Whew sorry it's been SO long since I've last posted! I really do promise I check this about once a week, I just have trouble finding time to post. Ok, and maybe I was procrastinating a little... :)

So this summer: to sum it up, incredibly blessed. :) I was able to get two classes out of the way at a local community college, was so thankful to find a summer job at a Japanese restaurant as a hostess, traveled on road trips with friends, got to see and grow closer to friends that live far away, had some wonderful time with my beautiful family, ate HOMECOOKED meals, had an absolutely wonderful girls bible study with mom, Sarah, and a friend in Dallas (we skyped her in- how cool is that?!) over Ruth, spent many wonderful nights relaxing at Barnes and Noble, got to hang out with my wonderful siblings and go on crazy late night sonic runs, was able to attend the weddings of dear friends, got to be a part of a Wednesday night class my Dad taught on 1 and 2 Thessalonians, grew closer to the young people in Tyler, and so much more. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but I think that about summed up my summer. It was truly one of the best summers I think I've ever had.

Really the only bad thing that happened over the summer was unfortunately, I was involved in a car accident along with Sarah close to the end of the summer- and we're both perfectly okay. I don't think I can even begin to describe how thankful I was and still am that our only injuries were some minor bruises and burns, nothing severe at all in what could have been a potentially dangerous wreck- my car was totaled, with basically the front end of my car gone. Thankfully I didn't get the ticket since it wasn't my fault, and the guy that I ran into's insurance paid for my car, so I was able to get another one. I truly think God was watching over us that day, and I don't think I will ever take safe trips on the road, no matter how small, for granted anymore.

Also this summer I officially changed my major to Allied Health!! I am absolutely ecstatic about it, so far I completely love this major! The course load is, so far, so much lighter than Chemistry was, and I have much more free time this semester and the courses I'm in are a lot easier- I'm just taking music, psychology, nutrition, healthy lifestyles, and race, ethnicity, and health. I'll start more difficult classes next semester when I have to take Anatomy and Physiology I, and Statistics, but for now I'm really enjoying the easier classes I'm in. I'm taking 15 hours, but 2 of the classes are online, which means.. I only have class on Tuesday and Thursday!! I absolutely love my schedule, it's super nice to be able to sleep in a little bit on some days of the week and go running in the mornings.

I've gotten to babysit the Gobles, 4 kids, on Monday afternoons, and I absolutely love it!! They are the sweetest kids, and I have loved getting to know them a little better this semester!! Going along with that, I've been able to help teach the 3-4 year old class on Sunday mornings, and I love it! There are only 3 kids in there, but they're all super sweet, well-behaved, and super eager to learn. :) And next semester I get to teach 5-6 y/o class with Sarah! Can't wait for that. :)

This year the girls' Thursday night class is studying 1 Peter for the full year, and so far I'm loving it!! We're taking our time going through it, and after 5 weeks we're in verse 9 of chapter 1- it's so nice to be able to take our time and go through it slowly and extensively. I've loved getting to know the new freshman and transfer girls this year- we have about 30 that regularly attend, and I've felt so blessed to know such wonderful girls this semester! They are all such a great encouragement to me.

We’ve had 2 fairly recent gospel meetings here so far. The first one was with Mark Roberts at Twin City, over various topics, and it was excellent! So encouraging. In one of my favorite lessons he talked a lot about how God sometimes works slowly but deliberately- His timing isn’t always our timing, or how we think things should be going, if that makes sense. The second was with Hal Hammonds at Benchley, over “Living in Fear”- things we can be afraid of. I wasn’t able to attend all of them, but all of the lessons that I heard from him were really good as well!

I can't believe that now I'm no longer a teenager!! 20!! That sounds SO old to me. Weird.

Taking nutrition has been a real eye-opener this semester... I eat super unhealthy. So I've been trying to work on that a little bit, and I think it's gotten a little bit better so far.. I've cut dino nuggets out of my diet for sure. ;)

Looking forward to next weekend when we’re going back home to see our little brother (who’s not so little anymore) march at the senior night football game, and then his marching contest that Saturday! Super proud of him :)

Recently I’ve been getting back into my coffee addiction, so I should probably tone that down a bit. It’s just so difficult when Muldoons is 5 minutes away from home and their coffee is just so good.. :)

This week I was finally able to upgrade my phone… and got an iPhone!! I was a little hesitant at first but so far I’m loving it, and definitely think it was worth the money I spent on it. I’m still a little slow on the texting, but other than that it’s perfect :)

I feel like there’s so much more I’m forgetting that I should include in this, but I think that’s all I have for now. Basically… I’m loving my sophomore year at A&M, maybe more than my freshman year. I still feel incredibly blessed to be here and if I could do it all over again, would still choose to go to A&M, hands down. :)

Hope everyone is having a wonderful and blessed year, I love you all!!

