Friday, February 6, 2009

Hey there Hesston

Hesston has been amazing! I have a class called biblical literature and I have to write 2 inductives for it; I have spent over 20 hours working on the first inductive... too much time in the library, ew. Still, I am learned so much about Judges 9 and Abimelech. I have not gotten my grade yet on that inductive; however, I received the passage for my individual inductive today Joshua 7! Ding ding ding, round 2!

Other than that my youth ministry classes are amazing, and I really believe that the direction I am heading in is pleasing to God! In youth ministry seminar last Thursday I was in charge of devotions; I had met with Michele earlier that week to discuss what that job entailed and also to share about my "dreams" for the future. One of the ways that I had the other youth Min's interact was to give them each play-doh to form while we were discussing Psalm 138. That went over well, and was great fun to play with!

The night I purchased the play-doh (which now reads Clearance-doh thanks to Nathaniel and the stickers) Garrett, Nathaniel, and I played with it for an hour and a half in the Larks nest and Kendra Horst joined us to help us make the sweet frog shown on the box.











the amazing group made play-doh frog















Nathaniel with his Jason mask





As for things being out of the ordinary...well, I do a lot more random things here. There is the yummy doughnut shop called Druber's in Newton which does not open until midnight. My friends and I hit that place up quite a bit. I mean who wouldn't want fresh peanut butter, maple, pine cone, squid, octopus, long johns, cream filled, or muffins! YUM! Then there is Newels; a truck stop in Newton with yummy yummy cheese fries (that are deathly greasy) and a small is a plate full and smothered in cheese. More grease than I can handle, so I often share a plate. I have heard that their milkshakes, and biscuits and gravy are tasty as well; I have not tried those yet..hmm maybe I'll take a group of people there tonight. Newels is definitely a place that would be really weird in the daylight, or early evening. Movies are a frequent happening most nights, somewhere between 11 and 1 a movie is started with my friends down in the pit (the basement of Erb), or KC lounge (which is the place I prefer because even though it is a farther walk from my dorm it was much much cleaner). Last weekend I went thrift store shopping in Newton. There was a huge sale at the et cetra shop, $1 for a paper bag filled with everything we could fit! Some my friends and I bought the most hideous outfits we could and have plans to wear them out sometime.



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Ashley at walmart




Last Friday I went to Applebee's to ask if they were hiring and get an application. I ended up have the first 2/3 of my interview done right then! This Thursday I had my last interview and was hired as a hostess! Unfortunately I do not start until March 14 because they are in the middle of orientation right now and will not have the next training session until March. This means I have to come back from my spring break 2 days early because of the orientation 9am-11am on Saturday. That week I will have "class" from 3:45ish-5:30ish and will also have to follow another host for 5 shifts to learn what to do; it'll be busy. Still, I am quite excited!

Not sure what else to fill you in on, OH wait! Maybe y'all would be interesting in knowing that today the weather is gorgeous! by that I mean the high is 71outside and I love it! It has snowed 2 times since I have been here, barely if even an inch both times and the snow was completely melted within 2 days! This is such a fun and warm winter! Kansas weather is very bi-polar; I remember one day when I was looking working on my inductive I looked out the windows and saw that it was completely sunny, 20 minutes later is was overcast, and in another 20 minutes it was completely sunny again! No joke! That happens all the time here (because of the wind), how fun! It is like the sky is ADD and keeps forgetting what it was going to be!

on that sunny note I will leave you all my warm thoughts to keep you warm! hugs!
God Bless