My First Blog...Ever!

Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog. Yes, I finally did it. After much aversion to blogs, I finally realized that they really do make sense. So, instead of the mass email I was sending every few weeks, I will be periodically updating the blog. This way, you can catch up on what' s been going on with me whenever it's most convenient for you. :-)

So, the last few weeks have been a whirlwind. After a great summer at home, and an awesome vacation (yeah Sandbridge!), I was headed back to Dallas for my fourth semester at CFNI. The trip from Virginia to Dallas was uneventful, thank the Lord. The day after I returned were worship team auditions, so I had to get back into the swing of things very quickly. I got a callback for Wednesday afternoon, and then they set up interviews with everyone on Thursday. There's a new worship leader here, so he wanted to sit and talk with everyone before he put you on any team. After a very long week, I found out Friday that I made Praise Band, which is the main worship team here at CFNI. We lead worship for the morning chapels and some Tuesday night services, the monthly nights of worship, and other special events around the area. Luckily, they have enough people to make up two full bands, so every other week I will have a break. Practice schedules are three hours twice a week, and I'm required to take voice lessons as well. So my schedule is pretty full.

But there's also time to for hanging out with my awesome roommates! One of whom just so happens to have made a student worship team for drumming. Many of you know, but some of you may not, that Julie Garbowsky began attending CFNI this fall. She is from my home church, and practically my little sister. And it just so happens that she is one of my roommates. :-) And my other two roomies are Tanya & Kim, both of whom I've lived with before. The four of us are having so much fun together. It gets a little crazy at times, but that's to be expected. Especially when we start playing nertz!!! That's right, Julie & I taught the girls nertz and we play almost daily. Haha. With no tv, what do you expect?!

Also, I am very proud to announce that my brother has officially started his position up on Mt. Washington. He's having an incredible time up there doing what he loves...stuff with weather! lol. I don't really know all of what he's doing, but I know he is loving it. I am so proud and impressed with him for taking this position. It is a challenging one. If you get a chance, check out www.mountwashington.org. He writes the blog on the front page every few days.

Well, I guess that's it for now. Thank you all so much for your prayers and continued support. They mean so much to me. I got the chance to talk to so many of you this summer who were so encouraging. Thank you! Keep checking back. I'll be updating soon. Love & miss you all!