Anna Townsend is up to the plate!

If you don't know, Anna Townsend is a young lady that used to come to LBC. Her father is Pastor Townsend. God called him to a church in Maine, so he and his family moved to Maine.

"Dearest friend back in Ohio,

Well it is September and the begining semester of my junior year in college. Amazingly yes I am a junior. Dont ask me how I got here, but I am here by the grace of our GREAT GOD!

I am currently located in the FCS wing of the Science building typing this up and delicately allowing a nice big piece of dark chocolate(72% cocao to be exact) to melt all over my mouth. Its really an amazing thing and I just wish I had a huge cup of coffee to compliment it.

The weather here has been amazing in my book. Many think it much to hot for a human being to possible live in, but I find it wonderful. After spending a summer afternoon praying for even 80 degrees to hit, the 90's feel luxorious to me;) The only thing lacking is the beach.

Classes started off with a good chug. I am taking Home appliances, Physical Science, Bible Doctrines, Intorduction to Biblical Counseling, and Textiles. Bible Doctrines is going to be the most challening class theoretically, but Physical Science is right up there too. Lauren and I are in Physical Science together and we are struggling with the home-work all-ready.

My cousin Dan and I have been able to make up for lost time already and we have been having a GREAT time! Then for lunches I am usually with LAuren and the Public safety group. We as a group have become somewhat of a family this semester and it is no wonderful to have such a great group of kids that you can be so happy and content with. When you go through the day, or a little trial or even a big one, having a group that you can share with is so comforting. Our God supplies our needs and friendships!

Prayer Requests for the week

1.) I have a test in counseling on Friday 9-14

2.) My roomates and continual bonding to take place.

3.) My own spiritual walk. I am in a leadership position this year and I need constant prayer that I can remain above reproach so that others may not stumble.

4.) The church in Maine, that Dad would effectively lead the flock and that souls would be saved!

Have a wonderful and Blessed day! I would Love to hear from any of ya'll!

Much Love to All, Anna"

Now, be sure to tune in next week's edition of, umm... this blog!

Not Josh

This next post is from Ashley. Hooray!

"

Hello everyone!

I hope all is well back at home sweet home in Van Wert, OH. College for me so far has been... what's the word??? CRAZY!!!???!!! yes college has been very crazy and stressful lately. It is just so different from my high school. I just have to get used to it i guess.
So this past Sunday (the 9th) i went to the church i am going to down here with Anna, Josh, and Lauren. But this Sunday was different. I sang in the chior and that was only the 2nd time i had been there! It was crazy. And this chior is a tad bit bigger than ours at home so yeah it was really crazy and different.
I'm sure by now all of you have heared about my wonderful job. Yes, I work custodial so yes, i do clean toilets!!! It really is a wonderful job though because most people have to work throughout the day and still get their school work done. But i only have to work at night from 10:45-midnight. The only bad thing about it is that i am always so tired everyday because i have 8:00 classes everyday and i go to bed at like 12:15. so i only get about 6 or so hours of sleep. I haven't fallen asleep yet in class. But i wouldn't be surprised if i did soon.
Oh i also forgot to tell you that on top of my job, school work, and singing in the choir at Morning Side, i also got into the Universtiy Singers which is just a choir full of freshman. But we did have to audition so it isn't like they just let anyone in ya know?? yeah so i am excited about that as well as all the new stuff i will be experiencing while here at BJU! This place really is a wonderful place. I think everyone should have to come visit us!! Not just to see us but also to see how nice the campus is and how the classes are. I went to a public school all my life so praying before every class is a big change but a good one as well.
Well thank you all for your support. I hope to hear from you all soon. If you don't know my email address already it is akitt481@students.bju.edu. And if you want to send me a good ol' letter the address for me is:

Ashley Kittle
C/O Bob Jones University
P.O. Box 50935
Greenville, SC 29614
Hope to hear from all of you soon. I miss you all and can't wait to come home for Thanksgiving. Have fun at the anniversary Sunday. I wish with all of my hear that i could be there!!! Thank you for your prayers! Ash"

So there you have it! Ashley and Josh posted and there will be others. Until next time, hasta la vista.

