New Year, New Friends

Not living in the dorms anymore has made me realize that I never want to live by myself, haha. I live with three other girls and unfortunately we just don't see each other very much and that has been hard on me. I don't know if I realized this until just now but God is really teaching me something through these feeling of loneliness. I have to rely on Him to meet all of my needs. For all I know He could really be preparing me for something in my future too.

I am really having to learn how to do ministry while living in a house off campus, it is a lot harder and a lot different than I thought. I still not sure what this year is going to look like but the Bible study Barrett and I are doing is going to be a great ministry opportunity!! Seeing what God is going to do and also getting to meet new people that are coming around. Just telling girls about our Bible study has already giving me the chance to meet more people, which I love to do!!

Living off campus has also been a blessing, there are so many people that I have gotten to know due to the fact that I live off campus and I don't see my closest friends all the time. I have really had to reach out to people that, if I were living in the dorms, I would never even see. 

Jessie Robertson has been such a blessing to me in picking me up since I don't have a car. It has been fun to get to hear about her life over at the Health Science Center. I just love her gentle spirit and how sweet she is!!

I am so thankful for Bethany Branscum too. I got to have lunch with her today and it was just a breath of fresh air. I am so glad that we have been able to get to know each other! She is just precious! I am so sad that it took so long for us to finally get to know each other. But with Christ it is never too late!! :-) There is so much that I can relate with her on that has just happened to us within the last year. It is really cool to see God work in the ways He does, knowing when you will need a friend that knows what you are going through!!

Friends are very important to me, because they are one way that I know God loves me and is looking out for me (through them). I have made some of the best friends while in college and I know for a fact that God has orchestrated each and everyone of them. One of my favorite things about being apart of a ministry is that new people are always coming into your life. I am such a people person, that is how God made me and I am so thankful for that!!