These last six months have been absolutely insane for me. I left my home and moved everything I had to a school four and a half hours away just trusting that this was where God wanted me. I decided to write for Odyssey after being incredibly fearful of putting my writing out there and it has been such a blessing because of all the positive feedback. I’ve met and become friends with people that I know will be a part of my life for the rest of my life and I am so proud to say that OBU brought me those friendships. I have become close to many of the professors who teach at this lovely school I get to call home. There is never a dull moment at Ouachita Baptist but the last half of the previous semester and just the first week of this one have already surprised me greatly. I became Editor in Chief for Odyssey Online OBU community, I met girls that I had never met before, was jumping out of my comfort zone so the last thing for me to do was to Rush.

This school is where my dad went to school. At the beginning of me looking for the school I wanted to call mine this honestly wasn’t my first choice. I wanted to go to JBU and be with my brothers but God had other plans. I wanted to be a pre-nursing major and go into the medical field but, yet again, God had other plans and lovingly showed me that was not what I was supposed to be doing. I had a conversation with my AP Government teacher and decided that he was right, I needed to switch my major to political science so I listened and took the leap of faith that God was pushing me to and did the unknown. Then the most terrifying of all. The school. My dad called me one night and asked me if I would go with him to see some of the professors that taught at his old school. I agreed and not even two weeks later I had applied and was setting up a touring trip. Shortly after my dad started just putting things in place and God started working in the way that only he does. Not even two months later I met many political leaders in my state and then went to see the school and all I can say are four words…

I fell in love.

I wanted this to be my home and I couldn’t even imagine what my life would be like without my OBU family so I decided to have the other freshman experience. I rushed.

We will see where I am at when next year rolls around.

I'm so thankful that God brought something like OBU into my life.

GO TIGERS