First of all, I am now (legally) an adult! I had a lovely birthday on Wednesday. I was slightly worried that it would just be a same-old same-old school day filled of classes, but everyone went out of their way to make it wonderful. Mom and Dad's gifts were so nice, friends here AND friends from home sent cards and presents, Mom had cupcakes delivered to me (who knew cupcakes could be mailed from New York?!), and so much more. Thank you to everyone for making it special! Below is a picture of my excitement upon receiving red velvet cupcakes in the mail. Did I mention how cool it is that cupcakes can be delivered in the mail?
Also contributing in making Wednesday a fun day was being elected to Student Council! On Sunday night I received an email from our class sponsors that someone had nominated me for Secretary or Treasurer. It was quite a surprise, though a pleasant one, and I decided to go ahead and run. I mostly just spread the word to friends, but I guess they helped to spread it around because on Wednesday morning I was elected Secretary out of six "candidates". Our first meeting as Student Council will be next week.
Friday morning I sang with two other girls in chapel. I was extremely nervous, but really enjoyed the practices and even ended up enjoying the performance!
This morning I volunteered to help out with our first freshman class project- adopting a highway! Who knew picking up trash could be so much fun? It was a great way to spend time with friends.
This evening I decided to try out the Street Witnessing team. Basically, each Saturday night, whoever can make it heads out to the streets downtown to witness to anyone who will listen. It was definitely one of the highlights of my week. I mostly observed tonight and was partnered with someone who had a lot of experience. It was much easier to start conversations than I had expected. I'm SO excited to take some of the things I learned through speech & debate (yes, especially apologetics!) and use them in real life. I can't wait to go again next week! For anyone reading, please be in prayer that God will prepare the hearts of those we speak to and that they would be receptive to His calling.
Anyway, that's the update for now! Oh, and I did choose a church finally. It's a tiny little place where I think I can be very involved and will learn so much, not only from the preaching, but also from the wonderful members.
~Hannah Grace
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