It's a Photo Shoot

   Last Friday night, my roommates ( Morgan and Courtney) and I went to go see the movie In Time, which was so good and intense! We had a little time to kill, so naturally we decided to utilize the self timer. 

We started with a normal picture like this:

And quickly got bored so decided to play a game. Right before the picture was taken, a scenario was yelled out and you had to pose with your first reaction. (Yes I realize I am 22 years old.) Here are a few of our shots:

Falling off a cliff

Ate something sour

Just saw Justin Beiber 

Rock Star

I sure do love them a whole lot!

The New Life in Christ

This is a post that I have been so excited to share! It's a little delayed, but I couldn't go without writing about it. I have shared a little of my testimony in previous posts, but in this post I wanted to share a huge step of faith I took on October 9,2011. On that Sunday, Brandon preached about taking your next step in faith. For some people it would be giving your life to Christ, or joining a small group, or serving. And for some it was being baptized. And on that day, getting baptized was my next step. Little to everyone's knowledge, Connection Church was having spontaneous baptisms that day. They had set up a huge tank out side and provided shirts,shorts,flip flops, underwear- everything! So no one had an excuse not to get baptized if they felt it was their next step. 
     The word baptism is used 22 times in the Bible. There's numerous times throughout the Bible when baptisms are used to profess faith. 
      Including Acts 2:38 when Peter says " Repent, and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
    Paul says " Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may in a new way of life." Romans 6:3-5
   Jesus didn't save me from bad to good, but from death to life! Every baptism represents how God changed someones life and how they had a realization of who Jesus is. How cool is that?? There were 54 baptisms and over 900 people at church this Sunday to celebrate every ones next step. It was so incredibly encouraging to see other believers get baptized and support one another.  

                       
God is so so faithful, and I can't wait to respond to what step he calls me to do next.

Here is the Baptism Video someone made at church. So encouraging to see all God is doing in Statesboro :) 

Morgan: The Artist

    I really really wish I was artistic. If you can't tell from my blog, I lack in the creativity department. Luckily, I have a creative roommate. We ended up going to a place in downtown Statesboro called the Restore. It is this cute thrift store that is only open 2 days a week. We bought so much fun stuff, including a door cabinet and a window. ( For all around $6). Thanks to Morgan's creative mind, she started painting away! Even though I didn't assist whatsoever in the process, I did enjoy listening to music and having the window open on this Fall day. 

This was her position for a few hours.. She claims she is still sore.

The final product!

"Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking and the door will be opened to you." Matthew 7:7 

" Open my eyes so that I may see the wonder of your law love" Psalm 119:18

( Since Psalm's is from the Old Testament and we don't exactly live by the law, Morgan felt it was okay to change scripture ha) 

Football

    Regular season football is coming to an end, but we have had some exciting wins with our Eagles! As part of the football staff, I am so much more invested in football than ever before. I love it! Throughout this semester, part of what Kassi and I do is organize a group called Southern's Finest. Before every home game we have unofficial visits with high school football players and our group makes sure they have a great experience! 

Here we all are before our Homecoming Game against Citadel

Kassi and I

     We traveled to Wofford this past weekend to compete for the Southern Conference Championship. I was so nervous for this game, for no reason! We ended up beating them (31-10) and received our first Southern Conference Title since 2004! This is our ninth title since we joined the league in 1993. 

So proud of our Eagles!

When we returned back to Statesboro around 10pm, we had 9 police escorts and a whole bunch of fans welcoming us back. I love how supportive and loyal are fans are. 

Me, Britt and Kassi with the Conference Trophy!

App State Weekend

    This weekend didn't go quite as planned. Two of my co-workers/friends and I along with a couple other Georgia Southern employees heading up to Boone, North Carolina early Friday morning. The ride wasn't bad at all considering I slept a lot of the way there. After we checked into our hotel, we headed to downtown Boone for lunch and shopping. We ate at Mellow Mushroom and had possibly the worst service ever. They do have really cute original shops where I bought 2 headbands and a pair of glass earrings! 

And they had some not so cute stuff.. 

    Saturday night we went to dinner and I had the BEST steak I have ever had. So delicious!

