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Thursday Thursday Thursday...

So I think now that Thursdays are the most stressful days ever.  I go from 9 am till 11 pm.  I knew this semester would be insane but never to this extent.  However I'm glad that I have awesome friends to help me get through this!  Nothing is better then blowing off steam with hanging out with friends.  I think one of the best things I have learned in college is how to prioritize.  Hopefully I will get better at it.  I have a retreat this weekends so I pray it goes well.  I have to get things ready for that so I hope you guys have an awesome week!

God Bless

Scott

God Speaks...

Many times we often are blinded by what God is saying to us.  Recently I know I have been.  Doing so much ministry you would think that I would be more in touch with God.  Actually, I have found out that the more ministry I do the more it gets harder to get closer to God.  I get to a point where I think that just being at the place where the events go on is good enough, but really I just go through the motions.  I have realised that I need to step it up and actually talk to God and improve the relationship with Him.  Four times God told me this in one day.  It's funny how things work.  Hope you guys have a great week.

God Bless

Scott

It's My BIRTHDAY!!!

I think this has been the best birthday ever! It was really busy with test in classes and intern meetings and the fire and such.  It was really good though.  Thanks to the knowledge people gained from facebook, everyone told me happy birthday.  Just the fact that they told me was amazing.  God has really been working lately and I am really excited to see where He is leading me.  I have an interview tomorrow for some more ministry work!  I pray it goes well!  Hope you guys have a blessed week!

God Bless

Scott

One Day Till The B-Day!

Because my mondays are soooo busy, we celebrated my birthday yesterday!  It was really awesome.  I went up to Bubblehead with some close friends and got some Bubble Tea.  Then we all headed over to the St. Mary's vs. UIW game where the guys wrecked.  After that we hit up ultimate frisbee like we do every saturday and then headed to laser quest!  I must say little kids play that game way to much.  We concluded the night with IHOP.  Of course, it's the late night college hang out... well besides Whataburger.  Overall it was a great night.  Then on top of that.  My good friend got me SWITCHFOOT tickets!  I am way excited about that.  However, tonight I am going with one of my good friends Sarah to see Jeremy Camp live at Cornerstone!  

God Bless

Scott

MLK DAY!!!

I think my favorite part about college is the long weekends.  My weekends start Thursday night and then when we have holidays such as MLK day, the extra day just makes them better.  This weekend has been crazy.  Lauren's birthday was quite an adventure.  It ranged from the oldest dance hall in Texas to us trying to test the myths of ghost stories.  The ghost stories just ended up disappointing us, but it was a fun process.  Also, we all went letterboxing.  It's like a scavanger hunt trying to find things that have been placed by other people from all over the nation.  I suggest you guys check it out.  Just google it!  It's like a nation wide thing!  Hope you guys have a great MLK day!

God Bless

Scott

Happy Birthday Lauren!!

So today is one of my good friend's birthday!  We celebrated last night at midnight and had breakfast this morning.  Tonight we are all going dancing at a country dance hall.  It should be an interesting night.  Anyways, school is really kicking off well this semester.  All of my teachers seem to know what they are talking about so that has me really excited.  I am a little worried about the amount of work I will have this semester though.  I am taking 7 classes.  A lot, huh?  The good thing is, I have all my friends bugging me to do my homework and stay on track so I can continue doing my ministry stuff.  Got to love the people surrounding you.  Well it's time to study and get back to reality.  Have a great semester guys!

God Bless

Scott

Day Two

The second day back to class was awesome!  My Understanding Catholicism class is going to be my favorite class I think.  I love how this school has overall good professors that actually care and take education to another level.  He was talking to us about his method of teaching and how he doesn't shelter us in anything.  The best part was he was strait up and said that this may question your beliefs.  But, that doesn't have to change them.  I think accepting beliefs is one of the hardest things to do in this society and I feel like I get a great deal of practice here.  It's amazing to me.  Well it's time to study for a quiz tomorrow!  Have a good week!

God Bless

Scott

First Day of Class!

I can already tell that this semester is going to be CRAZY.  I started off classes this morning at 9 a.m.  I think the hardest part about college is fighting to go to sleep so you can get up for an early day.  The day has been nonstop with more task coming each minute.  As much as I would love to complain, I actually like the hectic scheduling.  It's amazing to see how much college pushes you!  I am excited to see where this semester goes!  Hope you guys are enjoying school too!

God Bless
Scott

Road trips end.

I got home last night from the week long road trip I went on visiting friends from school.  It was an amazing experience.  I now know so much more about my friends and have gotten so much closer to them.  I can already tell that this next semester is going to be much busier then I ever expected. This could cause a lot of stress I'm guessing, but I do tend to thrive off of not having anytime at all.  The next few days are going to be spent hanging out with family and friends trying to get ready to go.  Hope you guys have a blessed new year! 

God Bless

Scott

I think one of the coolest parts about America is our obsession with bright lights and loud noises.  Last night for New Years we visited some of Lauren's family and set off fireworks.  It was really cool because we are not aloud to do that in DFW.  The show we put on lasted over thirty minutes.  Highlights would have to come from the time when the box flipped over after lighting the fuse and shot at all of us.  I have never seen people run so fast in my life.  The night was good and long.  It was nice to spend New Years with friends.  We woke up early this morning for mass which was the perfect way to start off the new year.  After that we dropped off our friend at the airport and headed back to nap the best nap ever.  I don't think I have ever slept so well in my life.  Now it is dinner time and I am ready to eat.  With this being the case I leave you now. :) Have a great new year!

God Bless

Scott