...the beautiful Christmas season...

For Thanksgiving I went up to Pennsylvania and hung out with my cousins, aunts and uncles, and some friends at my Grandma's restaurant. I enjoyed the freezing cold weather. Thanksgiving day was beautiful it snowed the whole day and was 14F that night. My cousin and I went to see Pride and Prejudice and froze! The next night we went to see Yours, Mine, and Ours, which was really cute. My aunt and I went shopping on Saturday (the day after Black Friday) and it was still crazy with desperate shoppers everywhere. I had a great break and saw lots of family and friends. It was relaxing and fun to be away from school and just enough time to be energized for my last 3 weeks of school.

Now I only have a week and a half of school left. Next week I will have 2 finals and over the next 8 days I have a few assignments due. The good thing about freshman year here is that the semester had a heavy load of assignments due at the beginning so now that it's coming to a close I don't have that much to do. I'm thankful to God for that because I have a lot of packing to do before returning to Indonesia for Christmas. Everyday I go check my mail and every day I get a package of either a dvd, a book, a cd, or various other gifts that I need to pack up and bring back to my family and friends.

It's been a good semester and an elightening experience. I've made some great friends and we have had many fun times together. Now it's fun because there are Christmas decorations everywhere and it's cold outside and everyone is in the Christmas Spirit. In chapel today we had worship through music for the majority of the time. Our band played one song in particular that stuck out to me. The music was loud and fast and it was a good reminder to me of what Christians should look like during this season and throughout every day. Read these lyrics and have a wonderful holiday season in Christ.


We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord
And we pray that all unity may one day be restored
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love

We will work with each other, we will work side by side
We will work with each other, we will work side by side
And we'll guard each one's dignity and save each one's pride
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love

By our love, by our love
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love

We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand
We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand
And together we'll spread the news that God is in our land
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love

By our love, by our love
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love