I have been interning with an organization called Daybreak in Santa Monica this semester to fulfill a requirement for my social work minor. I'm working with women who have mental illnesses and are homeless. Twice a week I get to drive what traffic makes into an hour of beauty on Pacific Coast Highway and spend the day working with these people. It has been a very growing experience so far and I would love to talk about it in person.
Campus ministry at Pepperdine took a leap of faith and transitioned this semester from our weekly corporate worship service of about 80 and split up into house groups of about 10, which meet in faculty's homes weekly for a meal and fellowship. In december 100 students signed up for 10 groups, and now there are 200+ students in 15 groups and still growing. The group that I am a part of has proved to be a really great outlet and source of encouragement. It really is special how broken literally EVERYone is and how powerful it can be to reveal that brokenness to perfect strangers and best friends alike.
I'm lucky to be a part of SGA again this year. I really just care about student government and am so glad it has been something that I have invested my life in at Pepperdine because I am getting to be a part of a few things that I think are really meaningful. People are starting to speculate (read: already stressing) about next year's positions, and it's a little exciting.
Sometimes I forget about classes. However, last semester I was in some core SOC classes and I seriously just LOVED them. Sociology is just so cool. This semester I only have classes twice a week so I seriously just don't think about them very much. I'm starting to think about grad school and getting my MSW which is very exciting.
Tonight we all pretended we were freshmen and went to the basketball game against Gonzaga, followed by in n out and diddy riese in Westwood. Good times. Except now it's 12:30 aka about an hour later than I usually go to bed these days. I'm just a grown up. I plan on posting things cooler than what I have just said, but as for now I'm just getting the ball rolling.
Night.
Our world is awesome.
