Recording

Friday was one of the most interesting days of my life! I don't ever remember having a day quite like it before! WOW!!
My day started, well I guess dark and early, 3:50 am. I got up and did a condensed version of my morning routine, and was outside waiting for the van by 4:50. Everybody got into the vans and cars with no problem, and we were pulling out of the driveway by 5:10.
Our caravan of 2 15 passenger vans and 3 cars hit the highway with no problem. I was in a van that was driven by my roommate, the other van was driven by one of the college guys, two of the cars were driven by college guys, and Brother Randall was in the other car. We even managed to make it a good ways down the road without anything going wrong. I'm not quite sure where, but around the time we were really starting to get into the city we turned onto another highway and the other van didn't turn with us. AAAAAHHHHHH!!!! It was very interesting. Bro. Randall was frantically trying to get a hold of the van and to figure out how to tell them to meet up with us. Meanwhile, our shortened caravan was continuing on to the Brooklyn Bridge. During a series of twists and turns to get onto the the bridge we lost one of the cars. Thankfully the guy who was driving it knows his way around the city, so there was no worries about him. Our INCREDIBLY shortened caravan continued on the B.B. and then straight through the heart of Manhattan and out the other end through the Holland Tunnel. Somewhere soon after the tunnel the van caught up with us.
Now we were in New Jersey, and it was time for a Dunkin Donuts stop. :) woo hoo!! The college bought donuts for all of us, but if we wanted a drink we had to buy our own. Of course I wanted a drink, so I got a coolatte, that along with a Boston Creme donut made a LOVELY breakfast. :)
We got to Marty's (our engineer) around 9:15. The car that we had lost in Manhattan had already arrived. Amazingly everybody got there, and all in one piece!
The plans were for the choir to record 4 songs. The sopranos and tenors got to record first, it was umm, well, fun I guess. The sopranos were in one room, and the tenors were in a room adjacent to us. Everybody had their own set of headphones through which we heard the music that we sang to, a metronome, what the tenors were singing, and also a microphone that Bro. Randall and Marty talked to us through. After ironing out some wrinkles we were finally able to start recording.
Our first song was "Marching to Zion." It took us an hour in a half to record it! By the time we were done I was exhausted. Thankfully we got a short break while the altos and bases were recording.
While they were recording I took a short walk over a small creek and through some woods to a river. I don't know what the name of it is, but it was very pretty and I was able to take pictures.
All too soon the altos and tenors were done. They had not only recorded "Marching to Zion" but also "Benediction." We were able to record "Benediction" and then it was time for a lunch break. :) We ate pizza. It was good! :)
After an hour break we recorded "O Worship the King" and "God So Loved the World." By this time I think it was after four o'clock. I was really tired. The altos and bases recorded the last two songs and then my roommate had to record for the solo part that she had in "O Worship the King." We left PA a little after 6.
Going back to NY there were only 2 vans cuz the college students that drove their cars were going straight from the recording to home for spring break and Bro. Randall stayed in PA overnight so he could work at the studio on Saturday.
We ate a supper of sandwiches, chips, cookies, and pears in the van.
Our van was supposed to stop just outside of Queens to meet one of the girls' moms so that she could go home for break. Let's just say that it was quite the experience. What should have taken about 5 or 10 minutes took almost an extra 2 hours! It was crazy. Without going into it, let's just say that it got a little scary. During this time, somebody remembered that it was Friday the 13th. That explained a LOT!
We finally got back to campus about 12:15! I ran into my room and grabbed a few things that I would need and then my roommate drove me down to my grandparents house, where I am house/dog sitting for spring break cuz my grandparents are on vacation.
It was about 12:30, and by this time I was wide awake with a major case of insomnia! It was crazy. I thought about trying to sleep, but I knew there was no use. I was supposed to bake a dessert for my Sunday School class, so I decided to bake it right then. I also did quite a few extra things. I finally was able to fall asleep around 3!
Thankfully I didn't have to get up until 8:30 Saturday morning. :)

Last Day of Classes!!

WOO HOO!!!!! I am done with classes!! Well, done with classes until the 23rd. There is still one more day of classes but tomorrow the college choir is going to Reading, PA to record for the next college CD that will be coming out sometime before the end of the school year. We are leaving at 5:00 in the morning!! Insane! It is a several hour trip, and I guess that if we were to leave even half an hour later than that we would get stuck in traffic in the city and add another hour or so to our travelling time!! YUCK either way!
I think classes went well today, but to be honest, my brain really wasn't on classes, it had already gone into spring break mode! I did get a 92 on my Intro to Missions midterm! English Grammar is the only class that I don't yet have my midterm results.
After classes I was able to go with Mrs. Phillips to Port Jefferson. We were going to go to a thrift store, but they were closed. :( We ended up going to Dunkin Donuts instead and were able to sit and chat for about an hour. It was sooooo wonderful!! We were able to talk about serious things, and about God. There are times that I crave talking about God to somebody, but sadly so many Christians don't care about God, even those who are students or faculty of a Bible college.
Church went well last night. Dr. Morgan, who is the founder of the college is here for a few days, so he preached (he also preached chapel this morning). He preached about having victory. It was a really good message.
After church I had a very sad parting. I had to say goodbye to Sherwood, also known as Woody, my cello. :'(( My grandparents are leaving tomorrow for vacation and they are going to Indiana, so I decided to send my cello home with them. I was having a hard time figuring out how I was going to get it home this summer cuz it's really expensive to ship it. This was a good way to get it there.
Since my grandparents will be gone starting tomorrow through next Saturday, I will be house sitting for them. :) It will be sooooo nice cuz I get their apartment all to myself, well I have to share it with their dog, but other than that I will be alone. I'm soooo excited cuz I like being alone, and having peace and quiet, unfortunately that is a VERY rare experience to have in the dorms. It will be so lovely.
I will try to take lots of pictures tomorrow and I'm sure I will have a very long post, whether or not it gets up on Friday or Saturday depends on how late it is when we get back, and how tired I am.

