my contract so I could go back home to NC. WOW!!! has God COMPLETELY blown me away! He has given me the ability to do the job. I can not even describe the peace and confidence He has granted me. My own classes has been a struggle. I've done well so far as grades go. However, I have struggled in being myself around my grad classmates. I think a lot of it comes from a self-confidence issue. It's been a tough year struggling to come out of my comfort zone. Friends have let me down on more then one occasion, school work has almost killed me at times, students have been overbearing at times. But this year has brought about a lot of self-discovery. This may sound weird but at the age of 24 I am beginning to find out who I am. It's been a journey of ups and downs but it has grown me so much.
Looking back over these posts, I can see my doubts of where I was heading in life. It was just a little over a year ago (Fall 07) when I would call Mom and cry saying "I have no idea where my life is heading". I look back at those posts and I grin thinking "oh ye of little faith". Seeing God open up these doors and then utilizing me in the way that He has, has just been a testimony of the Lord's goodness. Yeah it's been a trying year but I can look back and say, "The Lord is good and He is SO faithful".
I want to end this post with the chorus of a song called "One Life to Love" by 33 Miles. The Lord used this song to speak to me in August when I was thinking about backing out. I knew if I did I would regret it for the rest of my life. Oh how I'm so glad I didn't!
You only get just one time around,
You only get one shot at this,
One chance,
To find out,
The one thing that you don't wanna miss,
One day when its all said and done
I hope you see that it was enough,
This one ride,
One try,
One life,
To love.
With that I'll end this post, and try not to go another year before I post again. I'm out  | | |
| I'm sitting here on the steps of my first townhouse. I just finished dinner (Pasta Roni) which if I eat another bite of it, I'll be sick, but hey it was something. The weather is gorgeous and I can't bring myself to go back inside as long as it's daylight. So I thought I'd grab the Mac and update....
I've been packing this evening and packing always brings up emotions. Though, this will be the third time I've packed up and left Lynchburg. It just says so much. It signifies the end of another year, that in my opinion went by way to fast. It also says maturity.
I can look back through the xanga posts and see where I've written a similar blog the last 2 years. So I guess this is kind of a traditional goodbye/closure blog. Although, now that I'm sitting here I don't have much to say really. I've grown a lot this past year. I'm more independent then when I came in August. This is good since I'm growing up.
Last Friday night, my roomies and I had dinner and invited the neighbor over just to be good neighbors and to show her Christ's love. We were all sitting around talking before she got there and talking about growing up. I asked them "do you ever just miss being a kid?" of course the unanimous answer was "yes". My roommate Abby said "just think we will never be little ever again". I guess what I'm saying is I'm making the transition. Learning to be an adult and my own person. Liberty has helped me a lot in this.
I talked to my childhood friend today (Thad). We've been friends since first grade. I've never had a brother, but he's the closest thing to it. I consider him my brother. I told him that I'm heading home tomorrow after my last exam of my undergrad degree and that it's hard to believe it's coming to an end. I told him I still have the email saved he wrote me when I first came to Liberty. He was surprised that I still had it and still read it from time to time. I save memorable stuff like that.
Well I guess that's about it. I'm distracted now. The roomie just got home and need help moving a couch in. Now we're all sitting at the kitchen table. I'm being unsociable. I'm updating and talking on ichat. I guess for now I'm out
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| I'm at work bored. My boss just went on her lunch hour and left me with nothing to do. This is normally the case here. Today's my last day working here and I'm so happy to be done. I love the people I work for but this job has to be in the Top 10 list of World's Boringest Jobs...I'm sure. Yesterday I had my last class ever for my undergrad....does this qualify me as old?!? My exam is Friday and I head home. Then come back up on the 9th for graduation practice and then graduate on the 10th. It's been a long time coming with ups and downs for sure. It's a bitter-sweet feeling  I hope I get an A in my one class (Investigative Reporting). I'll settle for a B which is what I'll most likely get. I too often do things half-heartingly. I could be a lot better if I did it as if doing it unto the Lord - I'm still working on this verse. Things have gotten better here. I've been hanging out with all my friends from the dorm last year. I wrote Tess an email and she wrote me back apologizing and said we need to sit down and "talk". I agree we do, but we have yet to do it. I sincerely hope things get back to normal next year. Next year?!? You may be asking...yep you read it right. I got the GSA position (Graduate Student Assistant) here in the Communications department. Right now, they have me teaching Coms 101 to Freshmen which scares me! I told the dude that I wanted the one writing for the school newspaper so I'm PRAYING that comes open. With the GSA my master degree will be completely paid for - this is a huge blessing. Seeing that if it wasn't, there would be no way I could afford a master's. Plus they give me a salary of $7,200 which helps. Camps fastly approaching and I'm excited for it. I'm praying that the Lord gives me a healthy sense of confidence to do the job. I can't go in there timid and shy and expect the kids to think this is fun and exciting. I know that the Lord will use me - that first night is going to be nerve racking though! Along with this, I have been feeling that the Lord has taken away my fear of flying. However, I got an email today about my flights out west for the summer and I felt a drop in my stomach. I know when the time comes for me to board my first plane I'll be shaking. So I really love this time of year. I love the flowers and the smell of fresh cut grass...some may find this odd, but I love it. I love riding around with the windows rolled down. I missed the Dove's last week and I'm kinda sad about that. Every year Betsy and I say we are going but it never happens. Crowder had a really cute (kinda cheesy, but was meant to be) performance. Friday as soon as I get home, I'm babysitting. I don't really want to, but it's my favorite family to babysit for and I hate turning them down. Plus I desperately need the money and they pay well. I guess I need to get back to work and try to look busy, I'm out | | |
| I took this from Louie Giglio’s blog (268generation.com) but I changed it a little to make it fit for our group. Passion Atlanta. Crazy Crowd. New Friends. First Timers. Stopping. Tibet Monks. My Flame. His Flame. Fruitcake. Church Van. 13th Floor. Huge Storm. Cheryl Freaks. Late Lenny’s. Wrong direction. McAllister’s long wait. "Ya'll SHH!" Socks & towels football. There is No One Like You. Come Holy Spirit. Do Something. Now. 11 Wells! Chain Breaker. We are Free! Overcoming Savior. Rescue. Silence. Stillness. Single words are Powerful. And hard to read. Eruption. Nations. Rice Box. Sam’s Laugh. Giving. I want my life to count. Sing Sing Sing. Let’s Go. Going. Grateful. Frosty or Jr. Bacon? Suspicious Minds. McEverything. Stopping again. Vancouver. Something Happened. Not here but HERE. Now where you are. Holy Spirit is in you. For Jesus. | | |
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