First Post

I'm starting this blog for the friends and family wondering what the heck I'm doing down here in Redding, California. This way everyone who wants to can see glimpses into my life down here.
I'll be honest and say I'm not that great at journaling, so I don't know how much better I'll be at blogging. Especially since my computer just died. (anyone wanna donate to the support krystle-buying-a-new-mac-fund?) I'll try my best to explain better what I'm learning in school. Gotta make people feel involved after all ;)

Speaking of which, I'm writing my mission support letters! Yay!
I got accepted to go to Nicaragua! My first choice :) I'm super excited about it!
We've only had 1 meeting so far, but it was awesome. I love it when the leaders wanna get whacked right off the bat haha! Ben and Sheena George are the leaders for the trip. Awesome people. A friend of mine, Milly, is on the trip with me, and I made another really good connection with a girl named Rachel. Everyone else in the group seems awesome as well. We're all a mix of 1st, 2nd and I think 1 or 2 3rd years too. I cannot express how incredibly stoked I am about this trip.
When I'm done writing the letter, I'll post a copy of it on here for everyone to see. On Facebook too, I think. Then of course I'm going to send it out to as many of you lovely people as I can in real time, old school, snail mail :)

I hope everyone had a awesome, incredibly stuffed Thanksgiving surrounded by loved ones. Mine was pretty low key this year. I opted not to drive down to LA to spend it with my moms side of the family. (I will be doing that for Christmas though). I ended up spending it with my AMAZING friend Ashley, who had been invited to a family's house to spend it with them. They were so lovely and wonderful and there was lots of good food and even more great deserts! mmm!
There were a few other Bethel students spending the holidays with the family and one of them, Elise, a lovely Norwegian maiden, made home-made ... dare I call them sticky buns?
Well, I don't know what they were called, but they were some sort of home-made pastry bun filled or topped with chocolate! They were my favorite by far :)

Nothing too new besides that. Waiting for school to start up again on Tuesday. Oh, I get to move sometime in the next few days. So I'm trying not to get too stressed about that.
(For those who don't know why I'm moving: Our apartment building is foreclosing, but we're getting paid to move out, Praise Jesus for the cash for keys concept! And my roommates and I have all found different housing situations to move into.)
So, with the lovely help of Chris and his truck, I will be moving all my things into a new situation on Monday. It shall be grand. It's gonna be great getting to know my new roommies :)

That's all for now. I should have posted my Nicaragua Mission Letter by the end of the night.

~Love and Blessings <3