Erin Walton's

So, It has been quite a busy month for me. I have been going to mixers for Pi Theta Phi, and I then had to do visitation where I visited all the members in their dorm rooms. I received a bid on Bid Day and wow what a week! Sunday night we were given our pledge pages and we learned we had to receive every member and pledge's signature before the week ended. Also, we had to decorate our pledge book, carry a decorated pumpkin with us at all times, wear our name tags all the time, get 105 guy's signatures as "dates", and dedicate about 8-10 hours a day to the pledge process. It was so overwhelming! Throughout the week we had a dance off, we played musical pies (the first two pies, I happened to get, and they were delicious! The third pie another girl received, and that is when they began to contain corn, beans, spaghettios, cheese dip, ick!), played team building games, made cheers, and so many more things! Friday night, "rough night," they dressed in all black and made us do goofy stuff while we couldn't smile. (If we did, we had to either bury it in the ground or flush it down the toilet.) That was difficult. We then were told that three girls had not completed their pledge books and there was the option that we didn't let those three girls get in, or everyone not get in. With our backs turned, our big sisters through our jerseys over our head and everyone was hysterical! We then spent the night at a girl's house Friday night. Saturday I was so gross, I slept till 2 and did nothing until I saw Hocus Pocus on campus at 7. I then returned to Chai Night, singing around a campfire, for the night. I have discovered a church I really love, it is called Fellowship, and it is a non-denom church. The worship is good, it's a smaller church and the fellowship is really tight, and they inform the church of some service activity every week. I learned about a program called K-Life one Sunday. It takes place in this house, and Nicole and Burk have 4th & 5th, middle school, and high schoolers over to the K-Life house during the week. The build Christian relationships and leadership with the kids and they have games, worship, devotionals, and service projects. I attended the middle school K-Life Tuesday night and I am so excited about that program and hope to get more involved. I also went to beloved Walmart last night and bought items (recorder, chalk, yo-yo, baby dolls, stickers, hair ties) for a Christmas shoebox ministry. These items are placed in a shoebox and given to children in other countries. It spreads the love of Christ and I'm so excited to be a part of it! Another shocker: I signed up to play club volleyball! Of course I am on D-Team and I won't be under too much pressure. But I'm excited! My first team sport! I hope everyone is having such a blessed day and I hope we remain joyful and thankful during the holidays to come. I love you!

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