Random...Tuesday?

This is going to be a bit random...I have some serious and not serious thoughts going through my head.

First the not so serious...

We finally got a significant amount of snow!! As in, it stayed on the ground. :) My roommate would definitely not agree with me on the excitement factor this should produce.

Here are some pictures from last Thursday.

The Plaza from the roof of Houghton

A great thinking spot when it's nice, but not so great when it's snowing...

Coming back from Walgreen's with Krystle. Notice how white her coat is? We literally had only walked a block and a half. :) Isn't it beautiful!?

Unfortunately it warmed up yesterday, melting a lot of the snow.

For the more serious thoughts. (only serious in the sense that they're causing me some processing time)

For my class we have to read the book "Radical" by David Platt, and although I'm only two chapters in I am really enjoying it, and better yet, it's causing me to think.

The thought-provoker today? 

"God's Word is enough for millions of believers who gather in house churches just like this one [he talks about a house church in Asia he had visited] His Word is enough for millions of other believers who huddle in African jungles, South American rain forest, and Middle Eastern cities.

But is his Word enough for us?" (26, Platt)

I've been challenged the past couple weeks about my awe of God's Word, or rather, my lack thereof. This book, as well as another class, have been specifically challenging in this and I don't want to ignore  what the Holy Spirit is trying to teach me through all this.

So, that is my goal/challenge for this semester. To build up my passion for God's Word and for studying it.

Pictures

Here are some pictures, going all the way back to October.

These are some wonderful ladies from my floor: Marcy, Krystle and Ashlen.

The Chicago marathon runners going past Moody the first time. One of the girls from my floor ran it and I had so much fun cheering her on.

For fall break, Krystle came home with me, and we went to an Iowa football game. This was at the tailgate party before the game.

Lovely Iowa fall weather

We also took a couple of hours and had a photo shoot. :) More of those pictures are on Facebook though.

At the end of October we proudly cheered on some of our brothers and Becca, from my floor, in their North/South bowl win. (Becca played against girls, not with the guys, less there be any confusion :) )

L to R: Abby, Johannah, Moriah, Becca, Carley, Brittany, Ashlen, Janelle, Marcy and Krystle

The North/South bowl is flag football between the two main guys dorms. The biggest sporting event of the year and it's intramurals.

A beautiful sunrise the day after Thanksgiving on our way up to work.

The German Christmas Market near the school.

Sunset, I think on Christmas Day. The sunsets were amazing over break.

The long tables required to fit the entire Hostetler family around, which still didn't hold all of us.

Some of the cousins playing Dutch Blitz before supper.

Basketball at Highland. Reg is the one drinking out of the water bottle.

Reg is on the left. I'm a proud sister and I enjoyed watching him for the first time as a high school player.

And that is an overview of the past half year in pictures. I hope I can remember to take my camera out more often this semester. We'll see...