In a nut shell..

It's just my luck that when I finally sit down to do my blog, a huge dance party starts outside.

I didn't mean that in a sarcastic way, I think everyone knows that I love a good dance party. Well, I love anything fun actually. I'd like to describe myself as a person that can make situations enjoyable and that I am just an optimistic person. I've learned to have a blast in any situation and to just have a positive outlook on many things.

My outlook has changed a lot from that of when I was in high school. Yeah I was still that charismatic kid with a great outlook on life, but it was a much different outlook. Now that I reflect, I had many insecurities in high school. Yeah, I was the homecoming king and voted everybody's best friend in the yearbook, yet those did no justice. A lot of time I would wonder who my real friends are. Often times I tend to build only surface level friendships, or I just get myself involved in a group that is just shallow. A friend said it best one time when she said that I "spread myself too thin".

Luckily, (I mean it!) over the summer I made some really great friendships. Alright, so I knew these people before but we definitely bonded over the summer. These people were positive Christian influences in my life. It was sad to see them off when I transitioned from the summer to APU, yet it was great timing to come to a campus where I can surround myself with more people with common beliefs.

I am much more spiritually aware of God's presence now, then I was a couple of months ago. God really worked through in my missions trip to Ethiopia, and it was amazing to hear His voice as confirmation that works and speaks through people. It's great timing to come from such an amazing trip to come to APU and grow more in spirituality.

I am: fun, optimistic, secure, spiritual and most of all, ready to see where God takes me.