Hey Guys!!!

Can you believe that we will all be together again in about 3 weeks? Words cannot even express how excited I am. I keep trying to talk my parents into letting me move in earlier and earlier lol.

The rest of my summer has been pretty good. I had a wonderful time with my mom in New York. We got to see so much of the city like the Plaza, Central Park, China Town, and we even got to see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. I know that both my mom and I will cherish those memories we made together forever. I also went to Ocean Isle Beach with my family and lots of family friends last week. We go there every year so each time I am there with all of those great people it just feels like I’m at a second home (Well third if you count UNC). My friend Morgan went with me and I think the most fun thing we did was go kayaking in the intercoastal waterway. We didn’t really know what we were doing and kept going in a zig zag instead of a straight line and when we came back in after two and a half hours we were so tired but we had so much fun.

I’ve still been working a lot at the hardware store, which has been really great because I just really enjoy working there. Unfortunately there are some legal and monetary issues that the store is experiencing right now. It’s actually a really big mess that I’m not even really supposed to talk about but I would greatly appreciate prayers from you guys for my boss and the store owners.

I also wanted to tell you guys that there is a good chance I will be having some major oral surgery on the 12^th right before we all move in. It’s a surgery that I have been waiting on for years now so I am excited about it. Hopefully I will be all healed up before I move in but if not you guys can totally laugh at me if I look and/or talk funny haha.

I am SO excited about the Summer Birthday Bash tomorrow, and if you are coming I can’t wait to see you there!

Hope you all enjoy the last bit of the summer!

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Nicole

Soon we'll get to live together :)

It's safe to say that I'm anticipating returning to Chapel Hill. This summer has just been full of... unexpected things.

I'm sure you all got my e-mail about my parents splitting up. That's been tough, but my parents are staying mature, and I'm happy about that. They are not constantly fighting or even picking fights with each other. They're just trying to move on and support my brother and me just as much as before. The amount of love coming from both of my parents has not changed :)

I also broke my arm in late May and had a cast on through June... so employment hasn't really been happening. BUT that was a blessing in disguise. You see, I have spent many an hour at home and I've been here to support my mom. I've also gotten plenty of rest and did some volunteering at my church. Most enjoyably, I remember Vacation Bible School and working with the kids there. Working with kids has its ups and downs, which camp counselor and friend of ours Ashley Beech can attest to, but it still makes me very happy. I miss seeing kids during the school year.

So the only real thing on my radar for the rest of this summer is visiting my extended family in Chicago next week. The last time I had a long visit with them was probably five years ago. It should be great. And then, it's time to move in!

Living in community with you guys will be amazing, I just know it! I'm really anticipating living with 9 other people that I love. Despite hard classes and whatever, this will be a really fun year.

BWaugust16thcantcomesoonenoughL,
Jared

...again, better late than never! haha

Hey again guys and gals,

I just can't ever seem to remember when I'm supposed to post on this thing, but here goes it:

Since the last post, I have continued with my lovely job at the daycare at my church. The kids are getting crazier, but I'm learning to get more strict, so by the end of the day, everyone is happy! Some fun quotes from the kids at daycare (inspiration from Melissa Robinson's facebook posts about her camp kids) : "Polar bears are from Africa!!!" "You go to UNC, I never knew that!" "Why in the world are we watching a stupid Christmas movie in the middle of July?!?!?!?(in reference to a spongebob christmas special a kid brought in for movie time one day)" That's all I can think of for now, but I have truly been blessed with lessons of patience, laughter, and friendship through my summer job! :)

I also got to take a wonderful road trip to St. Petersburg, Florida for my family reunion! It wasn't the same with Aunt Sarah (my Nana's aunt, the former matriarch of the Davis family), she passed away during this past winter. Her spirit was still there though, and it was tons of fun getting to see all of my cousins and swim in the Gulf of Mexico, without getting stung by a jellyfish! (jellyfish story is a long one for another time...lol) I had a blast, and hit a new record of total time jogging while I was there!!! Yay for progress, haha! On the way down, we stopped in Savannah, GA where I got to see Forrest Gump (impersonnator) but more importantly, JOHN WESLEY's statue!!! I literally jump up and down with excitement!!! My love of the Wesley tradition is deep-rooted, I guess. Savannah was gorgeous! The 12 hour drive on the way home was a lot less entertaining!!! Overall it was a fantastic trip! Can't wait for the next reunion! :)

My family is gearing up for my church's 158th annual camp meeting! It's a whole week of services in our outdoor arbor, with a night of music and homemade ice cream on Saturday the 30th. My family has stayed in the "tents" (cinder block rooms built a very long time ago) for many years, and we cleaned it out and set it up for next week. Although I am dreading the heat, it will be a great time to catch up with all of our fellow campers, and church members that only come back for this week of revival, worship, food, and tradition. The tradition is palpable during camp meeting. I'm super excited!!!! Any and all of you are invited to any of the services if you happen to be nearby! Just shoot me and email or facebook for directions and times!!!

