Finally..uhh..Home?

Yea, they say home isn't home anymore after your 1st semester at college. And its not the old home it used to be, but it still is home. Being with my dad, my church, my family station and my friends is great and those people will ALWAYS have a place in my heart! I DO miss my friends from G-Dubb though! So with all this said, I think that "home" is really just a word. College is home, sure, but just as much, home is home. (lets see how many times i can say "home" in one sentence) -- But its good. I am glad to be in "home" again. Its nice...hey, at least i don't have any schoolwork!! :)

GIGATT

Stepharooni

FOCUS weekend

This past weekend, our F.O.C.U.S. Team had our first trip to Thomasville, NC to ead a retreat at Oak Hill Baptist Church. It was amazing! God allowed so much fun, growth, and impact. Mostly the pictures are of goofy things...i mean we are college students, what do u expect?

We stayed at "host homes" where people in the church took us in. Well our home was the coolest! We stayed with an old lady named "Kitty" and we had the coolest chiar in our room...
this is Ashley






Once we got to the church, we found these little bikes to ride...man, that was a challenge...
This is the coolest person, Rachel!(aka Savannah Joe)




Here are some of the students playing MAFIA...


This is a true princess!!


This is a true goofball!!(Nathaniel & our student, Colton)


This is after we lead the service on Sunday, in our Sunday best. God worked a lot throught the weeekend and I am soo thankful for this group of people and the friends He has allowed at G-Dubb!


PS- Check out "myspace" for some video footage of the weekend!!
www.myspace.com/jesusfreakgbc

College=rebellion

Well, it has happened. College has brought rebellion into my life. All I have believed in about this subject has been thrown down the drain, and, because of peer pressure, i have chosen to do the unthinkable, the un heard of, the dispicable thing...one word

Tattoo



two words

Just Kidding!



Yep, its an airbrush. i know, i know, none of ya'll believed it anyways, but it does stay on for two weeks...yep--that's rebellious 4 me

See you when i come home...YAYYYYY

Ok, so the other night, my wonder friend cylie......this is her...put some makeup on me and did my hair and decided to take some pictures. It was pretty fun and i felt pretty girly--so here it is, presenting me, Stephanie Lou

Powder Puff

Ok i know u can barely see, but I was the QB and the brown thing is the ball coming to me...how fun



These are the 2 coolest girls who are so nice to me and my gr8 friends...God answers prayers..



These 2 are cheerleaders..sorry about the blurriness



This is my personal cheerleader...mmm hummm...



oh yea these people, wow it was like i remember them somehow, but i don't hear from them so much and i miss them so very much and all that...i hope they haven't forgotten me:/

Homecoming...

Thats my good friend Carmen...she is pretty much my laughing buddy



Here is Caroline, our class homecoming rep. I nominated her. She is gonna be miss america one day..isn't she GORGEOUS?



This is us about to head to the homecoming dance to get our groove on...yea, i said it..WE DANCED (@ the Baptist school...ahhh)

It was an interesting weekend. College is different!

Its a bird..its a plane

It's SUPERSTEPH

(close up on the shirt)

It is a normal day on the GWU campus in Decker hall...when all of a sudden, from down the hall comes......supersteph!!!

There is a girl in danger, she must save......
then supersteph says "Its my job, and plus, i get to wear this purple cape..."

but in the blink of an eye, she was running down the hall to save another helpless student...

Thanks Supersteph, what would we do without you?

today is pirrrrrrate day. ARRRRRRR u excited about it. I sure am!
ARRRGGG

Home

Home

.

People go by, smiling faces,

it seems like it's gonna be great

But after some time, the faces blend together

There's nothing more- I can't find my place

.

I can't find a home away

I can't find a home when I stay

The only place that I can be at home

...is with YOU

.

Things are so familiar, driving by the places

I've known for all of my life

But the people don't know me, and I don't know them

They've forgotten me, It doesn't feel right

.

I can't find a home away
I can't find a home when I stay
The only place that I can be at home
...is with YOU

When I come to YOU...when I sing to YOU...when I cry to YOU..when I laugh to YOU...When i listen to YOU...

YOU know who I am....Lord YOU are my home...YOU are my home

.

and though I can't find a home away
and though I can't find a home when I stay
The only ONE who makes me feel at home...is YOU

I can be at home with YOU

.

-SLR-

Blood?

Well yesterday was the GWU Blood Drive. The last time i gave blood, was my last day @ WBFJ, so i was a little bit down, but thats ok. At lease i have good things to remember...but anyways, back to the blood.

Everything was fine and i sat in the chair and flinched a lot when she stuck me...yes it did hurt...enough to produce a tear...but the pain eventually eased. It took forever and the woman said to me in a sourthern bell accent "come on baby, don't you give me a NS after all this work." So i pumped my fist and it was hurting and i was tired and she looked at me and said "u alright baby?" i said, "yes ma'am" and she said, "you sure are looking pretty white there casper." So from that point on she called me casper. So i sat there forever and she looked at me and said "i don't think u r gonna make it baby." And so i didn't. my bag wasn't full enough...i didn't have enough blood. :( So rather than giving life, i gave to the studies of blood...i was ok about it. i didn't feel that well though...my nice lady nurse told me that i would be bruised...so though my arm "hurts real bad" as napoleon dynomite would say it. but i think that it was worth it.



I CAN"T WAIT 4 FALL BREAK THIS WEEKEND!!!

Gigatt...

Well. Tonight I am pretty much alone. Everyone went to the football game. I stayed back to do some styding and just be alone. Its pretty nice, but in expectedly, lonely...

I went to the chapel to spend time with the Lord. As i opened my journal and began to write, it felt right, like thats what I was supposed to be doing...and really it is what i should always be doing. So then i sat in front of the piano...i have been taking lessons...i started 2 play "Amazing Love" and just worshiped...and it felt right. I realized that spending time with the Lord is right, its where i want to be, its AWESOME.

College has brought some challendes to my life. Challenges to my Faith...challenges to my activites....challenges to my thoughts...challenges to my hopes and dreams...but they r good. this is what college is for...better now than never

God is good. I am blessed...i don't deserve to be here...

Loneliness can be pretty good...

the things that move me

Now I know that some people(including myself) wonder "Why in the world would that girl(me) come home 2 weekends in a row and use up her gas just to go work at the fair...?"

It is a valid question which can be answered in a few pictures from the last 2 weekends.


















There it is folks. These are the things that move me. These are the things that make me smile and warm my heart. God Willing, i will be at the fair every year till i am 100. Thanks WBFJ for allowing me to be there...that is where it all began.

Peace, Love, & a Turkey Leg
GIGATT

Glimpses into college life...

I had a few visitors (The Brown family, but might as well be known as mine)



Humm...My Dad is 50. Wow, he looks pimp for an old guy(hehe)(just some gag gifts from his SURPRISE 50th bday party)



Me walking



Me pondering



Since my family was there for the game, I didn't feel like I could truly tap into the dog pound spirit as i would be able to if they weren't there, so the face painting and crazy screaming will come another game...

So today i was out by the beautiful pond, having some quiet time. I looked out onto the lake and saw 4 ducks. They would one after another go under water to do whatever ducks do underwater(eat, scratch, and scare me into thinkint the lake monster ate them). It was in this time that the wind was blowing in my face and I looked around and felt the Lord. I felt the blessings. I mean the way God brought me to GWU is amazing and I am so thankful for what he is allowing in my life.

"All I can think is...
This is Beautiful
What you have given me.
So often I don't notice it
but right now I can see
allYour Beauty"

"Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus." Phil 2:5

GIGATT

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