christine

come on, guys, keep writing!

anyways. i hope you all are doing well.
thanks for being encouraging, even in the summer! it's good to hear from people and keep in touch.

okay. hope to talk to you soon via facebook or gchat or blog or anything.
take care :]

99 Problems? No, but a Girl is Definitely One!

With Freshman year officially being over ( Sorry, Justine! :( ) and me being back at home, you'd think that I'd just be having a completely fun and carefree summer, right? Surprisingly, that isn't the case. It seems that my girl problem is much bigger and more frustrating than I thought. I mentioned it on Facebook, but I'll fill you in again. Basically, there's this girl that I've been pursuing all semester, and I've finally made the decision to man up and ask her how she feels about me. Elli recommended not moving forward because I seemed really unsure of where I wanted to take this relationship. However, the Temple GCC retreat has helped guide me and decide where I want to go with this relationship.

Ever since the NJCA GCC retreat in January, my biggest goal in life is to reach out to and find someone in the same way that God reached out to and found me that weekend. This girl said that she doesn't believe in God, so doing this for her would make my goal that much more special and meaningful to me.

But tonight, I thought about Pastor Young's sermon about discipleship and how it has the potential to be both great and disasterous in this type of relationship. However, my feelings for this girl are so strong that I'd be willing to take this risk.

Basically, I want to pray for guidance from God to make wise decisions concerning this relationship. And if it is His will for us to be together, I pray for the strength, wisdom, and courage to reach out to her and help her grow in Christ. And even if things don't work out, I pray for the strength to put my feelings for her aside, to treat her like a brother and try to reach out to her, and to preserve what we have right now.

justine.

....I'M NOT A SOPHOMORE YETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

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But. I hope you guys who are out of school (aka EVEYRONE) are enjoying your time off being at home or going on vacation or just not being in school anymore. There's still 22 days left for me, and not going to lie, it's been so so so hard. Harder than it was before because now everyone's gone and the end of the school year means harder workload and more pressure. I'm cracking like crazy...the other day, I called my mom bawling telling her how much I wanted to go home = ="

Anyways. I think this past year, I struggled sometimes trying to get to know the Freshman class at GCC because there aren't many Drexel people and I didn't really know actually how involved I was in my own class. But I feel terrible now because now that everyone's gone, I can see and feel just how much of a difference in my life there is without you guys...and it makes me sad :(

So yeah...I love you guys, and I miss you all, and I'm excited for those coming back soon!!

susan

hi guys!

i just watched BOLT tonight with some friends :)

it was SO cute. i recommend watching it. it's about the most adorable pixar puppy dog and some girl named penny. the girl's voice was done by miley cyrus, who i am not too crazy about, but the movie itself was freaking adorableeeee. also there is a fat hamster named rhino in the movie....who names their hamster RHINO? i'm gonna get a hamster and name it hippo and get a dog and name it cat and do all sorts of confusing stuff...just cause i can :)

also, i have found a new love: laying in the grass, looking at the sky. it's a bit trickier at night because mosquitos are vicious (and west nile virus is pretty big in illinois, bigger than the pig cold maybe) but during the day, when the weather is perfect, just laying there in the fresh grass (make sure you don't lay down on an anthill, that would be horrible) and just gazing at the sky (also you might squint a lot, i have small eyes AND i had to squint so it was pretty difficult)...so, so, so nice. you should find a pastoryoungwouldsaynofosho significant other to do it with you, and it will be such a nice, relaxing time there on the grass. the sky is pretty. and sometimes you can find weird shapes in the clouds. also, you should do it with clothes on (i.e. don't tan on the grass, because people will look at you weird)...save the bikini for the beach (OR one-piece swimsuits...remember, guys, stay wise..)

love, susan

i love you guys :)

Hey GCC 2012! 

AH. We're sophomores now! It's so crazy. I think I will really really miss being freshmen...especially because we can no longer scream out "FRESHMENNNN UNITE!" or...maybe that was just me :)

I just want you guys and gals to know that you mean a TON to me and that I miss you guys (and gals...lol) like crazy right now! Luckily, some of us will be in Philly this summer - although it would have been more insanely epic if a bunch of us stayed. Missions after senior year, anyone? :D

But in all seriousness, thank you for being my community of believers, the one that I have been desperately needing since I was freaking born. It's so awesome to know that there are people MY age (for once!) who are solid and awesome and so on fire and focused on God. It's reallyyyyy an encouragement and I can't WAIT to see how the next three years unfold. (AH, can you believe we're already down to THREE YEARS? Sad.) 

Seriously, all the upperclassmen think our class is AWESOME. And I know why :) Totally looking forward to this fall, hope you guys have wonderful summers (and update us on what's going on wherever you are!) and I LOVE you guys like crazy sick nasty madness. Pastor Young would say YES fosho. :) (or fo..shes? LOL)

Facebook, email/gchat (sarahroo12@gmail.com), OMGPOP (lollll), call, text, etc etc. There's also my own blog whenever you're bored and you need something to read - breakthesilences.blogspot.com :)

Kk. That was probably the craziest/smiliest post I've ever written. Cool cool. Hope to hear from yall soon!

Yay

Hey GCC 2012,

We did it! Freshman year has come and gone and in 3-4 months time, we can look forward to being sophomores! Scary, isn’t it?

Anyways, I like to conclude things well and since everyone left at different times, I didn’t really get to wish some people farewell or to see people leave. It was kind of weird staying for Commencement and watching our number dwindle, hopefully it will be better next year. Therefore, I was wondering how to thank everyone and knowing how some people are adverse to mass email spamming (refer to Valentine’s Day thread), I thought our class blog would be a great place to do it, so people who can’t be bothered won’t be bothered =)

Moving on, I really came into this year not knowing what to expect spiritually. In high school, I didn’t have many friends who were firm in their faith. The friends that were strong believers were great, but there was just not many of them. Coming to Penn, I was hoping for a strong community of believers and through you guys and GCC, I’d definitely say that I’ve found it. I hope to continue to grow with you guys, have more laughs and shed more tears with you guys as we continue our college adventure for these next three years.

So yeah, I hope you guys have great summers and continue to live for God even though most of us won’t be in our great community at GCC. Feel free to Gchat, email, Facebook or Skype me anytime, I hope to keep in touch with as many of you guys as possible.

My Skype: I actually forgot what this was but just search “Jabez Yeo” or “Jabez” and I think you should be able to get me as a contact.

Gmail: jabezyeo@gmail.com

My blog: I’m going to be more diligent about this but yes, I do have a blog where I post up thoughts and random stuff: its http://jtotheyeo.blogspot.com

Take care and God bless!

Jabez