Holm on the Hill: October 2007

Monday, October 15, 2007

October Pictures

Kate, Karmen, and me before the UNC v. USC (University of South

Carolina) game at our tailgate. It was the first time the Tarheels and Gamecocks had played each other in 16 years. There were so many people! Over 60,000 fans came to Chapel Hill to see the "Battle of the Carolinas" and, sadly, UNC lost 15-21.

Campus Outreach Tailgate, woop woop!

Landon and Erik (the Wolf-pack and the Rams!)

I love the tv show the Office and am thankful that UNC students love it too. Every Thursday at 9pm we pick up girls from the dorms to come to our cool house to watch our favorite characters sell paper at Dunder Mifflin Inc. It's a great time to laugh together and connect with students before the weekend (Here we have Kellie, Wendy, Claire, me, Sally, Karmen, Ashley, Megan, Whitney, Caitlin, Morgan, and Hannah)

Update Central

Soooo I am sorry. I think about blogging everyday! I am just lame and don't make time to do it, but here I am! With lots of exciting things to say because they have been storing up in my head since Sept. 25th :)
Here are a few key points about life as a staff person with Campus Outreach...
*It never ends! I dream about the dorms
*I love it! I love meeting students and going to events and figuring out how much Carolina blue I can cover myself in at one time. I love figuring out how to reach this campus and what the world-view of these students is and how they spend their days. I love learning about them, what their insecurities are but also the magnitude of their dreams. I love seeing the way that God has His guiding hand on their lives and the way each of these students reflect Him in some way... whether it be through their love for one another, their humor, their excellence, their intelligence, their skills, or their experiences
*You eat a lot... we cook hot dogs on the big grill to tailgate for football, we bake lasagna and garlic bread for girls from the dorm, we scarf down international food in the cafeteria on cultural awareness night, cheese fries at the soccer games, and chex mix with M & M's when we watch The Office! At least I have a new area to relate to the freshmen- gaining those infamous, extra 15 lbs :)
*I am learning, learning, learning. A couple weeks ago I went to a forum on abortion and never knew so much about student's passion and knowledge over this issue. I am learning about politics and who students think I should vote for in the 2008 election. I am learning how to live with my roommates and not be so messy! I am learning how to budget my money to glorify God with my finances. But most wonderfully, I am learning about God and for the first time in my life realizing how real and purposeful He is! I just didn't see it all before.

What are college students at UNC saying about God?

A video camera stopped a random sample of seven students and asked them what God means to them. Here are their responses:

"I guess for me, God is more of an abstract sort of thing, rather than a person or a figure. Just like the relationships between people, between nature and people, animals and people."

"I personally have a lot of questions about whether I think God actually exists. I think that if God does exists it's in a intangible way."

God to me is a force that connects all of us."

"To me... God is the questions unanswered by science. That's where I draw on faith."

"If there was a God, he gave up on us a long time ago. I think it's a life force and energy."

"I think of Jesus the same way I think of Martin Luther King Jr. or Gahndi, more of a political figure. I think he's a political, historical person."

"He [Jesus] is an amazing man there is no question about that. But I don't call him 'Christ' and I don't think about him as a god... but that's just my god. I think different people have different gods."