January 9th, 2014

Wow, what a great start this year has already been. So many blessings, and so many lessons so far and it has only been 9 days.

Today while sitting at the student worker desk at the ACCEL office, I realized how stinkin' blessed I am with the opportunity to go to this phenomenal school. Anderson has been my dream school since 2007 when I first had the opportunity to visit for a music arts camp.

I knew I would never want to be anywhere else, even after my hardships freshman year, and the pressure to go to other schools, my family has only had to pay around 400$ the entire time I have been here at AU.

Anderson is literally my second home. Sometimes I spend my time daydreaming about home in West Cola, and when I'm home I'm dreaming about coming back to school. The friendships I've made, and the experiences I've had in my 3 semesters so far is ridiculously amazing, and I quite honestly don't think I would have had these opportunities elsewhere.

To have professors who truly care about you, who pray for you daily, who genuinely want to know how you are doing, and will work with you throughout any circumstance is so comforting; plus they KNOW YOUR NAME...it's more than I could have ever asked for in a post-secondary education.

Not to mention the staff that aren't even professors...people like Carrie Motes, one of my "other moms" who I work with in the Switchboard, Sarah Mudd the amazing Student Activities director and SGA Advisor, Becky Walker, the funniest lady on campus, and even Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker. They all truly invest their time into each and every students life. I honestly couldn't imagine having anywhere else to spend my time as an undergrad.

I have been blessed with the opportunity to serve on Freshman class senate last year, and now Sophomore class president. The chair for the South Carolina Student Legislature delegation, and was blessed in October 2012 with a job in the Admissions office.

I'm so blessed to have the ability and accessibility to go to a school like Anderson University. Plus, who else can say they have the opportunity EVERY WEEK to worship with their classmates?

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Standing with the One victorious,

LG.