~Becca

Again, sorry it's been so long... I really do check this at least once a week, I just have trouble finding time to update. Maybe my next update will be before next semester.. :)

It seems like a lot has changed since last semester.. at least, it seems that way to me. So what's new? Here it is, list form. (If you didn't know, i absolutely love making lists. I'm slightly ocd about being organized.. :) )

- In the thursday night girls' study, we're studying the names of God. It's SO encouraging, I completely love that class and all the girls in it! It's definitely the best night of my week, and I feel like our study has really furthered my knowledge about who God is, and definitely made me want to grow closer to Him. I feel so incredibly blessed when I think about all He's done for me. There's just something about Thursdays that just makes me happy. :)

- I've said it before, and I'll say it again- chocolate really IS the cure to just about everything.

- I feel like this semester I've really gotten to know some people better and grown pretty close to some, and I'm so thankful for those relationships.

- This semester I have a class with a friend from church, which is a lot of fun- it's nice knowing someone in one of my classes :)

- I've turned the "no bible, no breakfast" into "no bible, no lunch", due to crazy 8 am and 9 am classes I have this semester. Since I usually wake up as late as possible (NOT a morning person), I usually eat while getting ready. And it's nice to have that little break midday and refresh. :)

- This semester I've been helping teach/teaching the 5 year old bible class.. it's definitely been a learning experience. Those little kids can get pretty... active. ha. But they can be really sweet and eager to learn too :)

- I've been trying to tone down my coffee addiction. I'm not going to Muldoon's (local coffee shop) every night of the week anymore, and I've been trying to go to bed at a reasonable time.. which is midnight, instead of 2 or 3 like last semester.. ha. Buut I definitely still need my coffee every tuesday thursday, for my 8 am history class. Not want. NEED.

- I'm changing my major. Yep, crazy, I know. Starting out, I was just completely sure I wanted to be a chemistry major, and then go to Pharmacy school. I have a lot of reasons for my decision, but mainly, I learned this semester that I can't handle this much stress. Trying to balance cal 2, chem 2, and biology has been a little insane, b/c they're all pretty difficult and demanding classes. At least, for me. And I can't even imagine this much stress for the next 7 years of my life, which is basically what would happen if I stuck with Chemistry. And also, I ultimately want to be a wife and mother, Lord willing. And I'd like to have a job that I can have to either fall back on, or be able to have while taking care of my family at the same time. Plus, that much school would be extremely expensive. So I'm changing it to Allied Health. I'm thinking I'll go on the Nursing track. And A&M has a new nursing school here, so I might end up going to that, I'm not sure yet. I just know I'm hopefully changing to allied health- I find out if I'm accepted in July.

- I can't believe how fast this semester has gone by! And I can't believe I'm almost done w/ my first year of college!

- I'm so so glad I picked a&m. I just love it here. I love everyone at Twin City. I love College Station. I love being an aggie and all the traditions. I love those long 3 hr girly talks. I love living in an apartment. I love my roomie. I love the idea of being here for at least the next 3 years. And I loove the thought of someday getting my aggie ring. :)

- Our gospel meeting is this weekend, with Gary Henry. I'm so excited, I love his 2 books, I can't wait to hear him speak!! I think it'll be an encouraging weekend. :)

- This summer me and Sarah are going home. We're both going to try to find jobs. And we're taking classes at TJC, getting some of the basic stuff out of the way. I know I'm taking psychology for sure, and maybe either my communications credit or texas govt. I'm looking forward to going home, but will definitely be missing college station while I'm gone.

- Disney is just wonderful. Ok, random, but just listening to Disney music/watching a disney movie always brightens my day. :)

- I'm SOO excited that around May 20ish, me, Sarah, and Nathan are taking a road trip to Nebraska!! There's a teen meeting there that weekend, I think Josh Creel is the speaker, and it'll be super fun to see some of my camp friends. Ahh i can't wait to see everyone! I love road trips :)

- Next week is slightly crazy, I have my third Calculus 2 test, a biology lab practical the same day, and a chemistry test later on in the week. Eww. But if I can survive next week, I think I'll be ok. :)

- I have 3 finals scheduled on the same day this semester. Again. So I think I'm probably moving biology to a different day.