Caroline, Kassi and I before dinner

       Our Saturday.. It was snowing! I didn't even know that was possible in October. It. Was. Freezing. We started tailgating at around noon ( the game didn't start til 3) so there was a lot of in the truck time for Kassi and I. I had on a long sleeve shirt, 2 sweat shirts, and a jacket someone let me borrow and I was still so cold. I guess I have Statesboro blood now! 

Cold to the bone. 

     Even though I am not a fan of App because they are rivals, I really love how much the community supports the school. They had so so many fans there. The game was so intense but unfortunately we didn't come out on top. It was such a heart breaker, but a fun game nonetheless. 

Before heading out on the field with our mascot, Freedom. 

     Well, I am going to pretend that I haven't posted in over a month. I've been busy with school, football, visitors and losing my camera charger ( a blog post with no pictures is no fun!) Therefore, I am just going to pick up with this past weekend.
    In the spirit of Halloween, I went and saw Paranormal Activity 3 this weekend- so good! I love knowing what happens, but hate how stressed and tense I am those 2 hours. Luckily I don't think about scary movies after I see them so I don't mind watching. Also, this past week was one of my favorite times during the Fall: Fair Week! I feel like in a small town, when an event is going on, it's a hugee deal. Especially when carnees are involved. In fact, the schools get a week off for The Fair Fall Break. My favorite things to do at the fair: people watch. eat fair food. watch the not-so talented shows. I haven't missed the fair since I have lived here and this year was not an exception! Although I don't have a picture from every year.. here are a few!

Statesboro Fair '09

 Statesboro Fair '10

Statesboro Fair '11

The traveling show is the Colombian Pirates, the same show as the past couple of years. It always cracks me up to watch all their "skills" displayed. Bless their hearts..


     As we were walking around, the Carnee's Fair Employees always ask you to play one of their games for a prize. Moriah and I were talking about how we always feel that when they ask us to play a game, it's a loaded question and they really are asking us so much more and we need to keep moving! We decided to go the healthy route and get funnel cake. Healthy compared to our other option of fried butter.. 


     As I have mentioned earlier, I am a Recruiting Assistant with our football program, so being in the peak of our season has kept me busy. Our team is NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION right now so it has been such a fun ride. We played Presbyterian this past weekend at home and smoked them (48-14). It was so fun and I can't wait for next weekend when we go to Boone, North Carolina to play our rivals, who are second in conference, Appalachian State. It's going to be such a fun and freezing weekend!

Tatted Up!

     Last Sunday was quite the spontaneous day. Morgan has always wanted a nose ring, and a few of her teammates were going to the tattoo parlor to get their nose pierced and peer pressured invited her to come.She asked if I wanted to come, I figured why not? There had been a tattoo I had in the back of my head for a few months now, but I am not spontaneous nor a tattoo-type so I didn't think I was going to get anything done. After being there for awhile Morgan and I had a heart change. She no longer wanted her nose pierced and I wanted a tattoo. Our other friend Meghan showed up ( who already has 4 tattoos) and was all for anyone getting a tattoo, including herself. Morgan also wanted a tattoo in the same place, just a different design. So we decided to get it! I couldn't believe I was actually going through with it. I was soo nervous.
    Morgan was up first. She was getting a fish on her hand on the inside of her ring finger. I watched ( kind of) and it took maybe 2 minutes. I was next.. my hands were so clammy because I was petrified. I was so nervous that I was going to coil my arm back and have a huge black line on my finger. The noise was the worst part. It literally felt like a finger prick over and over. I got a cross, in the same spot as Morg, which ended up taking a little longer. Meghan was last, but she's an old pro. She got Mark 10:9 on her finger which is " Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate." 

    I can't believe I have a tattoo. Because it is on the inside of my hand, I will have to get it touched up often if I want to keep it. I absolutely love looking down on it. My tattoo means so many things to me. It's a reminder that I am a Bride of Christ first and foremost. It's a symbol of my commitment to the Lord. It's permanent ( well, it's supposed to be) just as my faith is, with me forever. I love it and I give God all the Glory!

With our artist D.J.

Moriah and Jenny were good support!