THE STUDENTS ARE HERE!!!

Well, at least they will be in 2 hours. I have learned SO MUCH in the past week, and I’m still chasing nature out of my little house. I only have a couple hours each day to work on personal stuff around the house, so I’ve only made one curtain. I feel like I live in a glass box that everyone looks through like the zoo. GOT to get those curtains finished.

Today I went to a meeting that got me signed up as an official campus minister recognized by the university as staff. That mostly means I can park here for free and get an email address. I’ve learned alot of practical things during this week about campus ministry– like how to reserve info tables and organize events. I created a flyer and had it approved to be put in all the dorms. It has all the events we’re having for students as they’re coming in next week. I’d put it up but I think it’s on Stephanie’s flash drive still.

At 5pm today the chi alpha student leaders will get here for the leadership reunion/retreat. That’s basically our chance as a group to catch up on all our summers, get on the same page for the fall, and get motivated to go out to make as many freshman friends as possible!

There’s so much more, but I’m going to head back to the “office” to do some support raising work until my dear friends arrive.

Oh one more thing. I joined a new network that’s just like facebook except it’s Spanish. It’s called “QuePasa” and I like it. lol Here’s my ”perfil” if you wanna take a gander.

http://www.quepasa.com/qp/932240.html

Hasta proxima!

<3 Erin

Wait, wait wait! Ps! PS! As many of you know, I live in a duplex– an old house split into two seperate residences. I have not met my neighbor, but starting a few days ago I started hearing his air conditioner. (We have big loud window units) I don’t know where he parks, cause I have seen no car. I am dying with curiosity about this person that shares this house with me, though! Yesterday I was in the kitchen, and I heard singing!! You know what he was singing? A 50’s song called “Chances Are” by Bobby Vinton.

Ummm…let’s see…oh, here he is…

This guy

K. So The guy singng in the kitchen beside mine sounded exactly like this guy. But you know, the only people in this world that know this sort of thing is

1. Me.
2. People that actually lived during the 50’s.

So I don’t know. On the other hand, Michael Bubble sings frank Sinatra and he’s still young enough to charm me to pieces. I just have to know about this mystery neighbor. It’s driving me crazy. I mean, don’t worry or anything– I’m not getting my hopes up about a romantic possibility or anything. I’ll still really like this person just because he sings like that. Haha. Okay I’m really going back to the office now. Crash is here!

From a Public Computer at the Charlotte Convention Center

Hey everyone! This blog is mostly to ask a favor of my Summerville readers. Today is my spirit day at the Chick-Fil-A near Target on Main Street. That means that from 5pm-8pm tonight, 10% of the profits will go towards my support-raising to help knock out that crazy 80% I still must raise to reach my goal. It will only happen if you put your receipt in the box with my name on it, and no one will ask you to do it, so DON’T FORGET!!

For those of you that don’t know what I’m doing this school year, I am spending a year on staff with a Campus Ministry called Chi Alpha. It’s a group that reaches out to all kinds of different people. People who have grown too old for youth group and need to know what the next step is, people who have never been to church before, and want to find out what God is all about, people who have had negative experiences with churches in the past, and need to experience genuine love and friendship, and even people that just love having a great time with really fun people! <3 I could go on forever about how wonderful this program is for college students all over the nation, but it will have to wait for when I am not posting from a public computer with tons of youth waiting behind me to get on the computer. lol

I am counting on everyone’s support so that I can spend full time raising up these students to reach the campus, and to focus on loving others so they can see what God’s like. I love you all and thank you so much for your support!!

Taming the Wild Beast That is My New Home

So I walk into my new apartment, and someone’s left the windows open. I’ve spent most of today playing Snow White and cleaning out these crazy cobwebs and dead bugs that cover every square inch of my house– inside and out. Except I sang, and the animals NEVER SHOWED UP TO HELP!!! What the heck. 

What I thought would happen when I called all the animals:

What I thought would happen.

 

 

Who Showed up.

I waited too late to turn on electricity, so I didn’t have it today or yesterday. BUT

• Gas is $3.51 up here
• I am finally reunited with my favorite thrift store sofa.
• I have water, and soon I will have a shower curtain, too.
• I spent $26 at the dollar tree.

I think all those things pretty much trump all the obstacles that life without electricity have thrown my way. Tomorrow at 8 am Erica, Joe, Janelle, Josiah and I are headed to Charlotte to help with the Assemblies of God fine arts festival. I suppose you could define this event as a reunion of Christian teen-aged artists. Some of it’s cool, and some of it I don’t like. I’ll be running a chi alpha table and talking with students. That way those little tikes know there’s life after youth group! ^_^ So yay. I should have electricity by 9pm tonight. Can you believe it? I’ll be able to get groceries and stuff. You know you wish you were making a 10 o’clock Wal-mart run with me. lol

Anyway, I feel as if I’ve once again left London and entered my Narnia that is Clemson University. I must sign off for now, for I’ve left Erica sleeping on an air mattress in my apartment. I love and miss all the Summerville people! Come and see me whenever you’re in the neighborhood. And NO I DO NOT MEAN APPLEBEES!!!