catching up!

Well, once again its been a very long time since I've posted anything. I hope you understand that this is not due to my own choice to remain hidden from my friends and family. I have officially decided that this has been my busiet semester. I will not bore you with all of the activities, classes, programs, etc. that I have been involved with. Basically, I have had a whole lot on my mind lately and a whole lot of things to get done.

Beta Banquet:
This picture is from my club's banquet. It was a Western style....hence our lovely attire. We actually arrived as cows and changed later. I
made the dress from a cow pattern shower curtain I found at a thrift store (een tweedehands winkel). I had a lot of fun making it and was so excited to be able to sew an actual dress from a pattern. Yes, I did this even though I was pressed for time...it was just something I had to do. Look at flicker to see a better picture of the dress and more.

Omega Banquet: The next picture is from Matthew and Adam's club banquet: OMEGA. We were all three at the same banquet and we had a lot of fun. For those of you who dont know my brothers, Adam's on the right and Matthew is on the left. Adam's a sophomore here at OC, graphic design major. Matthew's graduated from OC, working for an intercity ministry down-town OKC and at a porsche parts-shop.









For thanksgiving, God gave me a wonderrful adventure...perhaps because He knew I would need to be able to have some good, relaxing time before the stressful weeks that were to follow. I spent all of thanksgiving break with Derrick's family in Columbia, Missouri. He has one younger brother and two younger sisters. His mother, Jennifer is a hairdresser and Tom is Derrick's stepdad. It was really fun to be able to get to know them and have fun with them. I just wish I didn't have to spend so much time working on my paper's so I could have gotten to know them better, but at least I got a good draft written.
Anyway, we had a great time getting to know each other. Now, while we were there, derrick's car decided to break down. We had to wait till monday to hear the prognosis...it blew a piston and it needed a new engine. It would have probably taken a few days to get it figured out. We decided that since we needed to be back at school asap (we had already missed monday), we would try to figure something else out. After doing a lot of calling around, we bought a scooter/moped (a yamaha razz) from Derrick's cousin, packed our bags, and rode the scooter/moped home.
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ok, so I lied. we didnt really get all our bags on the scooter/moped..we had to leave a few things at the house.
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Ok, I lied again. We DID buy the scooter/moped, but we also borrowed a truck from Derrick's uncle to transport it back to Oklahoma in, where we plan to use the moped whenever we can to save a ton of gass and spare the truck from being driven too much. so, we drove back monday night and arrived at OC at 4 am on Tuesday morning. Needless to say, I slept in that day.

Everything else:
Ok, the rest of my week has been a mess. I would love to tell, I think it helps me think through things when I write them down, but I really need to finish this homework and then go to bed.

I pray that God blesses all of you!
Please pray for a little boy from Kenya named Chodo. He lives in a community affected by the aids virus and his parents are not able to provide for him and all of his siblings.