Prayer Request

One of the Associate Members, Kyle Earhart, and his family checked his grandmother into a rehab facility today. She is addicted to both alcohol and crack cocaine. It would mean a lot to him and his family if you prayer for her as she fights this battle and for the family as they try and do everything they can to help her.

Thank you and God Bless <><

The last two weeks

I know it has been awhile since I have posted anything but things have been a bit hectic.

First thing is I would like to ask that you keep two of my brothers from Lambda Chi Alpha in your prayers. Gaton Askey's mom, Margo Mann, was diagnosed with cancer and underwent surgery on Monday and Adam Goodchild's mom, name unknown, is undergoing some type of surgery this Monday. Another prayer request is for the family and friends of Bradley Wahnee. He was shot and killed off campus last week. The Oklahoma City Police are investigating it as a homicide.

On a happier note, things are still going really well here. I am maintaining all of my grades and am staying involved on campus and in the community. I have applied to become a 'Big' with Big Brothers, Big Sisters. I will hear in the next week or two if I have been approved or not. I have also applied to be a college intern at Nichols Hills UMC here in OKC. From what I have been told and by what I get from their website it is the Highland Park of OKC, but the church is much smaller than HPUMC. I go for a first interview/meet and greet on Tuesday morning and am keeping my fingers crossed and praying that things work out. As far as on campus activities go we had an Oozeball tournament last weekend. Oozeball is volleyball in a mud pit and is four-on-four. My team, Chops on Top (Chops is Lambda's nickname), took third place out of 28 teams. Saturday (which I guess is today since it is after midnight) we have Jello Jam with the Alpha Phi's. Jello Jam is where you have a partner of the opposite gender and you wear knee high socks. You and another team are then in a pool of jello (the jello we use is also used by Jerry Springer so we know it is the real deal) and wrestle to get the other teams socks. The wrestling is guy vs. guy and girl vs. girl. The pool will be filled with 200 gallons of jello if I'm not mistaken. Next weekend we have our Victory which is semi-formal dance/party/outing where who our 'big brother' will be reveled. Tonight we had a Date Auction as a fund raiser for our house project. All of the associate members and a few initiated brothers did some sort of act to advertise ourself and girls bid on us to take them on a date. The minimum bid was $20 and went up from there. The most we got for one person was $225 and the lowest was a couple at $20. I was neither of these.

Other than that I am doing my best to stay out of trouble. I will be coming home to Coppell in a couple weeks for fall break and a home cooked meal.

I hope all is well with everyone. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you and I am thankful for your continued support.

God Bless <><

Lambda Chi Alpha

As of 11:15 am Saturday morning I am officially a Lambda Chi Alpha! I am an associate member meaning that I can still vote, hold office, and anything like that. I will become an initiated member along with the rest of the class of '09 upon the completion of being educated and a few other things.

Class continues to go well. I had my first test on Friday in College Algebra and got an 'A'.

Thank you for all of your continued support.

God Bless <><

Second Night of Rush

Tonight was the second night of Rush. It was Ladies Night. We all "dressed to impress" and went and picked the ladies up in limo's. There were finger foods, Sprite and Rainbow Sherbet punch, and an ice sculpture. It was a ton of fun and nice to be able to meet a bunch of people, both guys and girls, and a nice relaxed environment. Tomorrow night is the first night of traditional rush I guess you would call it. We will go to the houses and meet all of the brothers. There will be guest speakers and any questions, comments, and/or concerns will be addressed. After two nights of that we will have bid day Saturday morning and will decide which fraternity we will pledge and will then pledge and officially become a brother.

Thank you for your continued support!

God Bless <><

First 3 1/2 weeks

Just a quick run down of everything that has happened so far.

The first week I was here was orientation week. The required events were long, boring, and basically pointless.

The last two weeks have been classes. I am taking 15 hours this semester. My classes are Comp 1, U.S. History since 1877, College Algebra, Art and Human Values, and World Religions. History is by far the most difficult and taxing class I have.

When not in class I have been keeping myself fairly busy. I have been to two baseball games, visited Bricktown, seen a couple movies (we have a free movie night every first Thursday of the month), went to a concert, and have spent a fair amount of time at one of the fraternity houses.

As it might surprise some of you, I am rushing a fraternity. There are two on campus, Lambda Chi Alpha and Kappa Sigma. Tonight was the first night of rush and I spent it at the Lambda house. The event for the evening was a Toga Foam Party with a DJ from one of the local radio stations.

Even though rush has only just started I already know that I will be pledging Lambda Chi Alpha. While bid day is not until Saturday both parties (Lambda and myself) know that I will be pledging Lambda.

That is all for now.

God Bless <><

Hello All

I have decided to keep a blog of my college experience for anyone that would like to know how things are going and if I'm staying out of trouble or not. I will try to update every few days or so. I imagine most of the updates will be done when I should be studying and getting ready for bed. Feel free to leave any comments, questions, and/or concerns that you may have.

Thank you for your continued support as I embark on this new adventure and the next chapter of the thing we love to call life.

God Bless <><