Today is my last day at the BSM. I have spent the day packing up my office....which is sad and lame. I thought that for this post, I would list some of my favorite BSM memories from the past two years. The is the first installment!!


0451: The craziness of Dollar Steak Nights!



















0452: MOVIE DAYS!!!



0453: Staying up all night for a couple of nights to help Lisa Donehoo finish her art piece0454: When Bryce "shushed" me in a leadership team meeting. I think I scared them all

0455: My first Leadership Team retreat, when we went to Lakeview camp. And we did that stupid game where we had to lift the tent pole0


456: Tim ALWAYS wondering off the first year of Beach Reach

0457: Partying with the Indians!



















0458: Hanging out with Amy pretty much EVERY NIGHT of last fall












0459: My favorite Indonesian... Yoshi ( i miss that guy!)



















0460: Thinking I wouldn't be able to come back this year, but then GOD PROVIDED! And I was able to come back!! YAY!




0461:Making the HOPE shirts to raise money for Student missions!!
















0462: Losing the van at Beach Reach. At the time, not a good moment. But looking back, its pretty funny


463: The Jar Wars Banquet last year. The girls did an AWESOME job,and it was WAY fun!
0465: When Aravind and Praveen came home with me for Thanksgiving. It was interesting and entertaining all at the same time!


0466: Last year's Focus. It was my first time to really get to know some of the students. We played the game of "reactions" in the van. I yelled something out, they had to react to it, and I would take a picture. It was pretty comical.0467: THE SNOW DAY!! It was like we were all five years old again!

0468: Last fall, Aravind, Praveen, and Yoshi came over to help me decorate for Christmas. Bubba was in town visiting me before going hunting. Praveen was enamored with Bubba's guns. Then Bubba taught Aravind to Two-Step. It was cute














0469: The kids in Mexico. I would be dead-dog tired (and sick) in the afternoons. But they would come to the door of our house and ask if I could come play with them. I loved to go out there and sit and talk with the older girls (with butchered Spanish) and play tag with the younger ones.


0470: The International Retreat, last year. Explaining to them how to make a S'more. It was hilarious. (This is Praveen eating his first S'more EVER!)

0471 : Taking Yoshi to his first Halloween last year. It was hilarious. I made him dress up as a cow for our "Noah's Ark" Trunk at my church's Trunk-or-Treat0475: I MET DONALD MILLER!! At the Right Now conference last fall, not only did I take a picture with my future husband, but He signed my journal! And it said "LOVE, Donald Miller!" HALLELUJAH!
0476: For the Christmas banquet this year, we got to wear PAJAMAS! It was a brilliant idea and I LOVED IT!0477: I also learned to play cricket! Can't say I'm very good at it though!


0478: We did a couple of FREE pancake breakfasts on campus. The students did such a GREAT job of serving and meeting new people! I was so proud of them!0479: I REALLY enjoyed the times that we made cookies and took them over to the sorority houses. It was a simple way to serve them, and it was totally worth it!


0480: The Sonic Carhop... It was a LOT of fun and we a good chunk of change for summer missions.


0481: At the Hayride last fall, the nice men at the cowboy church tried teaching everyone how to rope... Let's just say.... we won't be winning any roping contests soon.

0482: When the new student center opened last year, me, Joycelyn, and Wesley went over there to "tour the place." We ended up having chair races in one of the conference rooms.

0483: It was during my first semester here that Margaret passed away. The students and Joe were AMAZING. They supported me in so many ways. They even helped me when I had to bake goodies to take to her memorial in Dallas.

0484: It was AMAZINGLY hilarious to watch Jeananne do the Cholo...after we hounded her about it

0435 - It has been a rough week... AND IT'S ONLY WEDNESDAY! But God is getting me through. I can't imagine doing it without Him.


0436 - I love it. So true.




















