guess I might as well keep posting...

Funny, I wasn't going to post through Christmas break, yet here I am doing my second post of the break!

Christmas was great! It was super chill, low-key, wonderful. I got to spend some time with family that I hadn't seen in a while as well as getting an email from someone that I didn't expect an email from. So good.

I'm super stoked at the moment because a friend that I did CIT with, Jess, is visiting Canada from New Zealand and is staying at my house for a bit =) It's been really cool so far to catch up with her and stuff!

I must admit: I'm super stoked for Kaleo to start again.

i know i said i was peacing it...

Hello!

Oh man, it's Christmas Eve! Merry Christmas, everyone!

This break has been going well! I have gotten the chance to surprise 3 different people since I've been home and it was so fun! (Completely unrelated, but I have finished every sentence with an exclamation mark up til this point. Oi.) I love surprising people. It's one of the best parts of coming home after being away for school.

I discovered when I got home that things were not as they were when I left. Some are good changes, some not so good. Friends going through hard times, some hurts with other friends (but thank the Lord for healing!), and some wonderful things for other friends. Yet, God has His hand on it all.

I just wanted to thank everyone who reads this for your prayers! I really appreciate them!

Have a Merry Christmas!

Holly

last days.

So today is the last full day for this semester and it has been wonderful.

It was Kaleo Christmas this morning so each of us got a name and we did a Secret Santa dealio. It was really cool seeing what everybody got for each other and the thought that was put into (most of) the gifts. For the most part, people tried to match the personalities that they were buying for. I got a gift card from Starbucks! I really enjoyed giving the gift that I'd gotten for my Secret Santa. I was so excited for him to get it!

I am looking forward to this break, but I'm also really nervous about it. God has done some good things in me this week. I have realized that I am the one that Jesus loves and for the first time ever, that is enough for me. I don't know why I'm nervous to go home, but I hope that these things that I've learned will stay with me when I'm at home and I will come back here refreshed and rejuvenated.

I'm stoked to see my mom and all my friends!

So here's where I peace it! Talk to you in the New Year!

Many blessings for this Christmas season,
Holly

ready for home.

Oh man, this past week was pretty great. We had an awesome class called Foundations of Church Ministry and I learned a lot about the church, what I can do for my pastors, and my role within the Church as a whole. I was studying for my final exam which is in approx. 12 hours and I realized I hadn't written this post yet, so here I am!

We had a chapel at the end of the week and it was a bit of a confession time and I let everyone know how I was feeling and how I needed to do better in regards to them. And then I left for the weekend!

I went home this weekend for a friend's birthday party and it was such a good break. I got to see those that I am most comfortable with, those whom I can be Holly with and I did just that. I wasn't really inhibited but was the same person I am used to being normally. I don't think I have completely been her here at Kaleo. Hopefully, I will be able to be next semester. I also started making plans for Christmas break with friends at home and I can't wait to be back at home! 1 more week!

Today was a good day. We went to a place called Wildplay that has a whole bunch of elements to climb up and over and such, with a whole bunch of ziplines thrown in for good measure. For those of you who know some of my fears, a fear of heights is one of them. This was big for me. I wasn't too freaked out, but neither was I too willing to go bungee jumping, for which my name was drawn. Someone else went in my place. I just can't do the stomach drop feeling. Maybe one day...

Now comes a final exam, two papers, and then CHRISTMAS!! YAY!

Please pray that we would finish the semester well.