- I'm not really sure why I'm just sitting here, watching Julie and Julia, updating instead of the other billion things I need to be doing. Oh well. :)

- After having dino nuggets, frozen meals, and chicken voila for most suppers (which are actually pretty good), I'm definitely looking forward to some home cooking this summer :)

- I think that's about it.. I'll try to update soon again. Good luck to everyone on finals!! Love y'all! :)

~Becca

Wow, sorry it's been so long! I've been pretty busy! :)

So.. update since last time:

-Our Oklahoma road trip= one of the highlights of my summer :) I was so encouraged by the lessons Brett presented, and definitely left with some things to work on. Getting to stay with the Judds and get to know their family better was so much fun, I loved spending time with them- seeing them once a year is not enough! :) Aaand traveling with Sarah and Mal was the best! I love those girls! And I'm missing my other twin sooo much, but I know she's loving Florida :) (That seems so long ago... but I guess it was, considering that was July...).

-Lance and Teppa's wedding was beautiful! They are such a great couple, I was honored to be a part of their wedding! :) I love and miss them so much!

-August was sort of a whirlwind... we spent most of it getting ready to move, lots of packing. And goodbyes- those were hard, even though we're only 3 hours away.

-The start of school was… a little rough. The night before I was in an accident coming home from a before school party. Everyone was okay, it was just pretty scary… I was definitely shaken up. I was so glad they were with me.. they kept me calm.. well, for the most part. :)

-Classes are okay.. a little stressful and busy, but that’s college. :)

-I am SO glad I picked a&m. I absolutely love it here.

-I LOVE the church family here at Twin Cities. It is so amazing to be surrounded by so many young people our age who have a common goal- it is such an encouragement to me, being around so many spiritually minded people. I feel at home here, and I've made some really good friends and gotten to know some old ones better. :) I feel like I've grown a lot spiritually these past couple of months, and look forward to growing more through the studies we're having. In the girls' thursday night class we're reading a book called Calm My Anxious Heart, which is PERFECT for me. I love those girls! :) I’ve started doing “no bible, no breakfast” every morning, and I love it- it’s amazing what a difference it makes in my day. I would definitely recommend doing it.

-Some old and new favorites:

"Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Sing to the LORD, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day." Psalm 96:1-2

"You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart." 2 Corinthians 3:2-3

"Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late,to eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sleep." Psalm 127:1-2

"But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You are our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand." Isaiah 64:8

"Cast your burden on the LORD, and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken." Psalm 55:22

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7

Ok, I've put off chem long enough... back to hw. :) Hope everyone is enjoying college! Don't hesitate to give me a call, I love hearing from y'all :)

"Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love"- I love y'all!

Becca

So camp was last week, and as usual, was amazing. I learned so much, was so encouraged, got closer to friends, and made some new friends :) It was most definitely the best year of camp I've ever had. I miss you guys so so much.

"FC camp's the time of our lives." :)

"Chicken fingers... on a hot summer day... chicken fingers... make me wanna go... hurray.." :)

"I'LL FRAP YOU UP!!" haha!

"Beware of the scare of the ricky ticky bear"... ? I never got this game, I just thought this part was amusing :)

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This week I

-Got to see Grandma and Bo, and MALLORY! Fun day of chocolate cheescake, snow cones, and shoe shopping (that turned into clothes shopping... haha) :)

-More apartment stuff shopping tomorrow... whooo.

-THursday: Wedding rehearsal!

-FRiday: LANCE AND TEPPA'S WEDDING!! I am SO excited and happy for them!

-Saturday: We get to see the Siscos!
Next week we're going on a road trip to Oklahoma! Brett Westbrook is preaching there, so we're going to hear a couple of his lessons and stay with the Judds :) I can't wait to see everyone! (And if you're not coming... you should! lol)

Sometime in the next couple of weeks going on a shopping trip to dallas w/ a friend from high school! Fun! :)

And in about a month we'll be moving into our apartment in college station! Exciting!

Just thought I'd catch you guys up on what's been going on :) Let me know what's going on w/ y'all! :)

Love y'all!