My Mom and Heidi and Josie and Nate got here last night!

Josie kept hugging me and asking me to hold her! She would say, "Whoen [Lauren], I wost [lost] you, but now i found you." It was so precious! And she slept in my bed with me and kept waking me up cause she'd be rubbing my face or arms.

Ok...

...so I've posted a lot today...but what else am I supposed to do when there is nothing to do? After our 9am-12pm practice this morning, we showered and then we (Katerina, Sarah, Kate, and I) went to the Lancaster Mall...took pictures in a photo booth...smelled stuff at Bath & Body Works...then went to WalMart to get groceries...then we (Katerina, Kate, and I) made dinner (a pre-cooked chicken from the deli, brown rice, carrots, and garlic/cheese bread)...hung our snowflakes...watched Lucky Seven and then the Notebook...and since we were all homesick and the movies were sad we cuddled on the bed and cried...and Kate was right when she said that we're pathetic...and then Kate and I played ping-pong...and drank egg nogg...and ate Teddy Grahms and the rest of the chicken...yep! And now we're going to bed! And when we wake up, it'll be another day closer to our loved ones!!

What I've Been Learning...con't...and final one

Jeremiah 32:39-41

"And I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me. I will find joy in doing good for them..."

Roommates:
Kate and now also Katerina (aka: Sunshine) are the best roommates! Praise God! I am blessed! (side note, both of them have changed their hair since this picture =)




Facebook:

Facebook may seem necessary to survive life, but I am better off without it! I promise you, you don't need it!!


Winco:

GREAT for buying bulk candy!! Sour apple rings = $1.86 per pound! Also, when you need a study booster, they sell bulk chocolate covered coffee beans at a great price!!

Survey of Biblical Literature (Old Testament):



The tests are very narrow and the lectures and study guides are very broad. Bad combination.


Corban Warriors Basketball (JV):

* I'm thankful that I won't even get to sit on the varsity bench because it means I get more of a Christmas break with my family, beau, and friends!! And I rarely miss class!!

* God has me right where he wants me.

Skype...

Is GREAT for dates with Jason (especially when we do devotions!)...is GREAT for "seeing" my family (Josie especially gets really excited!)



US...

God is SO good! He has grown us so unbelievably much! We are more in love than ever before!! I've been learning to trust His perfect plans, and that He has marvelous things planned for us together! When it's the THREE of us...our love is perfect!

1 Tim 4:12 "Don't let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity."

Three Doors Down

These pictures are taken half-way between moving in and putting away, so it's not quite as messy as it was at the beginning of moving! (I will post pics again when everything is put away...and I will do the "To Be Continued..." blog this week too!) Anyway, Kate and I moved three doors down and Katerina (aka: Sunshine) joined us in a double-room that is made for four people. So we have a bit more space and furniture! It'll be a blast! We spent all day deep cleaning and moving! But it's so worth it! And I'm about 75% moved in!!

PS: I've done really great with my finals so far! Praise God!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...?

Does this look like Christmas to you?

I'm thinking it should look something more like this...

I'm dreaming...of a white Christmas...

Well anyway...at least there's only about 8 more days!!!

Finals!

Ok so I'm not really even stressed about them, since I only have three and they are not accumulative... But here is a picture of us studying at Starbucks...for about 4 hours! It was very productive! (I'm serious too!) Oh and Kate was there too, but she took the picture =)

PS: the continuation of what I'm learning will come AFTER finals are done! (So about Wednesday night...or Thursday =))