Casa and my cutie!

The week before Winter Break has arrived, and everyone is anxious to finish up work, take tests, and BOOK IT OUT OF HOLLAND. Only because we all really just need a break. 5 weeks of spring semester is like 10 weeks of fall semester. It’s lengthy. To stay sane with repetitous homework, I’ve found myself …

What Up Michigannn

Well, I wasn’t sure if I would make it, but I made it through the week. Thankfully it is Friday and classes are over for the week. My parents are coming to Holland tonight, and I cannot wait to spend some time with them. I feel like I haven’t seen them in a really long …

Weekly Overview from my new office: the Kletz

Well. This winter has been the weirdest Michigan winter I have ever experienced. We continue a strange cycle of getting dumped on, followed by three-seven days of 40-50 degree weather–melting all the snow. We are on our sixth or seventh day about now so I’m expecting a storm any day. Last weekend, I attended Hope’s …

What’s happening at Winter Happenings?

This weekend has been a blast. I have been able to relax and have a good time with my friends. On Friday afternoon I went to coffee with my friend and afterward we walked to our church Manna and attended a Downtown Student Fellowship meal. Manna hosts a meal and lecture for college students every …

No Place Like Hope

Hey everyone!  It’s been awhile since I have written. So much has been going on lately. Life is going great, and I think I love Hope more and more each day. The community here is truly unlike anything I could have ever imagined. I feel so incredibly blessed with my friends. Last night we watched …

Living Prayer: GIVE THANKS

This semester in Chapel, the ministries staff has chosen the theme School of Prayer through Psalms to help address an often overlooked aspect of faith: simple prayer. The first couple of chapel services brought familiar messages like Prayer isn’t hard, it is unique, and prayer literally has no guidelines. On Monday, Paul Boersma spoke about …

Baking Bonanza!

Being at college is not always easy when you’re a girl. For example, girls are highly emotional and often get upset at silly things and fight over nothing. Other times, you just want to be alone, and oftentimes that’s hard considering you don’t always have your own personal “space” here. When you have the urge …

Skiing at Bittersweet; bitter cold but super sweet

I am so excited that tomorrow is Friday. This past week flew. The week started off great because I went skiing with my friends at Bittersweet. I absolutely love skiing!!!! I went with Julie and Amy and Jenna’s family. The four of us drove there in the morning to meet her family at the ski …

Springing into Spring 2012

We have officially had a full week of classes in the Spring 2012 semester and boy, I’m excited! With the new semester comes a breath of fresh air, a revision of goals, and clarity of the “big picture.” I’ll only have 6 more “new semesters” like this….well at least as an undergraduate.  I’m famous for …

Studying 101

Well I am now back at school hitting the books. So far my classes are going well. It feels weird studying after three weeks of break. My brain needs some time to adjust to actually sitting and reading for hours straight. Thankfully, I am learning quickly that I need to stay on top of my …