Hiya! 
Today, I'm gonna recommend a book to y'all. It's called Prepared. I'm not even finished with it, but I'm so enjoying it, and I wish the whole American church would read it. 

Here's an excerpt from what Amazon has to say:
"Marriage: redefined. Religious freedoms: eroding. The church: marginalized. How should we respond?
It’s time to prepare—prepare for a future none of us could have imagined just a few years ago. Paul Nyquist will help you understand and live faithfully in this new America, which is declining further and further into secularism and immorality, and so growing increasingly hostile toward Christianity."
It explains not only that persecution is coming (without all the fire-and-brimstone fear that so many use to predict the hard times ahead) but also a Biblical perspective on this persecution. 
I would completely recommend this to you. I rented it from the library, so if you don't want to commit and buy it, try that!
happy almost (well, actually now truly) friday.
charlie
ps. I just found out my application for the creative writing concentration is due in a week. #lol

Well,  I certainly am "in the gap" with dance, though in a different way from when I started these posts. See, I told you in a previous post about my decision to drop my dance minor. That has stood since I've been at school, and it has been a blessing in so many ways. 
I've gotten to have slow mornings—a few hours to get ready, have a quiet time, do some homework, maybe go to breakfast with a friend—which is something I've never done before. For the first few weeks of school I'd work out in the morning too, but recently that hasn't been much of an option. 
See, I had my foot surgery again on August 27th, so I've been in physical therapy for the last few weeks. My physical therapist is kind and knowledgeable and I'm so thankful. Honestly I don't mind physical therapy much; I think it's because I'm not the hardcore-workout type, more the go-on-a-walk workout type, so I'm not mad that I only get to do petty stuff. Also, I know it's not really petty, which makes it easier to do. 
But back to dance. So the only dancing I've been doing is with Grace, a dance ministry I'm involved in on campus. I'm on leadership team, which means I teach classes and help plan our show. This has been amazing; through it I've been able to see God redeem dance for me. It's time I still get to engage in dance, but the time is 100% not about me. I give a devo, and I've loved the platform to get to, as I love to say, "talk about Christ." Yes, I love to say it, but it's so cool how Grace give me the opportunity to actually do it. So there's where I am right now. Planning for worship night and spring show are coming up . . . hooray!!

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This week's Saturday summary will consist of two pictures, because that's about the best I have right now.

The first one is from last Sunday, which was bid day! Crazy story, I know. So I went through recruitment, and got my first choice (second try:), and pledged! Here's a picture of our first meeting:

The second picture is from the farmer's market this morning. I took my parents for the first time, and we were crazy and got a crepe! Hooray! I've never gotten one before, so that was fun. And it's been a blast to have them here, but I have a test and a story due Monday, so right now it's not very fun. But that's okay! 

Here's hoping tomorrow is productive. Have a great week! Keep enjoying #trendyseptemby! 

Maddie/Charlie 

(I think I need to turn Charlie on strong this next day or two to crank out my story due in fiction on Monday...heLpp)