Make Time

In Collo, we talked about how much time we spend in a week doing things like homework, going to class, eating, and sleeping. We then calculated how much time we had left in the week that we were doing nothing during. After doing this, I realized how much free time I had! I asked myself, […]

Valuable Values

The last time we met in Collo, we discussed the importance of values and evaluated ourselves to better understand what our own core values are. We began by naming certain values a person could have, making a list of 20+ words. We then had to choose eight of these values that meant a lot to […]

FREE DONUTS!!!! FREE COFFEE!!!! FREE HOT CHOCOLATE!!!! FREE APPLE CIDER!!!!

Since moving to ETSU, I’ve had the opportunity to get involved in the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM). They do awesome things around campus, like the BCM coffee cart, to love on and serve anyone they encounter. I first worked the coffee cart about three weeks ago when I got out of my chemistry lab early. […]

Sweeping and Mopping and Scrubbing and Serving

Last night, I volunteered at the Ronald McDonald house for the second time. Like last time, I was given a long list of things that needed to be done knowing I wouldn’t complete it all. First, I swept and mopped both stairwells. Then, I cleaned a few bathrooms. Last, I cleaned the kitchen, pantry, and […]

Give Back to Those Who Have Given to You

Last Wednesday, I started volunteer work at the Ronald McDonald House in Johnson City. This is an amazing organization, and I am very excited to be working there! The Ronald McDonald House was established to provide people a place to stay while their children are in the hospital. They have food, comfy beds, and staff […]

Walk for Life: A New Hope

Today, Saturday, October 6th, was the annual New Hope Pregnancy Care Center Walk for Life in my hometown of Cleveland, TN. New Hope is a local organization that advises and cares for people facing unexpected or crisis pregnancies. They provide ultrasounds, confidential counseling, and supplies to their clients all while presenting the gospel and sharing […]

Sodom, Gomorrah, Snacks, VeggieTales, and Simon Says

This past weekend, I went back home to Cleveland, TN. I was super excited to go to my home church and see all of my friends and family. The second and third grade Sunday school teacher was out of town, and needed someone to teach her class for her, so my mom and I stepped […]

Honors Potluck

This past Tuesday, I went to the Honors College potluck. I was very excited for the event because who doesn’t love free food? The night before, my roommate, Hannah, and I went to Walmart to get cookies and brownies for the event because we had no time or oven to make them ourselves. On Tuesday night, […]

Tom, Stanley, and Abigail

When packing for move-in day, the three things I kept double checking for were two cactuses (Tom and Stanley) and an aloe plant (Abigail). You may ask, why would you make sure you had three green spiky things that’ll just sit in your dorm all day? For a lot of people cacti and aloe vera […]

A Little Preview

The weekend I moved in to ETSU was preview weekend, and it was probably one of the most fun weekends I’ve ever experienced. I met tons of new people and participated in many awesome, hilarious, crazy events like the silent disco and the hypnotist show. We painted the pride walk’s SOCON square representing various athletic […]