One recent frustration I endured was that my piece of crap CCI laptop had a glich that require me to either ship it to ITS, or bring it in myself. Well, this irritating computer problem turned into a great excuse for me to visit Wesley!!! By Wesley, I mean Madicella and Karen!!!! YAY!!! I had a great night of finally being able to use my computer, and some good "Chapel Hill food" as I have dubbed B'ski's and YoPo!

I am so excited to be back for the fall!!! Can't wait to see you all and be the crazy busy Week Of Welcome fanatic that I am!!! See you all in less than a month!!! :)

BWb'ski'snewdrinkmachineisthebombL,

Emily :)

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Hey weshos!!!!!

I have had a pretty good summer so far. I started off with a trip to the beach to see my dad. It was a bit too cold to get in the water then so i'm still trying to find a time to go back before the summer ends.

I then went to DC ti see my friend Kara. She had to run a marathon in Ohio so I traveled with her and her family there for a few days. I had never been to Cleveland before so that was a lot of fun. We then hung out in DC for a few days before I headed back home.

That next week was definitely the most boring week ever. i was searching for a job and ended up having nothing to do. I did get to see one of my best friends from high school though before she left for california for the summer so that was definitely nice.

I did finally get a job and have been working at a local movie theater all summmer. It's a pretty nice job. I get to go see free movies. I usually do ticket tearing but i have also worked concessions and done ushering. I have met some very interesting people and have heard some strange things. I like it though. My coworkers are all mostly nice. Two of them actually go to UNC but i didn't know them before.

I have also been dogsitting for Jan in Chapel HIll some this summer. It's nice to have a house to myself for a few days and to get to see awesome people like Amanda, Keisha, Madicella, Caroline, and Karen. Daniela came by to swim with me one day and that was of course a blast.

One of the highlights of this summer was my friend jessica's 21st birthday party. I got to help her plan it and it was so much fun. Sara Beth came to it too so it was so nice to get to talk to her.

I have also gotten to see rachel a few times this summer and we always have a lot of fun together.

Other than that, i've been going to the pool some, hanging out with friends, and studying for the GRE which is coming up in about a week and a half. I still have a lot of studying to do before i'm ready for it.

Jessica and I are going to see Harry Potter at Midnight and I am so psyched!

I think that's about it. I miss you all so much and I can't wait to live with you all!

BWL,
Brittaney

Yay Summer! Yay Anticipation! Yay I'm finally posting something!

Wow I definitely missed a few updates. I'm just gonna go ahead and be happy I finally found this blog! Ok so my summer has been excellent so far, I'm working at this place called the Mathnasium and it is basically the nerdiest place ever. I love it! I am about to head off on a 9 hour drive to Erie, PA to go to my cousin's wedding! Erie is maybe the smallest town in PA, but still has an entire great lake named after it, cool huh? Until this week it has been a pretty busy summer so I'm looking forward to a chance to relax and enjoy the northern weather this time of year. I'm busy preparing for a half-marathon in September that my roomie tricked me into signing up for so I'm going to expect some fantastic runs with him when we all return to the Hill. Pretty much every moment I'm not busy I've been thinking about how awesome next year is going to be and I can't wait to live with all of you guys as we become closer to each other and closer to God! Kayln's sly practical joke only made me realize how much I miss you guys and I'm hoping to be able to visit all of you taking summer classes in the near future! I haven't quite finished the reading we have for next year, but during the upcoming car ride I'm expecting to be able to read the stuffing out of them. I've absolutely loved reading your respective posts and will definitely be updating again soon as I have no utilized the bookmark tool on my CPU!

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Eric

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Hey guys!

Hope you're all having a great summer! Summer has been good so far, i absolutely love the sun, it reminds me of home! I just started the second session of summer school last Thursday and its been interesting. I'm only taking Arabic this time so I have a lot of spare time on my hand.

Taking Arabic is one of the best decisions i have ever made. The professor is from Gaza, Palestine and he tells us a lot of stories about his home and family. Lately, he's been rather worried about his son who can't stop playing xbox. He has also taken us to a Arabic store in Raleigh and his home to drink arabic tea and chat. We sometimes have class parties after exams which is great cause students like to bring Arabic dishes. So far, we've had hummus and pita, Iranian rice with vegetables, bride's fingers (dessert), and halwa (i think that's what its called, it looks like baklava but its much sweeter). Arabs believe that sweet and sugar can prevent bad luck. It might be in Morocco that people like to have tea with their sugar.

It's fun learning about a whole new culture and trying to understand how things work in different countries. I'm looking forward to this session and hope to learn more about the Middle East!

p/s: can't wait to live with all of you this fall! Thanks Madicella for being such an awesome housemate:D

BWL,

Karen