As you may know!

Well it is official! I now live in Decatur, GA. I have been here since Tuesday. My dad and I took off on our journey on Monday to start a new chapter in my life. I really enjoyed our trip over, and will have many great memories from the trip. The first day we drove from Graham to Meridian Mississippi. The next day we drove on in to Atlanta. Once we got to town and finished putting my dorm together we got to see some of my family. A great aunt and uncle of mine live pretty close. It was great to visit and eat a meal with them. I am glad that I have some family close to me. I feel I will be visit with them frequently. 

I still cannot believe I am here. I mean it feels like yesterday I was starting at Texas A&M. Don't get me wrong I am really excited about my new experience and cannot wait tell the rest of my classmates arrive.  Class doesn't start for another two weeks. This will be nice because I will have sometime to get familiar with the area. At the moment it is pretty quite on campus. Greek school is wrapping up today with their final, and other students on campus are taking their ordination exams. 

One thing I am really excited about learning more information about is Eastminister Presbyterian Church. This church is looking for a part time director of youth ministry and I think it would be nice to be able to gain so more experience working in a church before I graduate seminary. My dad and I drove by the church on Wednesday and found that there were some people at the church so we were able to look around. The neat thing about our visit to the church was when I introduced myself some of the people already knew who I was! I couldn't believe that. 

The things I miss the most are my family and all my friends I have made over the years while at TAMU. I miss my college friends and my friends I made at FPC Bryan. These people have all helped me be the true me. Coming from a smaller town it is hard to be your true self. 

God has been all around these past few weeks. God definitely was present on the trip here. The first leg of the trip we had to drive through heavy rain in thick traffic. Thank you God for our safety. Way back at Mo TLC earlier this summer in Small Group Leadership Group we all wrote ourselves a letter. Yesterday after I dropped my dad off at the airport I read my letter. In the letter I reminded myself of the time I had that week, and charged myself to step out! To not be afraid of alone time! As an extrovert I struggle with being alone. I charged myself to grow in my spiritually and work on my prayer life. 

I pray that I may open myself up and listen to God while in this new place! I pray that I will be lead in the direction that God has set out for me! Amen