We had our first cross-country meet today! It was just us and Warner Pacific, so it was pretty small =) the course was on our campus and it was only a 3k (1.8 miles). It was raining SO HARD we were all soaking wet but it was a blast!! Mud splattered legs are the best! =) I love that we start the meet with prayer and our girls team sings this song...

"We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord
And we pray that all unity may one day be restored
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love"

So that is just really cool to publicly glorify God before we even start running!

And...don't get to excited cause like I said it was a SMALL race and a short course...but I was 5th overall and 4th on my team! =) I even got a shirt that says "top 7 finisher" =) God is great! =)

The above picture is Josie on the first day of third grade =) They had gotten back from Oregon late the night before, so she was very tired! =)

Yes this is a camel and yes it is by my campus. Drive less than 5 minutes past the campus and there you find a rich attorney who has a fetish for exotic animals! He has a coupe camels (and a baby one!) and some zebras...and that's all we could see through the fence =) So who knows what else he has! =)

The above pictures are of my dorm from the outside, the lobby in the dorm and my dorm room. My roommate is Kate Tracy a freshman basketball player from Idaho. We roomed together for the basketball camp and then requested to be roommates cause we got a long great! Our dorm is the only co-ed dorm on campus (=() but they are separate wings obviously! It's called "PVG" or Prewitt Van-Gilder.

This is random pictures of class rooms and paths and the gym and chapel...and some of the MANY stairs! The campus is on a hill...so there are A LOT of stairs!

We started classes on Wednesday...a lot of homework! So far classes are mostly good. I'm taking Old Testament, Evangelism (probably will be my favorite!), Freshman Seminar, Speech, Anatomy & Physiology and American Thought & Culture (probably my least favorite!).



I've met a great group of girls between the ones in cross-country (Becca, Courtney, Jen, Alethea, Grace, Josilyn, Amy, Kaitlyn, Becca S., & Mel), my roommate Kate, Claire and Rian from my freshman seminar (core group), and Emilee and Kyra (from Montana!!!), so that has been a huge blessing!



Cross-country is going great! The coach thought I would really benefit the team but after watching me practice he said I'll do even better for them than he thought! And the girls are so nice! We had a girl-team bonding time tonight where they lead us in prayer and gave us our uniforms and cute team bracelets =) We also have an encouragement partner that we have to do special encouraging things for throughout the season! I love the dynamics of our girls team =) We have our first meet tomorrow, but it's pretty casual. It's at our campus and only one other school (Warner Pacific) is coming. And I guess we're gonna "team" run it anyway, so it won't really be an all out race...



Chapel this morning was really neat... We had it outside and it was a worship chapel with verses shared for you to reflect on. They also asked us to reflect on what God has been doing in our lives for the past couple years and that was incredible to think about! God has been doing some amazing things...and the most amazing thing is He isn't even finished yet!



Well I've got to go to homework now =)

The picture above is from the morning Jason left =) The morning of a new phase of us that we're so excited for! =)

And these pics I forgot to talk about, but a couple weekends before going to the lake Monz & Jason and I were gonna go floating with his youth group, but the weather wasn't hot enough so they did a bbq instead. Monz & I went to Jason's house and hung out and we went to Bass Creek and hiked. It's such a beautiful hike! With the two people outside of my family that I love the most! So those are pics from that day =)

These are pics from my dad's nasty cut and his great surgeon! I put 5 staples in it! =) It's healing great now!

These are from the lake =) Notice the horse!! =) And that really handsom guy =)

So a lot has happened since my last post! I'll put it out in bullets...like a timeline =)
* Corban Basketball training camp July 18-26 and it was SO intense but rewarding! I hurt my shin pretty bad, I think because of a combination of the Half Marathon and the intense basketball stuff. So I had to take TWO STINKING WEEKS off of training! So ya that was not fun...but praise God it's all healed! I also met my roommate, another freshman ball player and track runner from Idaho named Kate Tracy. She is awesome and we get a long really well! She even has a best friend going to Fox!
* we went to the lake August 9-16th, and it was my first time up there since Memorial Day! Jason got to come up for two nights, and Monz for two nights, and we had a blast! Kayla was also up for the whole week with Heidi, Paul for the week with Nate, and Rebecca with Josie! So he had lots of guests! When we were boating with Jason we saw a HORSE on WILDHORSE ISLAND!!!!!!! It's super exciting cause I've always wanted to! So look for it in the picture collage =) For the weekend part Student Leadership from Valley came up so I mainly hung out with Josie and Rebecca, swimming and playing baseball, which was really special. When we were packing up on Sunday my dad cut his leg on a piece of glass while taking out the trash! After we got home on Sunday night I had to give him 5 skin staples! He says I'm a great surgeon! He's a tough guy!
* On Monday the 17th Monz left for Fox, so at 5:45am her and Kayla and Heidi and I went for one last run on the M, and got to run during the sunrise which was AWESOME! Then we went to the Hob Nob for breakfast and Lauren, Hannah, Mrs. Baier, and Mrs. Clawson were also there! It was really sweet! I miss Monz, and can't wait to be close to her during school!
* Jason was leaving Friday morning at 7am, so on Thursday night he planned me a surprise dinner, at the OUTBACK!! I was so blown away...he even paid for dinner with his own blood! (Well the money from donating it =)) He's the sweetheart of my life and loves me so selflessly =) We also went mini golfing and came back and played Settler's of Catan with my mom and Josie! Overall we just enjoyed the night...it was so beyond beautiful! =) This morning Heidi and I met him at Starbucks at 6am for coffee =) And I'm so excited for this next part of us...and growing closer even though we're miles apart! I already miss him of course and can't wait to see him soon! =) =)


Well that's the time capsule! I'm leaving on Tuesday for school, so I'll be pretty busy getting ready these next couple days!

I'll load the pictures from this "capsule" up when I get back from dinner! (Yes, we're going to dinner at 9:45pm...that's how we roll =))

The Power of Prayer

This is from Country magazine:


"When construction began on a bar in a small town, the local church started a campaign of prayers and petitions to stop it. One week before the bar was to open, lightening struck the building and burned it to the ground.
The bar owner sued the church, saying that its prayers were responsible for the loss of his building. The church, through its lawyer, denied any responsibility.
When the case got to its first court hearing, the judge looked over the paperwork and said, 'I don't know how I'm going to decide this. We have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer and a church who doesn't!'"