Pure and white as snow

I love snow. I think it's one of the most beautiful thing God created. Last week, it snowed over night, and when I woke up the next morning, everything was completely covered in snow! So clean, pretty and perfect! Then I thought, "this is how God sees us, pure and white as snow, thanks to Jesus Christ!" Once again, I was thankful to be in cold, windy Chicago... to be reminded of the Gospel once again.

School's keeping me busy as usual. I'm still in library a lot (maybe a little too much) to keep up with the material. Last thanksgiving break totally threw me off, so catching up took a while. I'm excited to go back home in a week (yay!) but I'm scared that I might get behind again...

Anyways, I have something to really thank God for - my friend Alisa (I hope she doesn't mind her name being mentioned here... if she does... too bad, lol) Just an hour ago, we got together, shared our prayer requests, and prayed for one other, and for people in ICO. I'm really thankful that I got closer to her recently because she's so awesome. She loves God, and she has a beautiful voice that always praises the Lord. It's really encouraging to know that she understands how much God means to me, and that she's willing to spend time to pray for me. We both agreed that being a Christian at ICO could be difficult and makes us feel alone. I hope and pray that we make a habit of getting together to pray, because there are so much to pray for!!!