Man it has been such a long day! Complete with stressing over school, work, running around like a crazy woman and staring at my computer screen forever trying to fill out my advertising study guide. My eyes hurt from this screen but I got it all done.
Most exciting thing of the day: I got to meet the director of social events here on campus AND she is really excited about my groups event proposal. I'm going to be the event manager which means I'll probably get pretty close to the others that work with social events. Also I get to go on a retreat this weekend with them. It'll be fun I'm sure. Mostly I'm just excited to be doing events.
Awkward RM Moment of the day: So I have this friend named Andrew and he has a roommate named Matt. Matt is pretty cute but more then that he just really seems like a good guy. Like Joe good. And I met him for the second time last night when we went stadium singing & then he came over to our house. Then after he left Kenzie told me that Matt wants to ask me out on a date and I'm like "whoot whoot!" So of course now that I know this and I'm a little excited about it who do I see while I'm running around campus like a crazy woman trying to find someone in activities to talk to? Matt. Grrreeeaaaatt! So yeah I'm coming out of the activities office all frazzled when I hear my name. I turn around & there he is. Now not only am I frazzled but I'm embarrassed so all I can manage is a half flirtatious "heeeeyyy!" then he asks me where I'm heading. "The Library" and then we stand there. Now looking back I know that was my cue to be like "Where are you going?" buuuttt nothing came outta my mouth. So we kinda stood there awkwardly until I was like "Well I've gotta go." Yep it was awkward. Story of my life!
Welp bed time!!
<3 Becca
Monday, September 24, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Master the Tempest is Raging
So it has been SUCH a busy weekend! I worked like all day on Friday & then Kenzine, Effie & I went to a dance where we met some boys & then after we hopped in the back of one of their trucks and they took us to the haunted swings & the haunted cabin! It was so much fun! Also one of them (Steven) is super cute & was totally flirting with me.
Then after they invited us to go hiking with them on Saturday. So of course I HAVE to go since there is a cute boy going to be there even though I hate hiking. So I was really scared that I was going to make a fool outta myself & die while trying to climb this mountain. But my roommate Cathy came with us and she was pretty terrified of heights and so it was pretty slippy so she had to stop a lot which was fine with me & then when we got to the top & it was flat I was walking around that mountain like a boss. LOL The boys were pretty impressed with me. But Steven wasn't as flirtatiousness as Friday night but I decided that its fine.
Church was good today. I taught in Mission Prep call because I am an Assistant Ward Mission Leader! I am so excited for this calling! I've been assigned a companion and she & I are actually going to teach the lessons to one of the apartments in our ward! I'm so stoked for it!
Tonight we went Stadium Singing. I haven't done that in AGES! And I am glad that I did.
We sang this song & while we were the Spirit touched me how the words of this song are what the Lord has done for me!
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Then after they invited us to go hiking with them on Saturday. So of course I HAVE to go since there is a cute boy going to be there even though I hate hiking. So I was really scared that I was going to make a fool outta myself & die while trying to climb this mountain. But my roommate Cathy came with us and she was pretty terrified of heights and so it was pretty slippy so she had to stop a lot which was fine with me & then when we got to the top & it was flat I was walking around that mountain like a boss. LOL The boys were pretty impressed with me. But Steven wasn't as flirtatiousness as Friday night but I decided that its fine.
Church was good today. I taught in Mission Prep call because I am an Assistant Ward Mission Leader! I am so excited for this calling! I've been assigned a companion and she & I are actually going to teach the lessons to one of the apartments in our ward! I'm so stoked for it!
Tonight we went Stadium Singing. I haven't done that in AGES! And I am glad that I did.
We sang this song & while we were the Spirit touched me how the words of this song are what the Lord has done for me!
105
Master, the Tempest Is Raging
1. Master, the tempest is raging!
The billows are tossing high!
The sky is o’ershadowed with blackness.
No shelter or help is nigh.
Carest thou not that we perish?
How canst thou lie asleep
When each moment so madly is threat’ning
A grave in the angry deep?
The billows are tossing high!
The sky is o’ershadowed with blackness.
No shelter or help is nigh.
Carest thou not that we perish?
How canst thou lie asleep
When each moment so madly is threat’ning
A grave in the angry deep?
[Chorus]
The winds and the waves shall obey thy will:
Peace, be still.
Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea
Or demons or men or whatever it be,
No waters can swallow the ship where lies
The Master of ocean and earth and skies.
They all shall sweetly obey thy will:
Peace, be still; peace, be still.
They all shall sweetly obey thy will:
Peace, peace, be still.
The winds and the waves shall obey thy will:
Peace, be still.
Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea
Or demons or men or whatever it be,
No waters can swallow the ship where lies
The Master of ocean and earth and skies.
They all shall sweetly obey thy will:
Peace, be still; peace, be still.
They all shall sweetly obey thy will:
Peace, peace, be still.
2. Master, with anguish of spirit
I bow in my grief today.
The depths of my sad heart are troubled.
Oh, waken and save, I pray!
Torrents of sin and of anguish
Sweep o’er my sinking soul,
And I perish! I perish! dear Master.
Oh, hasten and take control!
I bow in my grief today.
The depths of my sad heart are troubled.
Oh, waken and save, I pray!
Torrents of sin and of anguish
Sweep o’er my sinking soul,
And I perish! I perish! dear Master.
Oh, hasten and take control!
