Early Week is Finished!

So today I had my last early week class! It was pretty intense while it lasted but now that it's over, I am so pleased that I did it! Psychology was really interesting, I would love to take more classes in it along my degree! I got to skype my brother and Dad today which was awesome! I missed them alot! So my car is sold, kinda makes me sad, to think that someone is driving my car around makes me feel cheated. Like my boyfriend back home has suddenly married another girl or something. So if you see my car around, its not me :( I really wish I had brought it with me. We are all going bowling tonight which is going to be great, we all need a break after our early week classes!Im kinda nervous about starting my other classes next week, I dont really know what to expect but Im excited to meet more people in other classes! I handed in my form today for whiz kidz, so I'll get the opportunity to mentor kids, Im super pumped about it.

Fully Wrecked p.s chelsea and alyssa say hi (in an irish accent)

well I've been here since saturday and this is the first time I have had the chance to blog! Things are going great here, beyond belief actually! Everyone is super lovely! God is so good! I moved in Saturday which was an experience but we did it all super quick! My roomate Anna is lovely, we are getting along super well! I cant believe I havent even known her a week! It was kinda daunting at first with so many girls moving inot our dorm! I seriously thought I would never learn anyones name! But the girls are brilliant! Initially we did things like games and stuff for us all to get to know each other! so we have done loaaaaads of activities and stuff this week! We also started class on monday which is super stressful as we are trying to cram one semesters worth of class into one week! its insane! we start at like 8 in the morning and end at like 4! still its pretty intense! People here at CCU are insane...its AWESOME! Im having so much fun here! Ill be starting into my normal classes on Monday which will be good too! Itll either be alot less stressful with doing less hours or way morrre stressful with more classes! Anyway the professors are great , the people are great , nothing to complain about! And also got my alevel results today which Im so chuffed about! I got an A and 2 B's! super pleased! Kinda wish I could be at home with everyone celebrating, no one really understands our education system here. but Im super pumped to be here! anyway I'll keep you posted

vikki xx

Finally im here!

Well I arrived in Monday night! and finally I''m here! what I though impossible was made possible! I got to tell ya , it is so surreal being back, it hasn't fully sank in yet! But it is so good to be back! So to date I have become an official member of Lakeside Christian Church (Buttermilk Pike , KY, check it out) , I have purchased an American phone and have opened an American bank account! I move into college this Saturday so I am terrified but I am soo pumped! :) I begin my early week class on Monday which is studying Psychology, basically I'm going to be trying to cram a semesters worth of classes into one week..I know ...terrifying...and psychology? Yip...my brain will be fully on melted!

I made the paper back home which I am super mortified about, but i think it is so hilarious as half the information isn't even right! Note: I did not tell any lies in the process of that interview!

The people here have been so amazing, you would not believe it. I count these people as family. They have totally taken me in and made me feel right at home. Leaving home wasn't easy, one of the hardest things I have had to do but I know there are AMAZING things in store for me here! Totally amazing! These people are of such sincere faith. I am so excited to move into CCU soon! I got to hang out with my beffer Corinne the other day, she came up from Lexington which was brilliant! I shown her round my church here and around CCU!

 This is Corinne and I at CCU! Isn't the view absolutely AWESOME!

And we visited where I'm staying! This is just outside my dorm hall!
Keep me in your thoughts and prayers that I'll fit in well at college!

EEEEEK I'm getting excited!!!!

Love, Vikki :)

Final days

Ok so I'm within my last week of being in NI. The goodbyes are starting and that part...I couldn't despise it anymore. Ever just with you could totally vanish into thin air and no one would be any the wiser? Yip that's how I feel! But I have no doubt in my mind that I should not be going , this is where I'm supposed to go , I know that 100% . I'm totally pumped. At the moment I'm working at a camp in Newcastle which is holded by Fused, I absolutely love it! amazing work is happening! We are running it with an American team from Southland , this is led by John and Brenda Sawyer. These two are completely amazing! they are so faithful to work over here. John had us listen to a song last night at the house and it just made me smile so i wanted to share it with you guys! Im currently working with kids aged 1st to 3rd year! sometimes they are a difficult group but im learning so much through them ! the team I am working with is completely awesome! i couldnt ask for a better one! keep us all in your prayers!

Operation pack up my life

My flights are booked and I start college in exactly four weeks. In four weeks I will officially be a student of Cincinnati Christian University. I will be doing an early week class on psychology to start off with. I can honestly tell you that I have never been more excited and terrified at the same time. So I have been working flat out with the thinking that i must make enough money to keep me up for the next four years, this is ambitious I know. So today i gathered up all the crap in my house and am selling it in a car boot sale next Saturday (if you are a potential buyer of my belongings, please avoid how I used the word "crap" there)

Anyway, so I guess in like four weeks I am going to get the biggest culture shock of my whole life. Even though I have been there before, I am basically moving my life. I'm moving from my little country home into the big city. But I can honestly tell you that this is where I am supposed to go. No one expected this of me, No one expected quiet and overlooked Vikki Smyth to get up, leave Northern Ireland and go to Uni in America. I guess its the perfect example of breaking people's expectations of yourself. C'mon if you are reading this, went to school with me, didnt know me too well, you would have expected me to go to one of the Universities closest to my home. To be honest i would've expected that too. But Im going on THEE biggest adventure of my life and I cannot wait to experience it!

Change

Change is inevitable. Sometimes we love it , sometimes we hate it. In about a month I will be trying to pack my entire life in Northern Ireland into two bags which are not to exceed 23 kilograms. You have literally no idea how excited I am, but you also have no idea of how terrified I am. I have my college place, my four year student visa and my plane ticket is booked. The next is actually getting there. I have literally no idea when Ill be back to Northern Ireland once I leave (booking a one way ticket is pretty exciting, I encourage you to try it out at least once in your life). But allow me to let you in on something, I know for sure that this is where I am meant to go, and Ive known this since I was just 16 and went on my first trip to America. There is something there, something that I can still not quite put my finger on. But I know that God has something in store for me there. And I am so excited to find out what that is.

REVAMP! BLOG CHANGE!

Ok so I fully acknowledge that my list has majorly failed , this totally supports the fact that I cannot stick with anything! so many of you may know that sadly I did not get out to the mighty U S of A this summer, but something pretty exciting is happening instead! In August I will fly out to Cincinnati where I will be attending CCU! I will (hopefully) be out there for 4 years until I finish my course! So I figured , there is possibly going to be a change to the blog, I really want to document this new adventure that I will be going on! I'm super nervous and all the usual thoughts about going anywhere are running through my brain "what if they don't like me?", "what if I get home sick?" etc etc. Its going to be super tough for everyone to know how I am getting on and I would like this to be accessible for them! I am so excited for what might happen in the next four years, I am really about to go on a serious adventure and am so blessed to get this opportunity! :)