#ComevisitHaymaker3

Dorms: short for dormitory, is a residence hall consisting of sleeping  quarters primarily providing sleep and residential quarters.   

On paper dorms, are great for college freshmen, it makes sure you have food everyday, a roof over your head, you have an RA who makes sure you’re staying out of trouble most of the time, and there are even study rooms to keep your grades up.

And as a 22 year-old Senior living in the dorms, I’ve got to share….                                DORMS are the GREATEST PLACE to LIVE!!!

Seriously, with 63 people on Haymaker 3 there is ALWAYS:

• someone to study with
• someone to rock to music with
• someone to go to breakfast with
• someone to justify getting ice cream with
• someone to brush your teeth with
• someone to laugh when life seems overwhelming
• and always someone to have deep, life chats with.

Perhaps our floor is different, but already we’re like a family!

But our floor should be different…because there are followers of Christ living on the floor.

Seriously think about it…if there are believers living amongst non-believers there should be something different about their lives. Their daily interactions with non-believers should be evident, their work ethics should be different, the transparency of their lives should be refreshing.

Recently reading in a book by Shane Claiborne ‘The credibility of their gospel would rest on the integrity of their lives.’ i was reminded of the gravity that our witness day-in-and-day-out has on those around us.

If you are reading this and are a believer, you may be the only Christian that some people may ever meet.

Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.                      ~2 Corinthians 2:15

 Living in the dorms this year is definitely a ton of fun-even in this first 10 days! It’s forcing me to trust in God in a greater way than i ever could have imagined because  these girls have got to know they are loved.

This year will definitely be an adventure of #comevisitHaymaker3!

When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. ~Matthew 9:36

 

#Kaleo2011: Week 10

This is it! As i type this, we’re on the road in the midst of Mississippi headed back to Kansas. To be honest, we’re exhausted---but we wouldn’t have changed a thing. We went all in this summer, leaving it all back in ‘Bama. This summer we had life changes week after week, and our final days in the South were no different.

 

Day 62: A snapshot of our home for the summer—Staybridge Suites. They treated us like family!

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Day 63: Our final bible study over 2 Corinthians and Pursuit of Holiness. We can all honestly say that the Word has transformed our lives this summer.

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Day 64: Our first day of Back-to-Campus week. Three days with the purpose of creating plans, goals, and prayers of what this semester can look like, as we apply what we’ve learned this summer!

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Day 65:  Our hearts for international students literally exploded this summer. 4 of the Chinese girls in this picture heard about Christ for the first time this summer and decided to become followers of Him. Diana, Vicki, Judy, and Sabrina will forever be special sisters  in Christ.

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Day 66: The Kaleo banquet was held Friday night. A formal event full of reminiscing and a time to share highlights of the summer. When you have a group of 150 people who are finishing up the summer of their lives’ the room is glowing with joy!

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Day 67: Our final night was time for just the 4 of us. How blessed we’ve been by our friendship.

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Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become Children of God.   ~John 1:12