3. Master, the terror is over.
The elements sweetly rest.
Earth’s sun in the calm lake is mirrored,
And heaven’s within my breast.
Linger, O blessed Redeemer!
Leave me alone no more,
And with joy I shall make the blest harbor
And rest on the blissful shore.
The elements sweetly rest.
Earth’s sun in the calm lake is mirrored,
And heaven’s within my breast.
Linger, O blessed Redeemer!
Leave me alone no more,
And with joy I shall make the blest harbor
And rest on the blissful shore.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Standing Up
I know, I know...I didn't write for like the rest of the entire summer. But don't worry I know exactly what happened while I was away. It went like this:
Work, eat, sleep, repeat for 5 days, GO DANCING, church. Now repeat that for however long its been since I've posted. =]
Anyway, guess what! I am back in Rexburg! Fun right? I think yes. So the semester officially started a week and a half ago. Between classes & work I've been CRAZY busy! I'm literally on campus from 7:45am til about 4:30pm everyday. Its great fun. A nine hour day...makes me feel like I'm back on my mission.
I've got 5 roommates (of course) and they are all under 20. But they keep me from being a stick in the mud & just sitting in my room whenever I actually do get some free time.
I'm trying to think if there is anything else to really tell you...nope not really. I guess I could tell you what classes I've got.
Spanish 201: I don't remember ANYTHING from before my mish...I've started praying for the gift of tongues so I can get through this one. There's also Advertising Principles, Home Decor Sewing, Interior Design annnnddd...wait for it...Events Management! So stoked for Events. We are currently planning a huge game for campus to play near the end of the semester (more details about that later) and I am sooo excited for it. Events are truly my passion.
Oh and I'm working for parking services this semester. So basically I sit in the office & do my homework until someone with a question...or lets be honest a complaint that they got a ticket...comes along & I get to help them. I love it! I know lots of people don't like it when people are all upset and stuff like that but I kind of do. Like today there was this girl who called the office. She was all upset because she got a $50 ticket for parking where she wasn't supposed to park. Long story short she was/is NOT going to pay this ticket and she wanted me to just take it off her account. One I don't have the clearance to do that and two even if I didn't the girl has like 10 previous parking tickets she was not as dumb about parking as she made herself out to be. But also (I'm getting to why I like people yelling at me) it wouldn't be right to just let it go. She did something wrong & she has to pay the consequences, and I love the feeling of being able to stand up for what I know is the right thing! It is such a powerful feeling!
I wish that more people could feel that feeling. I wish I remembered that feeling when it comes to sticking up for my standards sometimes. I think if we all could remember that feeling of power & sound mind (see 2 Tim 1:7) then it wouldn't be so hard sometimes to be different. To say "no I'm not going to do that. I don't think that's right" But that's what being human is I guess. Forgetting those things & only thinking about what others will think of us.
I'm going to make it a goal to always remember the feelings I get when I stand up for what is right when I'm in that critical moment & despite my fears I'm going to stand up for whats right. You're all probably good at this already but feel free to join me! =]
<3 Becca
Work, eat, sleep, repeat for 5 days, GO DANCING, church. Now repeat that for however long its been since I've posted. =]
Anyway, guess what! I am back in Rexburg! Fun right? I think yes. So the semester officially started a week and a half ago. Between classes & work I've been CRAZY busy! I'm literally on campus from 7:45am til about 4:30pm everyday. Its great fun. A nine hour day...makes me feel like I'm back on my mission.
I've got 5 roommates (of course) and they are all under 20. But they keep me from being a stick in the mud & just sitting in my room whenever I actually do get some free time.
I'm trying to think if there is anything else to really tell you...nope not really. I guess I could tell you what classes I've got.
Spanish 201: I don't remember ANYTHING from before my mish...I've started praying for the gift of tongues so I can get through this one. There's also Advertising Principles, Home Decor Sewing, Interior Design annnnddd...wait for it...Events Management! So stoked for Events. We are currently planning a huge game for campus to play near the end of the semester (more details about that later) and I am sooo excited for it. Events are truly my passion.
Oh and I'm working for parking services this semester. So basically I sit in the office & do my homework until someone with a question...or lets be honest a complaint that they got a ticket...comes along & I get to help them. I love it! I know lots of people don't like it when people are all upset and stuff like that but I kind of do. Like today there was this girl who called the office. She was all upset because she got a $50 ticket for parking where she wasn't supposed to park. Long story short she was/is NOT going to pay this ticket and she wanted me to just take it off her account. One I don't have the clearance to do that and two even if I didn't the girl has like 10 previous parking tickets she was not as dumb about parking as she made herself out to be. But also (I'm getting to why I like people yelling at me) it wouldn't be right to just let it go. She did something wrong & she has to pay the consequences, and I love the feeling of being able to stand up for what I know is the right thing! It is such a powerful feeling!
I wish that more people could feel that feeling. I wish I remembered that feeling when it comes to sticking up for my standards sometimes. I think if we all could remember that feeling of power & sound mind (see 2 Tim 1:7) then it wouldn't be so hard sometimes to be different. To say "no I'm not going to do that. I don't think that's right" But that's what being human is I guess. Forgetting those things & only thinking about what others will think of us.
I'm going to make it a goal to always remember the feelings I get when I stand up for what is right when I'm in that critical moment & despite my fears I'm going to stand up for whats right. You're all probably good at this already but feel free to join me! =]
<3 Becca
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