So far

On to my 3rd week of college and I am absolutely LOVING it. NC State is most definitely where I was meant to be. I have fallen more in love with Raleigh and the Wolfpack in the last three weeks than I ever have before. Classes are starting to become more challenging-but I'm keeping up with my work and actually enjoying it! I have found the greatest community of friends who are so similar to me, we all have so much fun together. It's hard to sum up the past three weeks but I'm gonna give it a shot. 



YL College. By far my favorite part of college so far. Young Life is a ministry that reaches out to middle school, high school, and college kids to share the love of Jesus and to have a blast while doing it. I was really involved with Young Life in high school and am SO excited to be a part of it in college. Every Tuesday night we have club, which mostly consists of skits, games, songs, and the Gospel. The leaders are awesome, the people are awesome, basically it's all awesome. 

First NC State YL club! 

Beyond.   Aside from YL Club, every Wednesday night we have what is known as "Beyond". It's a time to go deeper into the Word, gain insight on what it's going to be like becoming a YL leader, and just a great time of fellowship with new friends. This past week we were challenged to find an accountability partner and to start encouraging each other in walking with the Lord. 

   My partner, Cat is so awesome. She's from Ohio, loves Jesus, wears Chacos, hangs in an eno, and loves YL. We decided to memorize a verse each week and go through a She Reads Truth devotional together. She Reads Truth deserves a blog post on it's own. It's an online devotional that has made more walk with the Lord so much stronger over the past year. They have a multitude of different plans that are laid out on a day to day basis. So helpful. 

   Cat and I are doing the 'Prayer in the Bible' plan and so far it is great. After we each do it on our own we send each other a text with our response, or really just anything that really stuck out to us. It's so encouraging to have someone that can hold me accountable. Last week we memorized Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit". This week we are working on memorizing Romans 12:1-2 "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." Sweet truth. I'm so pumped to become a YL leader and to continue to be apart of this awesome community. 

Birthdays. We celebrated two of my best friends birthday's last week, which was so fun. Mego turned 19 and Liza turned 23! Liza's roomies had us over for dinner and just to hang at their house. We told stories...lots of stories and laughed a lot. Which both made for an awesome night. We celebrated Mego's by of course her favorite restaurant- Bad Daddy's, SO good. And then headed to YL club. 

Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors came to Raleigh!! It was hands down the best concert I've ever been to of theirs. They never fail at putting on a great show. A bunch of YL girls grabbed dinner together and then headed to the concert. 

Homies at Chipotle 

Carley & Kellza

Great pic taken by Kellza! 

Got to see my best friend from Greenville, MORGZ!

Go pack. NC State had their first game of the season on Saturday! It was a 12pm game aka the hottest time of the day...it was blazing, literally. My friends, Carley and Hannah and I left at 8am, thinking the lines would be long to get in. Rookie mistake. We were the first ones at the gate and waited at least two hours until we were allowed to go in. We were struggling big time in the heat. By the second quarter we were already sunburnt. We chugged water like it was the last drink of our life. We only made it to half time, but on the plus side the Wolfpack pulled out a win of 40-14 over Louisiana Tech. Even though it was scorching, I had such a great time cheering on my favorite team in my favorite stadium. 

These last 3 weeks have been some of the most fun times of my life. I can't wait to see what the next 4 years are like and the memories I get to create. Thankful.