Lovely Leadership

I am pretty sure I have the best leadership team on campus and I would like to dedicate this post to naming just a few things that make each of them special and why I love them.

First let me start with my amazing RD, Christina. I have known Christina since I came to Liberty as a freshman. She started out as my SLD and then moved up to RA at semester. I was then a prayer leader under her my sophomore year and she really encouraged me to apply for RA. Last year we were separated as I was on East campus and she was in dorm 33 but the Lord allowed us to reunite this year. Christina is one of the most naturally beautiful people I have ever met, which is accentuated by her love for the Lord and humble spirit. Christina is not afraid to ask me the hard questions and to call me out when I have not acted as I should. It is refreshing to have a friend who is willing to be so honest in order for you to grow as a person.

Next there is my delightful partner Danielle. Danielle is one of the most positive people I know. She is easy to get along with and is a great listener. She challenges me everyday by the example she sets in her life. I love our late night chats and hanging out together. It is a rare thing when you can say that you are friends with your roommate, especially one that was chosen for you.

Stephanie impresses me with her obedience to God. Having gone through the RA process and made it and then to turn it down to be a prayer leader, a non-paid and little thank you job, is just something you don't ever hear of. She has stepped up to SLD this semester and couldn't be a better fit. It is funny how God knows what he is doing, to place Stephanie on our hall as a prayer leader and then to have Rachel move to the hotel and Stephanie take her place, there is no way that humans could orchestrate something like that. She is exactly what our prayer leaders need and has done a tremendous job ministering to them and to the girls on our hall. You would never know that she is a relatively new Christian because she has grown so fast and is always pushing her self to learn more about God's word.

Kat is a whirlwind of ideas. She is always coming up with new ideas and activities for us to try. And she is the reason we have five of our amazing prayer leaders, having brought them with her from her hall last year. Having a returning SLD when we have so many new prayer leaders is a great help and allows us to pull from her experience.

Christina Hadley has the biggest servants heart. She will do anything for anyone and many times she does it with out being asked. If she hears us say that something needs to be done, even if we are not implying that she be the one to do it, she will take the initiative to do it. She does such an amazing job reaching out the the girls in her group, meeting with each of them one-on-one outside of prayer groups, and has been Danielle and mine number one supporter.

Kelsey has the great ability to control her attitude. Even if she isn't happy about the decision she chooses to support the decisions made by authority and to encourage others to do so as well. She also is very honest which I admire a lot. She is not afraid to appropriately confront and ask questions in a respectful manner. She is outgoing and crazy and I lover her.

Ok ,so it is getting really late and I am getting tired and I want to give each of my girls the praise they deserve to check back later for the rest.

Love From Liberty,
Peggy

White Glove

So white glove at Liberty comes at the end of every semester. It requires deep cleaning, i.e. moving desks, dressers, beds, dusting base boards, shelves etc. It seems like a daunting task but we dedicate an entire hall meeting to setting expectations and explaining requirements. On top of this we post instructions on the hall as to what needs to be done before you can check out with us and leave for break. With this said I fail to see why it seems to be so impossible to be ready at your appointed time. You are the one who chooses when your check out time will be and it is you who will be charged for the tasks that are not completed. And yet every semester since becoming an RA we have had to check and re-check and write post-its of what needs to be done in order to complete the check out requirements.

But I have come up with a solution! Next semester at the end of the year I am going to buckle down and not charge their Liberty accounts but the hall fund. For every time I have to return to a girls room and re-check it because it was not completed at the time of their appointment I am going to charge them five dollars which will be given to the hall fund. Since most of our girls claim to be the typical broke college student this should motivate them to do a more accurate job in their cleaning.

If you have any other suggestions on how I may motivate my girls please feel free to send them to me.

Love from Liberty,
Peggy

One of those days

Do you even have one of those days where, you thought you had nothing to do and it turns out that you have a lot to do, and you don't know how it is all going to get done and then, because you have so much to do it makes you want to do nothing? Today is like that for me. And as I am sitting here procrastinating when I should be writing my paper that I just found out is already late because it was do at noon and not a midnight, I opened a piece of Dove chocolate, you know one with the little messages inside, and it said "remind yourself that it's okay not to be perfect." Sometimes God just gives you a little break and reminds you not to sweat the small stuff. Hope your day is productive and that you get done all that God wishes for you to accomplish for today.

Love From Liberty,
Peggy

Oh D.C.

So the head of office of student leadership is Dwayne Carson and he loves acrostics and is famous for his quotable moments. Here are an example of a few: "its not about titles its about towels", "if you see a turtle on a fence post it didn't get there by its self". And sometimes he says some really funny things, I am not sure that he always means to but they are still entertaining. Please note that the following quotes are taken completely out of context. "You wouldn't stick your tongue in your brother or sister's mouth would you?" "Some people are like seagulls, showing up making a lot of noise about nothing and crapping all over everything." "We work with a lot of spoiled, rotten, selfish, brats." "People are more important than policies because people have to pee." It is these moments that make RA meetings bearable and also remind me to think before I speak.

Love From Liberty,
Peggy