MORE OF JOSH!!1

Josh writes,

"Hey Everyone,

Well this certainly has been an eventful week...

Before I begin my little story, I want to say that if you haven't yet been down here, then you are must come as soon as possible, in fact, I command you to come down. There, now you have no choice. Ha!
It started out Sunday night at Morningside Baptist Church, which, if you are unaware, is the church we attend while in Greenville. This church is one of the most musically gifted churches I have ever seen. And, yes, I have been to quite a few different churches in the Greenville area, so that is saying much. The Music Pastor announced that they were in need of some choir and orchestra members and that if we wanted to join, we should talk to him after church. I decided that I wanted to join, but I didn't mention it to anyone. Do you ever get a feeling that you are forgetting to do something that you really want to do, but you have no idea what it is? That is the feeling that I got after the service on Sunday night. As "luck" would have it (I have luck in quotation marks, because we all know that it was God, not luck), there was not enough room for our group on the bus so we were going to have to wait until it dropped off one group and come back to pick us up. So Anna and I had to wait at the church... This is when I remembered the thing that I forgot to do and when I told Anna about it. She looked at me and said that she wanted to join as well, but forgot, too. So we both went and found the Pastor and told him (finding him was somewhat of an experience, too) that we wanted to join. Hooray!!! Anna, Ashley, and I are now in the Morningside Baptist Choir!

In my last update I informed you of the fact that I was waiting to buy my new computer so that I could get a new ipod or, as they are now called, ipod touch. I was giddy with anticipation on Wednesday while awaiting the announcement. Finally it came and with it another one: the promotion in which you got a new ipod worked not with the new ipods, only the old ones. Not old in the sense of used or whatever, but old in the sense of not the sweet cool touchy ones. I was distraught, but my wonderfully ingenious friend said that I should by the older version for the rebate price and sell it brand-new, never-opened ipod for only $180. I liked the idea, but I am now considering selling it for only $150. I bought it for $80 so I am still making a profit. I wondered if this was ethical, but I think that it is. That is was whole-sale stores do, right? If any of you would like to buy it, email me at jheim271@bju.edu It should be here sometime next week. I will let you know when.

I am ashamed to say it, but I have never read The Chronicles of Narnia. There, I am sorry, don't chide me too much. I started it yesterday and I am loving every moment of it. I plan to have it done before my computer gets here, or I will be busy playing with it instead of reading.

All-in-all, I had a pretty eventful week and tomorrow is Saturday!!!! Sleeping in, I love sleeping in...

As almost the entire church knows, I am currently taking Chinese courses here at BJU. Well, I am about to start taking another language, one that Freddy will be jealous of, one that will help me understand Asian culture, one that will give a new experience to watching Naruto (if you don't know what that is, ask any of the Heimann's...you could even ask Rickie, Sadie, or Jayden!!). Yes, on Tuesday this week, I will have my first Japanese course!!!!!!! I am so excited!!!! What is more is that it is a go-at-your-own-pace, no-grade, no-credit, one-night-a-week class. In my next update, I shall tell you all about it!"

Umm, yeah

I'm still playing catch up in all this.

I am REALLY sorry for not getting these on sooner.

...bye now.

TEH BLOG!!1

Introducing the new blog about the Liberty Baptist Collegiate Blog!!! I started it a bit late, but here is a lil' something from Josh!

"Hey everyone. We all made it down here safely and we started classes yesterday. I have three roommates and they are great. Two of them are brothers and they are all from VA. They are the complete opposite me: I am about as sports-minded as a turnip, and they are like crazy good at all things sporty. They even work out and stuff and are trying to get me to start, but I will never give in to temptation.

I am FINALLY buying my computer. Well, not exactly; I am waiting to get it until after the Apple press conference because rumor has it that there is going to be a new ipod very shortly. If you don't know, the press conference is the 5th of September. You can read the article here if you are interested: http://www.macrumors.com/2007/08/28/the-beat-goes-on-nano-touch-beatles-wireless/

Here's looking at you, kid.
Josh Heimann
Bob Jones University
PO BOX 40276
Greenville SC, 29614
jheim271@bju.edu"