oh snap!

tonight was the final of the Mr VG (van Gilder) competition. VG is a guys dorm and the competition is to see who represents the dorm best. the winner gets a special parking spot and stuff. haha. tuesday was the first part and tonight was the final. they did all sorts of things from carrying cinderblocks up a hill, improv skits, duct tape/cardboard costumes, a talent show, and heaps more. well tonight they did some fun stuff (there were four guys left competing at this point) then they did testimonies. WOW! one of the guys that i am closest to here was in the competition. his testimony was so amazing! it made me cry! he is the type of guy that ALWAYS jokes around and makes everything funny... but tonight i saw the serious side of him and it was amazing! he was trying so hard to hold back tears when he was talking.... it didnt work and he started balling halfway through. im gonna share a bit of it with you guys. he grew up in a Christian home... typical testimony. but when he was 13 (?) his dad left his family after cheating on his mom for 2 years. then Caleb's grandfather got put in prison, and his mom got cervical cancer. this was all within a span of about 3 years. then he said something that really hit me.... he said "i wish i could say that at this point i turned to God, relied on him, and trusted him. but i didnt. i blamed God.... i hated Him, and hate is not an exaggeration of what i felt toward God". that really made me stop an think. im pretty sure at this point the whole crowd was tearing up. to see where Caleb is now, i would never have guessed that he had gone through any of that. it shows how powerful God is, and that even when we turn out backs on Him, he never leaves us. it is such a comforting feeling knowing that i am placing my trust in someone who really will never fail me. it was a really intense night and that was the highlight!

well thats my post! :D

K3GG3R

okay so its amazing that i am posting for TWO days in a row! hahaa. but i just got back from a kegger (root beer!). it was hilarious! i got to see guys being idiot and having water balloons launched at them. this was an insane catapult... it took three guys to use it. the guys on the recieving end now have great big welts and bruises on their abdomens! it was so funny to watch.... they are dumb! haha. tonight i also went to a halloween party for my core group... so fun! we ate, played catch phrase and played rockband! :D i love them! oh and my friend, Sage, spent like 15 minutes working out the knots in my back. it hurt like none other and i still have a bizillion knots. :/ well thats my post! :D

i am NOT dead!!! :D

Well it was brought to my attention by a follower of my blog, that I have been slacking about posting. So now im posting! haha

I'll start with my trip home. :D it was a great weekend! It started with me almost missing my flight out of Portland! haaha. But I did make home :D So on that friday, I went to Valley in the afternoon and saw a lot of teachers.. which was great! :D Then I went home and we had a family dinner for my Dad's birthday. Then I went to see my youth pastor and I also got to see Jonathan, one of my friends who is in the marines. It was something I didn't expect so it made me super happy! :D On the saturday, I went bowling with some of my camp friends. It was amazing! So much fun! :D Then my aunt came down and had dinner with us. On sunday, i went to breakfast with my hippos :D which was great! :D Then I went to church and saw everyone :D I flew back that night.

Since then, school has been pretty hectic. I have been swamped with homework! Finally tonight I get a break : woo hoo!

Oh... and I went to a barn party on saturday! It was so fun! I learned how to dance :D l0l.
Tomorrow night I have a halloween party and a dodgeball and there is a root-beer kegger... and i just realized that they all conflict time wise. oh boy! haha. I guess I have some planning to do!
But yeah... that is my life :D