Well, here I am, 3 weeks into this whole college thing and it feels like I've been here a lot longer than that...I also thought that I would have time to keep this thing updated - HA! I barely have time to sleep! I have been unbelievably busy with my social life, church, my social life, church, my social life, a little bit of school, church, and my social life...and I have loved every minute of it!
I have visited 3 different churches since I've been here: Trinity, Experience Life, and Redeemer! They are all great churches, but I think I see myself going to Experience Life. I love it there. It is a new church (they just had their 2 year anniversary this past Sunday!) and I just really feel like God brought me there for a reason! I am also going to visit First Baptist. They have a college service that I have been to before, but I haven't been since I've moved up here as a college student! I really feel like Experience Life is where I will go, but I definitely still want to keep my options open! My best friend, Sarah, found a church she loves called Church on the Rock that she wants me to visit with her, so I will probably go try it out there too. There are SO many awesome churches to choose from!
I have also been going to a college service called Underground on Thursday nights. It is put on by the Wesley Foundation at Tech. It has great fellowship, worship, and an awesome message. It has really been a HUGE blessing since I've been here.
Now, onto other things... like TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL!
We have now had 2 games, both at home. The season opener was against North Dakota and we won 38-13! Every game there are different groups of people who get together and paint up for the game... they paint their bodies and put a letter on each person, spelling out some phrase. I was a part of one of those groups at this game! We painted up black and one of the groups spelled out "A Boy Named Sioux" (we were playing the fighting sioux) and the other group spelled out "Trail of Tears"
It was so much fun! The game started at 6, the gates opened at 4, but we were there at 1:30 waiting to get in! We hung out at the student entrance for 2 and 1/2 hours and painted up about 45 minutes before the gates opened. The gates opened, we rushed in, claimed our seats, and saved the ones around us for the people who weren't dedicated enough to come 4 and 1/2 hours early, but still wanted to sit with us! haha
The game wasn't the best played game by Texas Tech, but a win is a win!
This past weekend was a pretty packed weekend for me!
Friday night was the annual BYX Barn Dance! BYX is a Christian fraternity at Texas Tech and each year they put on a country dance for anyone who wants to come! So Friday night rolled around and we put on our dresses and boots and headed out to the barn dance! Sarah and Morgan are 2 high school friends that came to Tech, but our other friend, Kaleigh, stayed at Midland College. Kaleigh got to come up this weekend for Barn Dance and the game though! It was so great getting to hang out with the 4 of us just like in high school!
Saturday was Allison's 21st birthday so at midnight after Barn Dance we went to a restaurant and bar called Cricket's! The next day we went to eat with my mom and dad and then went back to their hotel room for birthday cake! Then, like the week before, I went over to the stadium entirely too early for the game, but it's always a blast! I didn't paint up this weekend; I just sat and enjoyed the game in my comfy, warm clothes! (it was cold and overcast the whole weekend) We beat Rice 55-10! We looked a lot better compared to last weeks game against ND, but I'm still nervous about this coming weekend as the guys head down to Austin for ESPN's College Gameday against UT!
My time up here has been great, but I miss everyone back home. I hear the volleyball girls beat DSL for the first time in 6 years?! I'm really sad I missed that! Maybe they can carry that over to basketball! :)
I'll be back in Midland in 2 weeks for homecoming so I can't wait to see everyone then!
