Halfway through October!

Tonight we are going to the last free country concert of the Fall series hosted by a local radio station! It has been so fun!!! 3 Saturdays in a row of great country music for free...nothing can beat that!!! 

Here's Jason Michael Carroll from last week (photo props to my girl Jennah!! awesome shot of Jason singing in the crowd!!)

Here is some of the group from last week! About 12 of us went together...so fun!

Enjoy a song by Jason Michael Carroll..I loved it so much, I bought it when I got home :)

Football games!

JU has been doing great athletically! The men's soccer is currently ranked 1st in our conference, and our football is also ranked #1!! It's great to be a Dolphin!! Here are some pictures from football games so this semester!

Go Green and Gold!!!!

The 4 roomies!!!

Family Weekend with Mom and Pop!!

YReads

Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon I am all smiles! I get to read and talk with my little elementary school students at their after school program with the YMCA called YReads :) They are all precious children, and I have so loved interacting with them. My heart melts everytime I walk in their classroom and they all shout "She's here!! I want to work with Miss Abbie today!!!"

Beautiful and precious children...I am blessed to have them in my life!

Country, country, country!

It's October!! And that means free country concerts in Jacksonville! Jennah and I saw Hunter Hayes and Casey James last night...so fun! And the weather was perfect for blue jeans and boots! :)

Hunter Hayes!

Casey James!

Here is Hunter Haye's hit "Storm Warning"

Soccer Sunday

Loved seeing my little brother play collegiate soccer this weekend!! His Stetson University Hatters were part of a tournament that my school hosted this weekend, so I got to see him play, plus I got to cheer on my own Dolphins!!! Two soccer games made my Sunday afternoon great!!

Jennah and I cheering on our boys!!

Thoughts...

It's almost 1am and I have been studying...well trying to study..for a biochemistry exam that I have on Friday--this exam was moved (it was supposed to be today), so I suppose I should be glad, but sometimes, I just like to get exams over with!!

I am super excited about this weekend! I am heading to Deland for a Campus Outreach Fall Retreat with students from UNF, JU, Embry-Riddle, and FIT! I cannot wait to meet more Christians and be encouraged in my faith! These past three weeks have been so encouraging to me, in the midst of what should have been one of the roughest times I've gone through in college, I have felt incredibly at peace. I know that God is on my side always and it has been awesome to have my daily reading of Scriptures seem to correlate perfectly with what I need to hear. I've never really experienced that before, but I am loving it!! Talk about encouraging!

We sang a song tonight down by the river during our worship time that I just love: "Love Song for a Savior" by Jars of Clay:   http://youtu.be/j_wb38KMXLs

"I want to fall in love with you [Jesus], I want to fall in love with you!!!"

September already!

Happy September!!

This past weekend I was able to go home for the Labor Day 3 day weekend, and it was so nice. Albeit, I had homework and wrote a paper...it was still nice to be at home. Abraham even came home with Chips as a surprise, so it was a lot of fun.

Now I'm back to school, and trying to be productive. I started a 31 day experiment today in my quiet time--I'm excited to see what God has to teach me through this process. I may post it on here so you can try it out too.

Also, I'm posting a link to a blog that is excellent! It's a great reminder for upper upperclassmen even though it was written for freshmen! See what you think!
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2011/08/22/the-freshman-15/