Sarah ~ Blog #1

So I'm super excited about spring quarter! I'm getting dangerously close to the end of pledging (note the "Little Hooter" sweatshirt I wear over my dress) and just getting used to my new schedule. It's been a crazy first week of spring quarter, however, after watching winter quarter kick my butt, this quarter already looks like it's gonna be a drastic change, it's actually shaping out to be pretty amazing. Part of the reason I'm so excited is because our Women's ministry is kicking off! I've been looking so forward to this since I first talked to my discipler Whitney about it during winter quarter. Not only am I excited for the dress challenge and the impact all of us girl's participating can make, but I'm so excited for the potential growth I can have with God this quarter. Giving up my spring wardrobe after a long, bleak winter quarter was definitely not something I planned to do... I think my favorite form of self expression is through my clothes, so choosing to wear the same dress for 10 weeks seemed inhibiting at first. However, after some tough times during winter quarter, I really felt the need to draw close to God again, and so I made an impulse decision to go on Big Break, a Campus Crusade spring break trip. During my trip, God answered my call and drew closer to me than I've ever before experienced. Like James 4:8 promises, come near to God and He will come near to you. He filled every void in my life; I've never felt so fulfilled or just so simply happy :) I don't want or need any distractions in my life anymore. I have 10 weeks to spend with my God, learning more about Him and praising Him, and I know I don't have to worry about a single detail; He's got it all planned out for me, and I'm already seeing that plan slowly unfold. It's so encouraging to be surrounded by so many other beautiful Christian girls doing the same thing as me. I'm so excited to start up the Redeeming Love Bible study and to learn about the book of Hosea. <3 :D ~Sarah

Day Four!

OCF! & Gnomeo and Juliet :)

Anissa- Blog #1

Well, day 3 is over and people in my classes have definitely seen me in the same dress more than once. And yes, I have gotten some weird looks. I haven't really had a chance of telling people about why I am doing it which I am really hoping to change soon. By tomorrow, I have worn my dress to each class at least twice and I am anticipating questions being asked. I can not wait to tell people why and to raise awareness about the horrible things that happen to women in sex trafficking.
When I heard about doing this dress project I was really excited (besides the obvious reason) because I would have an outfit already picked out everyday and I could take all of my clothes home and not have to worry about moving them back at the end of the quarter. That stuff is definitely good, but this is the first time that I've sacrificed something for so long for something that would not benefit me at all. I am so blessed to be a part of this. When people see all of us girls wearing the same dress, of course they will think we are the ones who are giving to them, but I can already tell I will receive so much knowledge from this experience. I can not wait to see what I have learned by the end of 10 weeks.

Day Three!

Frat Walk T-shirt & Big Pimpin' Anissa..... yup.

It's day three & we are finally gonna post about what we hope to see happen during spring quarter :) It's been such a busy first week back!

Day One/Two

So we didn't have time to take pictures day one... so here's a combo day one/two... we wore the same thing anyways :p