MY FIRST LETTER!

Yes, its that important that I title my blog like that! haha...I recieved my very first letter today and it was from my good friend Kari. It was soooo good to hear from her and to finally recieve some mail!! hehe. I also recieved my ballot today so I will fill that out and send that in soon. Im so excited...its my first time to vote!!
Well, today we had auditions for our sing teams and drama teams today...and that went really well. I think my sing team did really well, I was just kind of nervous. It was okay though.
At lunch today, I signed up to be on the yearbook staff! Im really excited about that because I love taking pictures and I love making layouts. When I went to LCA, I was on the yearbook staff for 3 years...yeah...I kinda like it...
Today I finished the book we needed to read and tomorrow I will hopefully have the paper done that I need to write about the book. Its due on the 16th but I am trying to get it done early so I will be able to go on my sing team outreach and not have to worry about it.
Right now, I am trying to plan for my travel weekend coming up. I will be going somewhere with my friend Kristen but we are not sure where we want to go yet. It is either Austria (which we really want to do), London, or Scotland. I have never been to Austria and we want to go and tour the Sound of Music House!!! Luckily she and I are both photographers so we will allow enough time for the both of us to take all the pictures we want!
Oh man, last night we had a really cool worship event and apparently we will be having one of those every wednesday night! I am so excited. I was able to worship freely and not have to worry about people watching me or thinking I am weird for wanting to lift my hands up, close my eyes, and even dance a little...because everyone else was too!! It was awesome! Then, there was a time where people could go up to the mic and talk about how God has been working in their lives lately and it was just so encouraging to hear!!
In lectures, we have been learning about how important it is to walk in the image of God and to turn to Him in our weaknesses and that has really spoken to me! Because of that, I have been able to spend more time with God and feel a lot closer to God. Im so thankful for this opportunity to be here and I now I can see why God wanted me here! It is so excited to see God work in my life so much already...and to think Im here for 6 months!?!?! I cant wait!

I love you guys and miss you a lot!

Love in Christ,
Jill<><