Behold and Become

Behold and Become is our theme for the summer. To behold God's power and glory and become more like Jesus! I'm learning so much already and getting to know so many great people that are in different spots in their walk with God. I met a girl yesterday at the pool, Ashley, she plays soccer for Murray State and is awesome! We clicked right away and shared our testimonies. I'm so stoked to continue meeting people and hearing their stories and seeing God's hand in other people's lives. It's so awesome to see so many college students so hungry for God and desiring so much to share the joy they have with everyone around them! I so encourage all of you to do the same. Don't simply be friends with other Christians, but really get to know them. Get to know what God has done in their life and be encouraged by that! Our scripture that goes along with our summer is 2 Corinthians 3:18, "So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image." This is my goal for this summer and my life- to continually become more like Christ, behold and become!

On random note, last night we had our first Rally, which is where we have worship, a game, and a talk. Well the game was an eating contest, and guess you was a girl representative, yours truly. One of my roommates, Megan, and I were on a team against 2 guys. Well, of course I was all for it! They told us we would have to eat a happy meal and drink a coke, whoever did this the fastest won. Well, little did we know- there was a disgusting twist. All of the contents, cheeseburger (fully loaded), fries, coke, and frappe- were blended together to make one awesome smoothie. This is what we had to chug in the fastest time. Well, my ballin roomie chugged all of it and was the first to finish. However, I got to gulps down and seriously felt like puking everywhere! ha! So, we lost, the guys won... but not to worry, we will recover! They also split the whole project up in 3 teams and we will be competing at random stuff like this all summer, I'm on team 3 and our name is... drum roll please, "Tres Swagga"! : )

I start working at Sea World tomorrow at a restaurant called High Seas Market, I will post pictures in my lovely uniform ASAP.

I am praying for all of you and already miss you! Love yall! I will keep you posted on what I am learning at least every week.
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- Shannon!
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