Friends, friends, and more friends...

Well, I thought it was about time to introduce the people that I spend most of my time with! :-) So, here are a few of my random friends from college!

Sarah (left) and Melody (right) are two of the girls that I spend the most time with! They're roommates whom I met in Bible study our first semester here at A&M. Over the last year we've developed a circle of mutual friends and we spend a lot of late-nights in the library together. Sarah and I laugh over the craziest things and at times "fight" over the stupidest stuff! Our late-night guy talks and monologues on life are a total God-send and I can't imagine life without her! :-)

This is the group from my "second church." I am only able to attend the Sunday night college group hangouts, but they totally welcome me! We get together at the Sunday School leaders' home for a homemade dinner, Uno, movies, and random talks standing in the kitchen. These people are so much fun to hang out with!

Cameron and Sonia lead the Navigators ministry here at A&M. My parents have been involved with the Navs for several years, as was my oldest brother, Peter. Last year I didn't get to hang out with the Navs much, but this year I have come to love both of them and totally appreciate their way of connecting with us while still keeping up a high standard for us leaders. Last semester a few of us girls invited Sonia to watch "Twilight" with us and now she is a fellow junkie! She was almost more excited than I was to get tickets to see "New Moon" at the midnight showing! :-)

This is the entire Servant-Leader team for this year. All of these Navigators are so awesome and I love seeing their passion for life and their love for the Lord! Before school started we all got to spend some time planning for this school year and it was great to get to know them all better! Sadly, this picture was taken after I had to head back to campus early from the retreat.

Hannah (middle) is like my big sister. She led the Navigators Bible study that I was in last semester and she has been discipling me as well. She and I have a lot of laughs together, share stories from the week, encourage each other to keep going, pray for each other, and are there for each other to cry or vent or get advice about school, life, or guys. I think this picture was snapped at the Navs end of the year slip-n-slide party where I decided that she needed to get muddy before changing to go down the slide... I think it turned into a tickle fight, though!

Elana led my Bible Study with Hannah last semester, and is my co-leader this semester. She has a fresh look at the Scriptures and brings a joy to life that is super-refreshing! She makes me laugh and keeps me on my toes spiritually... two awesome things in a friend!

This is the entire Sophomore Advisor team for my freshman Honors dorm. The 13 sophomores and 1 junior are the best people to work with, stress with, and laugh with! We've been through a lot ever since February when we found out we made this year's team, but I am so glad they are there to keep me sane and allow me to vent after a crazy Honors event or difficult week of studying!

This is my awesome roommate Shelby! She's also one of the Sophomore Advisors and together we rule the South end of 3rd floor with an iron fist, the always-on coffee pot, lots of laughs, and an open-door policy! She complains to me in the mornings entirely in Spanish... and we usually joke about doing dishes for several days before we actually do them! She's been an awesome roommate!

So that's a glimpse of my life here at school. I have a few different circles of friends (which means I can usually find someone to talk to, study with, work out with, or eat a meal with at any time of day--or night!), but it's good to have a break from different aspects of my life. I laugh a lot, cry a lot, and am completely random for great lengths of time, but they all put up with me... or may even love me for it! I can't imagine going through my years here without them all! Thank God for friends!