Hi everyone,
I am back in Switzerland for Christmas holidays(: It is so good to be home for Christmas. I got to fly for the first time alone......scary....but i made it to the right country. I flew from Greenville spartenburg South Carolina to Charlotte North Carolina. While i was waiting for my plane in SC i got to have a skype video conference with my family(: the joys of modern inventions!!!! when i got to NC i had to wait a bit not very long. Finally i got on to the plane and was headed to Gatwick London. I don't ever mind long flights over the ocean because there are always things to do like watch silent movies, because they are charging $5 for a pair headphones): Well after my movie I slept the rest of the way and the next thing i knew the pilot was announcing landing. In London the real fun began, after being shocked by the English people even the "strickt" security checking peoples habit of calling everyone "love" i had about six hours to spend in the airport. My plane had arrived in London at 8:30 London time my next plane was going to be departing at 15:45. Alls i can say is that after living off of Teddy Grahms and a banana and thouroghly memorizing every shop in the airport i was ready to go home. The first sight i had of my home or at least Zurich was the snow all over.....not something you see very often in SC. And know the big question i made it to my destination, but did my lugage make it.......well yes it did(: after getting my stuff i meat my favorite people who were patiently waiting for me......my family(: of course i was still on american time so even though it was 18:30 my mind thought it was only 12:30 so i was awake and happy to be home. As i talked i looked out my window and started to see familier towns and places until finally mys liebe chlyne Holderbank(: and as if i could be even more happy the next day was sunday and i was going to go to my own church again with all my wonderful friends(: i didn't realize how i missed walking into a small church where i knew everyone and felt at home, a total contrast of a University church with a couple thousand people attending and at least about 30 usheres. Well i hope you all have a wonderful christmas and a happy new year(:
December 24, 2008
Home for Christmas
September 26, 2008
Life at BJU
Hi Everyone,
Sorry that it has been a while since I last added anything to my blog. I guess I kind of left everyone hanging. Well I have been here almost an entire month already, and I am really having a great time. The first week was extremely overwhelming. Once classes started and I got to know my roommates things started to go better. All my classes are going well. I joined a society (the sailors for all of you who are familiar with the BJU societys) and our brother society is the Cavaliers. We are having our first outing next month, and it is going to be a "dating" outing, which basically means all the girls in our society have to ask a guy out. So I am looking forward to that next month....and yes I got myself a date(: It is going to be a formal event with a murder mystery theme. I will try to take pictures to post on my blog.
I am not playing any sports this semester because life has been slightly overwhelming. I am just going to get used to planning my days with my job and my homework and using my time wisely. I might play soccer next semester if I have the time. Our society gets involved with all the sports and they do not have try outs which means if you want to play you can even if you have absolutely no experience in the sport.
My roommates are all really nice. Natalie is a senior, she grew up as a missionary in Brazil. Karis is a sophmore, she is studying women's ministrys; and finally Brittany is studying culinary arts, she brings leftovers from her projects back to our room sometimes(: The four of us get along real well.
Well I need to get back to my homework. I just got back from watching my brother society play in a football (soccer) game, and they won 5-1!
August 27, 2008
Hey Everyone sorry I haven't written for a while. Last month I had my wisdom teeth removed which went almost perfect. They were removed on the 18 of Juli I ended up sleeping through most of the weekend, but Monday night I took and extra pain killer and spent the whole tuesday getting sick every ten minuets, so if it was not for that I would not have had any problems.
July 24, 2008
Kids camp 2008
The week after Teen camp we got to help at a kids camp. I got to be a counselor for the 5th and 6th grade girls cabin. We had a lot of fun. I really enjoyed being a counselor. There were two other ladies who were counselors of the same cabin. The three of us got a long well, we had a lot of fun. My dad was taking pictures throughout the week and made this movie of the different things we did.
July 12, 2008
Fun at Teen Camp
Me and my sisters had a chance to go to a camp that one of our churches had. The camp was at Appalachin Bible college in West Virginia, the name of the camp was Alpine Bible camp. We had a medieval theme focusing on having a lionhearted faith and the courage to share our faith. We played many games, participated in all kinds of competitions and attempted to complete different challenges all the while learning to work together as a cabin. I also got a chance to do High ropes, which was really fun as soon as I got used to the idea of being really far off the ground.
June 12, 2008
Arriving in USA
We finally made it to America. Our flight from Zurich to Washington-Dulles went well....but I can't say the same for our transfer in Washington. In Washington we were supposed to board a plane to fly to Harrisburg PA at 16:45, this flight would only take us 55 minuets. Well the plane boarded 15 minuets late, we sat on the plane for about 30 minuets, and then they told us we needed to get off the plane. There was a storm coming so the captan informed us takeoff would be delayed. After waiting for a bit we boarded again drove out to take off got to the take off strip then the captain informed us that we would need to wait 30 minuets so we pulled off and waited. At the end of the 30 minuets the weather had not improved to the plane went back to the terminal, but lightening had started and because of the danger of being hit by lightening the ground crew did not come out. By the time we finally got off the plane and down to the baggage claim it was about 22:00. Getting our baggage was the next challenge. So many flights were being cancelled it was total confusion. In the end we finally got our baggage and after going 24 hours without sleep (calculating the time difference) we ended up spending the night on some chairs in the baggage claim area and took the first flight out at 8:26 the next morning.
May 23, 2008
University
Here is my general School schedule. I thought I would post this on my blog so that you know when you can come visit me in South Carolina.
May 16, 2008
Welcome family & friends!
I will be posting my address for college as soon as I get it. I will also write more when I actually have something to write about(: I will try to put pictures from my graduation party that I had with Anne.