These past weeks.

These past weeks have been really awesome and also really hard. I have not  posted in a few weeks because a lot has been going on. There was GO Week, exams, and essays due.  There has been a lot so her is a recap of the past couple weeks.

Go Week is a week that talks about global outreach and missions and such things. I have decided not to go on a missions trip this year, butI will try for one next year. There is this really cool thing they do during GO Week and it is called "Prayer for the Nations" the LOGO's team (local outreach and global outreach), puts two huge blackboards out by the Student Union and people can write prayers for the nations or for anything else they want to pray for. I thought this idea was really cool so I wrote on the board and you will just have to find what I wrote. 

 I think these boards came out really cool with all the different colors and styles of writing.

Along with GO Week and the missions we also went to this cute little antique road show called "Junk in the Trunk" for my friends, friend who has total kidney failure. We went to the show and bought these really cool shirts that say give "give life" along with the shirt there was this really cool bracelet that has 2 Corinthians 9:7  on them which says "Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver" I think that verse is so awesome because it is so true. Spencer is the girl who will be getting a kidney from her sister and this is their story through the eyes of Spencer " Twenty five million  American adults, including myself suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease. My name is Spencer and this year my disease has progressed to Stage 5 Renal Failure. Fortunately, my sister Kylie is a compatible living donor, sharing her love and giving me the gift of life on October 3, 2014. Kylie and I are compelled to bring awareness to the need for Organ Donation". That is some of their story and I cant wait to see how this experience changes their lives. You can keep updated on this two awesome women in Instagram @royalbowtique. 

The past few weeks have been full of fun times, but one thing that happened that I really didnt realize would happen was being homesick. I only live 20 minutes from campus, but not seeing my family everyday is a lot harder than I thought. I live with a girl who is from the good ole state of Minnesota and she made me think about what real homesickness means. If that is even a word.  She cant go home all the time like I can and she has made me realize that even when I do not want to be with my family, I need to be thankful that they are here. She doesn't get to see her family until Christmas and I could never imagine that. 

College is full of new experiences and journeys that I am happy to have but college also comes with sadness and hard times. All I can say without God I could not get through all of this. He really does give me strength and he is always there when i need him.

    Until next week. Maybe.

                                                          

                                                                                 Love, 

                                                                                 Your Lope