Manna from Heaven

Yesterday, as we were gathering at the duplex to put the finishing touches on our halloween costumes for last nights campus ministry party we all began to talk about what to eat. We were VERY hungry; it was about 2 in the afternoon and no one had eatten yet for the day! There was not much at the house to munch on let alone make a meal. We were standing out on the porch when a car drove by, one girl jumped out with TWO Papa John's Pizzas and asked if we wanted them. They were left over from UD atheletics. . . OF COURSE we wanted them! Never doubt, God ALWAYS provides!

15 Passenger Van . . . What's the Big Deal?

Tonight was my first experience being responsible for driving a 15 passenger van and it's occupants! It went well. I suppose when you learn on a conversion van you really are prepared for anything!

Our excursion tonight was the largest Corn Maze EVER! It takes the average person an hour and a half to finish!!! Many of the students finished but the three of us campus ministers gave in and just walked around. You might be thinking we are wimps . . . but think again my friend! Check out this INSANE Corn Maze! There are 12 sections, each section contains a mailbox that contains a piece of the map! After finding all 12 clues you can complete the maze! I was cold and my allergies or possibly the start of a cold is kicking my butt. Nonetheless, completing it or not, it was still fun.

There was also a quite interesting maze. You can ONLY turn right! It's a NO LEFT TURN maze. It was hard but very, very fun! And YES I completed this one!

So driving the van was fine! Parked it back in its spot using one back up! No different than the Marshmellow (Daddy's van) or Mommy's truck! The 15 passenger van is no match for me!

A Photo Tour of Dayton

So, I have finally loaded pictures to give you all a photo tour of the University of Dayton! Welcome to my tour!

The Main Entrance to the University

Stuart Hall and Stuart Hill, my home at UD

Stuart Hill . . . from the bottom! Yes, Stuart Hall is at the top!

My Bedroom

The other half of my bedroom

My living room, remember this was in the process of moving in! Since then this has become my kitchen! So I guess it's a very mobil room!

My HUGE bathroom! Unfortunatly no bathtub:(

The infamous Neighborhood!

Stuart Hill overlooking the field

Serenity Pines, one of my favorite places on campus!

Another favorite spot! This is a statue of the Blessed mother in her old age.

Humanities Building, where all my classes take place!

Inside of Chapel

Thanks for coming! I hope you've enjoyed my tour of The University of Dayton!

A Heartfealt Moment

Many of you know that Jason was deployed on Tuesday for six months. I had been asking for prayers for him for a while now. All day Tuesday people had been sharing with me that my brother and my family were in prayer. Well, that night I was running around trying to get things together for Mass and one of the GA's walks into chapel. She looked very flustered so I asked if she was okay and she said yeah, I was surprised to see her and thought she just decided to come to Mass. This was rare that another GA would make their way up Stuart Hill to come to Mass but Christy is very devoted to daily Mass and I simply assumed she missed the noon Mass. So we both sat down, Mass was getting ready to begin and in walks three more GA's. I knew something was up at this point. I looked at Christy and said, "what's going on?" She said I had to ask Melissa. At this point Mass was ready to begin, I knew why they were here, they were here because they knew my brother was deployed and they wanted to pray with me to support me! During the intercessions Melissa prayed, "Father, please watch over and protect all those who are in the military especially those who have been deployed this day. And bring peace to their families, letting them know that they have a community around them that love and support them." I broke out in tears. This was a defining moment here in Dayton. I knew at that point that I had a group of friends around me that really do love and support me. I can't say thanks enough to Melissa, Christy, Abby, and Katie. Later I found out that the reason they all looked flustered is because they were running late so they are RAN to get to Mass. That makes it that much more special! They are great, not only making their way up the hill but running? That's special!