Hey friends, so I've decided to finally get off my lazy butt and start blogging about my time here in Texas. Forgive me if sometimes I capitalize my 'i's and others times i dont... (see what I did there?) Ignore all punctuation as well. I will probably be writing late at night much like right now and for some reason my 'h' key is misbehaving..... so if it looks like i left an 'h' out thats probably the reason why. Well in honor of moving to texas, i have added in my first instagram picture in texas which was the welcome to texas sign from my car....hence the antenna in the middle of the shot. I have also changed the name of my blog and the colors on the page in honor of going to the University of North Texas in mean green Denton home of the Mean Green Eagles!! I really want to make this blog about how God is working in my life with struggles and with blessings, which is why I changed the title to "Keep Calm and Pray to God" because i tend to worry alot and need this reminder often.... so I'm going to catch you up to speed on what has happened these last three weeks of being here! And then I will go into more detail because some of you may be wondering about a few of the things on my list.... ps stole this idea from my bff's blog, she's going to remain nameless for the time being.
1. Went to Freshman Eagle Camp
2. Officially moved in to my dorm
3. unpacked for like 10+ hours
4. Met people on my hall
5. Went to Mean Green Spirit Night
6. Signed up for CRU
7. Stalked down the Younglife tent at Mean Green Fling
8. Got a bunch of free stuff during First Flight week
9. Went to my first CRU meeting
10. Decided to rush (yes for a sorority)
11. Met my new sister in christ and sorority
12. Joined Delta Gamma
13. Met with Natasha
14. Took the bus and was late to class
15. Spent way too much money on art supplies
16. Went to the gym ONCE
17. Went to our first home football game
18. Went to The Village Church
19. Skyped with Justin
20. Caught up with old friends
keep in mind through all of this, there has been many tears of joy, saddness, and prayer.
For those of you who know me, UNT was a big decision for me to leave my home in sweet sweet chesapeake. I was literally called by God himself out of Virginia back to my other home here in texas. For the those of you who don't know, i am OBSESSED with the Dallas Cowboys and i am happy to be back in Cowboys Nation. I felt on my heart back in december that I was being called here to UNT and I just kept praying and praying like "are you sure this is where i am supposed to be, because Lord i really don't want to start over again." More and more I could feel it on my heart that this is where He was calling me to go. My last few weeks in Virginia, I got really scared and started to wish that I had taken the easy way out and gone to VCU, where they don't have football...which is a must in my book for college experiences (can you tell i'm from texas yet). I continued to pray...
When I first got here, I was scared out of my mind and could feel myself escaping into my shell and wondering if people were going to like me or not. I had forgotten what it was like to be out of my comfort zone, more so now than ever because I didn't even have my parents as a friendly face as a reminder that everything was going to be okay. Well the first week was kind of a blur, I moved in, had to learn my way around and get my PO Box and get other miscellanious things done. I met a few people along the way and hung out with people from Eagle Camp. I signed up for so many Christian orginizations at Orientation that I had no idea what was what and I ended up signing up for CRU which i had somehow missed and of course Younglife/Collegelife.
My first organization that I got to go to was for CRU and I met a staff girl named Natasha who had recently graduated from UNT and was a Pi Beta Phi. My two friends (now really good friends) Carleigh and Presley were talking with her about going through recruitment for Greek Life. She started talking about how Christ is working in these broken houses of Sorority Girls. For the record, I had decided early on that sorority life would not be a good place for me and was not what I wanted to get into and had been fighting the pull on my heart to sign up for recruitment...until I heard Natasha say that she really enjoyed loving the girls in her sorority. At that moment, I suddenly felt like i really wanted to sign up for recruitment. I called my mom, next thing you know I was signed up.
Fast forward to Saturday (from wednesday) to my very last house of 8 sorority parties. Delta Gamma. I went into the house thinking I'm not going to like this house I'll just cut them. Thats when I met Kathryn. I mentioned that I wanted to get into Younglife and CRU and she literally jumped with joy....while wearing high heels i might add.. when I said this. Funny thing is, Kathryn is super involved with CRU and had been praying for some good girls to talk to. I thought this surely had to be God. This is no coincidence.
Fast forward to wednesday (preference night) I go into Delta Gamma or DG and by God's will alone I get Kathryn as my escort AGAIN. We talked, and this is the most serious night out of recruitment, so we talk a little bit more about our faith and she tells me about how CRU is teaming up with the Greeks to love their fraternity brothers and sorority sisters. She told me about how she cried before the party started because of how she excited was that I had been asked back and that I wanted to come back. Needless to say, I chose Delta Gamma as my new home, I knew that God was calling me here.
And although I have really been questioning whether this is right or not, I think I've been questioning it so much because I havent had any support from my loved ones. But I've come to realize that their opinions don't really matter, and although that sounds harsh, it's true. God called me here to UNT for a reason and I fully believe that is one of the reasons why. I have heard countless testimonies about loving these sorority girls and making a difference. I used to want to be in a sorority and now i have the change to do that and help enhance such a real sisterhood already to one that is covered in God's mercy and love. Words can't explain how excited I am. I am ready to see what God has in store for me the next four years here in Texas. I am still waiting patiently to make sure that this is my calling, but I have found encouragement to finally trust that God is working in my life and that I shouldn't be worrying about anyone else's opinions. 01 Corinthians 1:13 speaks wonders to me, God has brought me to this so he will surely bring me through it! It's super late and I know it's going to be hard to get up tomorrow morning, but I will keep you updated on the Greek Ministry that is happening here at UNT as we work alongside CRU to change our campus.
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