0437 - I got to go home for Mother's Day, which was quite delightful! My mom and I cleaned out our storage unit, which may sound lame, but gave us such a sense of accomplishment!

0438 - More truth... and an added chuckle
































0439 - I hit an armadillo last night on the way home from SS. I am NOT thankful for that. After hitting it, something fell from underneath my car and I was dragging it. Once again, not thankful. BUT... JOE FIXED IT TODAY! For that, I AM thankful

0440-For the college Bible study at church, we have been studying Feast. We have learned about 6 of the Jewish feasts and how they relate to Christianity. I personally have learned so much through this study!











0441- In case you have been living under a rock for awhile, allow me to let you in on a secret...I'm moving home for the summer. I know..it's every 24-year-old's dream to move back home with mommy and daddy. BUT... i AM looking forward to going to Connection Point Church this summer! I am excited to see what Joel and Erica have got going on . And who knows?? If I am back in Dallas for good, maybe I'll get plugged in!






0442- this made me giggle... a lot!




0443 - Brittany, Jeananne, and Lisa made me a video... and it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

0444 - I took great comfort in the truth Francis Chan spoke here


0445 - I tweeted about this earlier, but every college student should check this out
http://theresurgence.com/7_ways_missionary_college


0446- Call me crazy, but I look forward to driving a pimped out swagger wagon one day





0447 - An INCREDIBLE depiction of the prodigal



0448- Maybe you have seen this somewhere else in the blog-o-sphere. It's a sad, but true representation of churches today.

"Sunday's Coming" Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo.

0449 - On Tuesday nights, me and four other girls get together, make a delicious dinner, and dig into Ephesians. We just have one more week. I have truly cherished our times together and I will miss them oh so much.

0450 - It's my last week at the BSM. Kinda sad. But be looking for a BSM-themed Thankful post coming up next!

MARIBETH!

So I'm a couple of days late... but better late than never, right??

434 - I am SO VERY THANKFUL for my wonderful friend, MARIBETH!


If you don't know her, then I can assure you... you are missing out! She is one the most amazing, kind -hearted people I know.


I met Maribeth, (aka MB, M-beezy, Merr-beff, Mary) my freshmen year at SFA. She was a wise old sophomore. She was good friends with my Freshmen care group leader, Sarah. I remember the first time I really talked to her. She was getting ready to move from Steen to Kerr, where the party was at! haha



We were walking outside of Kerr, and I asked her why she had a raspy voice. She went on to tell me how she is an incredible miracle. If you want to hear her story and how she is using it to glorify the Lord, check out her blog. After she told me her story, I felt like crap. I mean, who did I think I was, asking her about her voice. I felt pretty guilty. But she assured me that it was cool. I realized that night that I wanted to be friends with her. But I had no idea that she would end up being one of my best friends.






Needless to say, we hit it off pretty quick. She was a BSM-er and she lived just a floor below me in Kerr. I'm pretty sure I was down there (in her private room!) every day! We watched Boy Meets World and Fresh Prince all the time, while giggling and talking about life.




While at SFA, MB was always there for me. Whether it was to go get a snowcone (everday!) or to come together and share our hearts, I knew I could count on MB. She ended up graduating a year before me. But even after she moved back to Dallas, I still talked with her on a regular basis. Nothing had really changed in our friendship.









Over the past six years, MB and I have shared so many good memories. Snowcones. Beach Reach. The Nacogdoches Christmas Light Parade. Boys. Watching the sunrise. Then the car not starting and meeting a crazy mountain woman. Football games. BSM. Pete's. Midnight phone calls. High School Musical!!! Trey singing us to sleep. Road trips. Track Meets. Sonic. Caleb Canter. Karaoke. The Lake at Labor Day. Shreveport for Brad's wedding. The A- Frame. "Studying" in the library. 431. Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Date Auction.



This past week, MB turned 25. I am so eternally thankful that the Lord brought her into my life. I look forward to many, MANY more years with MB in my life.