Cooper takes Orlando!: Packing!

I apologize for the cheesy title but this was all I could think of!! I decided to create a blog for reflection for myself and for others to see what I'm doing along my journey this summer! I hope more than my mom looks at this but that will be just fine if its only her too. Right now as I am packing for SOP I am so excited, nervous, scared, and a combination of more emotions I can't quite comprehend. For those of you who don't know, this summer I will be spending 2 months in Orlando, FL living with 250 other college students, working a full time job at Universal Studios, and growing closer to God. This really excites me because I've never really been given all the knowledge I'd like to know and boy do I have my questions I need to get answered! My whole life I've been surrounded by great influences and I've been brought up to live in the light. Just by watching my mom I've learned about patience, kindness, and diligence and I hope I'm doing her justice with my work. This summer is hopefully just a beginning boost that will propel me forward and carry on to the next semesters at NC State.

This isn't to say I haven't made my mistakes. Especially this summer I've learned that maybe I'm not as strong as I should be and there's some influences I don't need to focus on. Before coming to Project, we were asked to read "Are You Satisfied With God?" by John Piper. This is the main thing I struggle with and the area I need to grow the most in. I feel like if I was 100% satisfied with God I wouldn't even consider some of the things I am most tempted to do. I am so excited to look back at the end of summer and hopefully have this figured out!

So in light of leaving behind my sweet Mebane, I am making a list of things I will miss most:

1) Maw Maw: I have had the best time these past 3 weeks being able to visit MawMaw during the day and just sit and talk to her. She is the funniest, sweetest, biggest-heart-having person I know and I'm so glad we have the same genes and I hope I am just like her one day!!! Even though most of the time she falls asleep on me or I have to repeat myself 16 times or she calls me all my cousins names except my own I'm gonna miss her the most!