Hope for Haiti is on tonight on ABC. Tune in if you have a chance and give whatever you can. It's a great way to help those in need. If we are all united to one cause, just think how many we can save who need desperate medical treatments, food and water supplies. Just because we aren't physically over in Haiti, doesn't mean we can turn a deaf ear to the heart wrenching stories and the destruction that has taken over this country. Let's think if we were in that situation. Would we want the world to aid us? The answer, quite simply, is yes. And it's a yes for me, personally, to help, whether it's through prayer or donations. Donate whatever you can. There's lots of organizations to donate to:
Hope for Haiti Now
Operation USA
Oxfam International
This week was a good one over all. Monday was MLK day so obviously we had off, which we were all happy about. I love that extra day after we get back from Christmas break. It's like a little pillow before the big blows come as we trek through this semester.
Classes are going well. I have my first speech for communications Feb 1st so pray for me! I did theater when I was in high school so I shouldn't be too bad. The only problem I have with public speaking is that it's all about me. I can't hide behind a character I'm trying to portray. Speaking is you in the naked form (not literally, of course haha!). Don't worry. The tactics I learned in theater will definitely be helpful: posture, projection, breathing, articulation. It's just the sweaty palms and the somewhat adrenaline rush I get that I cannot stand. The Lord will sustain me. Doesn't He always?
Philosophy is going great! I thought it was going to be so badly boring. But, it's actually a great class. We have in-depth conversations. Sure we ask questions to the point where we come full-circle from where we started, but it's fun! I think I stumped my professor with one of my questions. He contorted his face in such a way to where I thought, "Well, gee winnickers. I stumped my prof! That's awesome!" I love it. The fun thing about philosophy, at least with my prof, is that he doesn't act as if he knows the answers to the questions we ask or that are in our reading material. Instead, he's humble and travels the road of finding out the answers with us. In that way, we all grow. It's like he's on the same level as us. He just has a big ol' degree in the matter.
Now onto the class that's worrying me a bit just because of the slew of information that tags along with it. Intro to AVP. We have our first project due in a few weeks. Am I nervous? Slightly. Just because while there isn't that much that goes into it, I want to prove that I can be good with technology. I don't necessarily want to go into broadcasting, but I still want to prove I can do the work and I have what it takes to do any branch of journalism. Our first project is just an audio track promo for Belmont. Since homecoming is a few weeks away, I decided to do my project on that. I think it'll turn out swell. I'll stay positive at least.
Ireland. That great land mass of beautiful landscapes and the peak. Ah, the peak. I want to go. I desire to go. Money is a very very very very very tight. An extremely rich husband would work well right about now. I've saved practically everything. Now I have to rely on scholarships. God is going to have to come through for me if it's truly in His will for me to go. I just don't think I'd be this hung up on going if there wasn't something in me that said it was His will for me to go. Every time I think I won't be able to go, there's that little voice saying "Stay strong. Have faith. You're going." Reliance on God is a must and, honestly, I wouldn't be able to do anything without Him. My prayer is that He got me this far. He's opened so many doors for me. If this is one of them, I continually pray He will be with me and provide for me to go. Please keep this in your prayers. I have to have all the money in by mid-April, including financial aid I believe or maybe not. Then they said I need aobut $600 for personal needs. I don't know what that means but we'll see. I'm searching online for scholarships so we'll see where that gets me. The departing date is July 27th.
Well, I think I updated you guys of all the 'stuff' in my life. Ash and I went to Starbucks tonight for a weekly coffee run. The caffeine hasn't kicked in and I don't think it will. Maybe it's because I didn't sleep at all last night! Yes, that could be it.
Have I told you how much I love y'all? A whole heck of a lot!
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