Thursday, March 26, 2009

SPRING BREAK!

Spring Break was another success this year, but was completely different than last year's! Last year I traveled around Texas visiting friend's and family with my good friend Matt. We went to my cousin's wedding at the end of SB before heading back to NMMI!This year, since I am not at NMMI and am enjoying a little bit of freedom at Wayland I was able to do my own thing :) I wanted to see friends and family for my SB, but ended up just seeing friends! I had planned to see all my family for Easter, but that will be a challenge in itself now. Anyway I got out of school Friday at noon and started my adventure of SB 2009!

Friday- I traveled to Portales, NM to see my good friend Matt and spend some time with him. He had practice that afternoon and after he showered and got packed we headed to Alb, NM to go see his family for the weekend and buy him a puppy! We got in about 10 p.m. that night.
Saturday- We went dog shopping! In the ABQ mall they have an adoption center that Matt wanted to look at for a puppy. We found the dog that we thought he would get, but when we returned later that night the dog was already adopted. Matt's mom and stepdad took us out for dinner at Texas Roadhouse and we had a great time :)
Sunday- The adoption agency would get 3 new puppies this morning, so we went bright and early to see if Matt wanted one of those. But before the mall we went to the animal shelter and looked at tons of precious dogs that needed a home. Matt's mom, stepdad, and little brother came with us and also looked for a puppy of their own. We all ended up going back to the mall and adopting a 4 month pitbull mix! She is precious and Matt named her Athena! We loaded the car and headed back to Portales that night!
Monday-Since Matt and the other guys didn't have spring break the same week I stayed in Portales with the new puppy to help train her! It was an adventure, but I must say I can't wait to have a dog of my own one day!
Tuesday- Matt had school again and football of course so I stayed with Athena working on the potty skills a little more. I was a little upset about the accidents she had in the house, but she is getting better!
Wednesday- This morning one the guys I went to NMMI with that also goes to Portales took me to Clovis, NM to meet IBC from San Angelo to go on the ski trip! I am so grateful they were able to pick me up there! After getting lost in Clovis, Jay and his girlfriend and I finally found the IBC bus! We traveled to Santa Fe to get our rentals and then back to Glorieta to sty in our cabins!
Thursday- We headed out to Santa Fe to go skiing and well for me snowboarding! It was a great long day of fun in the sun on the snow! Most of us ended up stripping down our layers to just a t-shirt and pants! We all had a blast and all got sun burnt!
Friday- Another fun day of snowboarding! I had a great time with my college friends and the little high schoolers who love to be around older people! It was fun! I had many falls and many slides down the slopes, but I am proud to say I stayed up most of the time :) Jordan, a friend of mine cut me off on one slope and in front of about 10 people from our church, I slid 100 yards on my belly! Face first!
Saturday- We all packed up and headed home after an amazing time at Santa Fe and staying in Glorieta cabins! I was picked up in Clovis by Matt and we went to watch a few of his girl friends play in a soccer game! I miss soccer so much :) That night we hung out with other friends from NMMI that go to Portales now and enjoyed a little Mexican Food that made us sick!
Sunday- We had a fun lunch at a Chinese place there that was very good and I am craving it now! I got to play with Athena, the new puppy a lot and we bought her some new food and a fun toy (piggy) that she enjoys playing with! After a long day and many movies I came back to Wayland to start the remaining weeks of school!

-There are about 7 guys that played football at NMMI that now transferred to ENMU to play!
-I have a girl friend that I ran track with at NMMI that now runs at ENMU and one of the volleyball players from NMMI, may also go to ENMU in the fall!
-Athena is precious and helps me clean the nasty boys house when I feel like it!
-SB was fun :)
$620 was my last updated amount that I needed and I am pleased to tell you today that my trip is PAID!!!! I received another $1000 from the missions committee at my home church and have my entire trip paid off now :) I will be sending the final check of $2800 in next Wednesday and have been blessed so much! The Lord has provided and is truly amazing and has shown me this yet again!
School is going well and I have a test coming up soon, but I will live :) For those of you who do not know I am a student that stresses over tests and want a high A! So before spring break you can imagine I was stressing out a lot :) I had 2 presentations and 3 tests to take before leaving on break! It was an adventure, but through prayer God put me at ease and I still did okay on my tests :) This is why we are told to not worry :) It is in HIS hands!
SPRING BREAK! That was last week and I had a great time! I went write another blog to tell you about my spring break and what I did over the break :)! I was able to read on one of my books though. It is The Shack and I am almost finished with it! Then I can start with 2 books I need to read by April 17th!
Well my training weekend in April is coming up soon and I am very excited to drive to OKLAHOMA for the training! I know God has prepared me for this trip in many ways and continues to. This training is one step closer to send off time in May! Please continue to pray for JAPAN and the hearts of the sweet japanese people I will be in contact with!
Well I am off to another blog to write about SPRING BREAK!
Have a blessed week :)
John 3:30