Happenings

Well, I have been here in Iowa City for a month exactly today.  It seems so weird to think that this month has already passed by. Iowa is awesome, and I for sure picked the right college! All that worrying was for nothing and I am now settling into my place here on campus. A few things have happened so far, but nothing huge. God has for sure been working through me. I will talk more about that later.

This is Herky and I after On Iowa! Hawkeye football games have been so much fun! The first game vs. Tennessee Tech was cold and rainy but Kels and I stayed the whole time. There was a rain delay and we stood around  for a little bit and then went to stand under hand dryers to try and get some feeling back :) When we got to back to the stands there was hardly anybody there and we got really good seats! (See the picture below) The next football game was not so awesome. It was hot out and many people got burnt. That however was not the problem. The problem was that Iowa lost to ISU. Before you start commenting about Go ISU! I just want to say congratulations you deserved to win, cyclones. Iowa played horribly that day and you for sure outplayed us! Congrats on a good game. Iowa's defense was no where to be found and Steel Jantz took advantage of that. The next game was perfect weather and a good game. I have not screamed louder or longer than I did yesterday. It was so fun. At the beginning we didn't look too hot. We couldn't do anything at offense, but the defense came out strong and I knew we could pull it off. The offense took a little while to get going, but as soon as it did Pitt couldn't stop us. GO HAWKS!!

Yeah I took this :)

Ok, now for the Colts. (Sorry for all of you that could care less about football, glad you are still with me though) Peyton Manning is hurt. He just had a second neck injury. No one knows when he is coming back. He is what makes up the Colts. Without him there is no chance for them. I have been worried something like this would happen for a while. Nothing was ever done to make sure the Colts would be ok without him. They aren't. They hired Kerry Collins from out of retirement just a few days before the season started. He hasn't been able to lead them to a victory yet. The first week loss to the Texans brought up bitter memories from the season opener last year. Last year, however, we had hope, we had Peyton. This year, not so much. This year we have Kerry Collins. It is going to be a long football season folks.

Ok I will now get to things that really matter :) Thanks for sticking through those vents :) So dorm life is so much fun. I love having a hall that likes to hang out together. We always eat supper together and have movie nights. It is so much fun. We do some crazy things like modeling in heals down the hallway (picture below) or dancing across crosswalks. We have had some good times and it is only the first month. The only thing that stinks is the communal bathroom. If you are going to college soon I would highly recommend getting the suite. It may be a little more expensive but it would be worth it. 

Ok now for the really important stuff. I have been "shopping" around for a ministry and a church that fits  me. I went to Parkview E-free church and I liked it. It was very much like my church at home, which isn't a bad thing but something didn't fit. I also tried out 24/7 their college ministry and that was good too, but again something didn't fit. This past week I checked out Cru. I went to Bible study on Tuesday night and I really liked it. I also went to their main thing on Thursday and that was good too. Then I went to the church that Anne recommended and I loved it. The worship was good. They have a band but they don't have all the fancy lights that makes it look like a concert and I really liked that. It was simple and it made me focus more on what worship is about then what the lights were doing. Also the preaching was really good. The preacher was excited and so good. I loved it. I am so thankfully God put Anne in my life to recommend both these ministries to me. She was my small group leader for the challenge before my sophomore year. It is so cool how God works. 

Prayer Requests:

~I would continue to find time to be in God's word as I get busier and busier

~God would continue to open doors to spread His word

~I would find a person on the same page in their faith with me. It would be awesome to have someone here on campus to talk with.

~I would continue to seek God with my future. I am still not sure what I want to major in, but I am trusting God to show me. 

Thank you guys for reading this blog. It really means a lot to me that you take the time to read about my life. This is one of the only places I can tell others about what is going on in this crazy head of mine :)

~Go Hawks!