Blessed is the word I have picked to describe my title for my last blog of the year! Man, I can remember being excited to figure out what I would write for my very first one. So here I am, a school year has passed, I'm about to graduate, go overseas, enjoy a little bit of the summer, and then start back with grad school.


Jay
As I look back on the year, there are so many different things that stood out to me. The new friendships I have made have been a complete blessing to me. Being an Resident Assistant has taught me a lot about being intentional with the guys that are around me, and I have definitely come away from the year with many new friends that have come from my living area. From "Taco Tuesday" nights, to "Jay's Jammin' Kitchen" and BBQ's, it's been fun having events to build up the community.
I was blessed with some pretty legit roommates this year. From late night food runs, to making songs, to random late night conversations on our bunk beds, it's been great. This year I got to go to my first TWIRP barn dance. That was definitely a fun night. I was able to be a host of University Place's first ever "The Price is Right" show. We were able to throw an epic broomball night filled with donuts and hot chocolate.
As second semester began to pick up, I realized I was even busier than I was before. I was now able to help lead a team through training that would be going to Southeast Asia to teach kids basketball and run clinics. I was so stoked because I had gone there this past year and would be able to go back and re-connect with all the people. As the month of love was approaching, I was preparing myself for Woo Week and Woo Fest. With a lot of hard work and dedication, I was able to see a vision come to life. Woo Week ended up being a great week as Woo Fest ended with nearly 700 plus people packing out the Van Dyne Gym. Such a great month!! Then moving onto the intramural basketball championship game scoring 25 points with seven 3-pointers made me feel like I was back playing ball again for CBU. Then winning Homecoming King! Wow, what a blessing, I didn't even see that one coming.
As we are here now at the end of the semester, I was given even more exciting news. I was hired on to continue my path with Residence Life in becoming a Graduate Assistant. This was probably the biggest news all year, because it is a job that I am so passionately ready for and prepared to do. After I heard the news, I found out on my grades that I would be getting all A's!! I mean what a great way to end my academic career, getting all A's - haha - something that hasn't happened my entire time at CBU like it did in high school. So I was definitely pretty stoked about that!
All in all, it has been a pleasure being able to blog for the school this year. I thank them for this opportunity and thank all those who have been reading our blogs and keeping up with us. I thank my parents for everything that they have done--I can definitely not thank them enough. And thanks to all my friends and connections that I have made here at CBU, y'all have definitely blessed me and made my CBU experience the best experience of my life.
Few pictures throughout the year:


Be blessed everyone,
Jay