The Longest Week!

I am soooooooooo glad that midterms are FINALLY over! I'm exhausted! I had a total of seven midterms. Two of them were on Thursday, two on Friday, and then one per day Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The Lord was a HUGE help, and thank you to all of you who prayed for me, I owe a lot to you!
Thursdays exams were Christian Home and Christian Womanhood. I got 100s on both of those! :)
Friday I had English Composition and New Testament Survey. I got an 85 in English and a 90 in New Testament. I was fine with the English grade, I like to write, but I hate taking tests on how to write. I was a little bit disappointed in the NTS grade, I got a couple of outlines messed up, but oh well, it's still a good grade.
Monday was my hardest midterm, the class was World History, which is my hardest class. I got an 84, and the best grade in the class!! That should give you a hint as to how hard it is.
Intro to Missions was my Tuesday midterm. It was interesting to say the least. I don't have the grade back from that, I will get it tomorrow. Yesterday afternoon I saw Dr. Grimbilas who is the teacher and he asked me if I thought that everything that we had covered everything that was on the exam. So, that must mean that nobody did well. He is generally pretty good about curving grades.
Today's exam was English Grammar. I have no idea how well I did. My brain had completely died by the time of the test. I was exhausted and having a hard time with it in general. I hope I did well, I guess I'll find out later.
After the test today I totally zoned out! I really didn't care about anything after it. I had New Testament Survey and honestly, I'm surprised that I caught all of the notes. I was/am emotionally, mentally, and physically drained. Praise the Lord for Mrs. Phillips and her hugs. They made my days sooooo much better, especially today. :)

On Saturday after visiting our bus route I went with several girls to a little Greek/Italian cafe in Stony Brook. It was really good, and pretty decently priced. It was a nice break.

Other than that I don't remember doing anything else besides studying. I'm sure I did more, but at the moment nothing else is coming to mind.

MID TERMS!!

If I don't update my blog very much in the next week, it's not that I don't want to, it is just that mid-terms start tomorrow!! Please pray for me and all of the students here as we endeavor to study and take exams. Thank you!

SNOW!!!

I woke up to what I'm guessing was about a foot of snow on the ground! It was crazy!!
Classes went well. I got an 86% on the test that we took in World History on Friday! I was happy cuz that sure beats the 50 something that I got on the last test! Other than that, nothing terribly exciting happened in any classes. Wait! I take that back, in English Grammar Mrs. Barnes brought us homemade cake! God bless her! It even had chocolate frosting....YUM! She's a WONDERFUL teacher! :)
I worked as usual, although since the Christian school didn't have classes today there wasn't as much to clean. Quite a few of the guys that work on campus in different departments had been transferred to grounds for the day to help shovel snow (by afternoon we had 15 inches of snow), so I begged and pleaded and was allowed to go shovel for over an hour!! It was a BLAST!! :) It beat cleaning bathrooms! I'd do it every day if I could! The snow was really heavy cuz it isn't very cold. It also packed down really well, which is great if you're trying to make snowballs, but not if you're trying to shovel. Oh well, it was still REALLY nice, and I had the time of my life!
I have done pretty much nothing tonight. I'm really tired I guess, and just can't concentrate on anything....:( Thankfully I don't have anything due tomorrow, so it's not the end of the world that I didn't get anything done. :)

3's about me

A friend sent this to me by email, and so I thought that instead of emailing it out to everybody I would just post it on my blog. I might do this from time to time just for the fun of it!

Three Names I go by:

1. Hannah

2. Banana

3. Bug

THREE JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE:

1. balloon technician

2. piano teacher

3. sales associate at Bath and Body Works

THREE PLACES I HAVE LIVED:

1. Winona Lake, IN

2. Warsaw, IN

3. Stony Brook, NY

THREE TV SHOWS THAT I WATCH \RADIO PROGRAMS:

1. Glenn Beck

2. Rush Limbaugh

3. Sean Hannity

THREE PLACES I HAVE BEEN:

1. Carnegie Hall

2. Lake Itasca, (the headwaters of the Mississippi River)in Minnesota

3. Washington D.C.

THREE WHO MAIL ME REGULARLY:

1. Amanda A.

2. Victoria R.

3. Nanette D.

THREE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS:

1. ORANGES!!!

2. Chicken Lo Mien

3. Cauliflower and Wild Rice Soup

THREE THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO:

1. Finishing up college

2. Seeing what God has in store for my life

3. Getting married

God is SO good!

God has really blessed me in many ways this weekend. WOW!! God's greatness goes beyond my wildest expectations. I had several "unspoken" blessings that made me so happy. I really can't go into them because as I said, they are unspoken.
The biggest blessing however is one that I'm very happy to be able to share with you. The medical bills from when I was so sick over Christmas break totaled up to around $25,000.00!! We have a $5,000.00 detectable each year and then insurance will cover 100%. Insurance was taking care of their part, but still my parents owed a LOT of money! Somehow my mom found out about some financial aid through the hospital. She had to fill out LOTS of forms. We weren't expecting more than a couple hundred dollars at the most in help from them. Yesterday they got a letter in the mail that said that ALL of my hospital bills would be paid in full!! That is $4,200.00!! How amazing is that??!! Praise the Lord!!