Sunday, January 29, 2012

Blog Post #1

Hey everyone! My name is Kasey Mooney! I am 22 years old and will be 23 in April. I was born and raised here in Mobile, Alabama. I am a Junior here at the University of South Alabama and I am an Elementary Education major. I love working with children. I would really love to work with the upper Elementary grade levels such as 4th-5th, and I would also not mind working with 6th graders, but I will be satisfied with what every job opportunity I receive! I ended up here at USA because I did not want to go off for college. I knew that I could get the college experience staying in Mobile and going to USA just like I could if I went off to college else where.But that is not the only reason why I chose to stay here in Mobile.

The biggest deciding factor in me staying here for school was the Lord. Yes, that's right, with me staying here because the Lord told me to, means I am a Christian. But more so I am a lover of Jesus Christ. I live my life for Him. He has my heart and every part of me is His. Scripture talks about doing everything as if you are doing it unto the Lord, so that is what I do. Everything I do, I try to do it as unto the Lord. Some may think I am crazy for the way I talk about God but I do not care because I am crazy, crazy in love with God! :) I have been saved for 12 years. My personal relationship with God gets stronger every day that I am alive. God has blessed me with some amazing friends over the years. I am now blessed to work with them in a Ministry of our own. I have worked with one for the 12 years I have been saved and others for the past 4 years. We are starting our own church which is known as Remnant Ministries and we are super excited to see what God has in store. February 1st will be our first service to the public. I am the worship leader for Remnant along with the personal secretary to the Pastor and assistant secretary to the church. I love singing and worshiping the Lord! Being worship leader is a real honor and privilege for me. I am excited to be able to usher people into the presence of God. (At the old churches I attended I also taught Middle School Sunday School and was the Drama Instructor.) All that I do is to bring God glory! I am looking forward to continue working with my friends/partners in ministry for many years to come. I live my life for Christ and to bring Him Glory!

Randy Pausch on Time Management

The thing that I learned most from this video is that having a plan wrote out for the day/week is a good thing to do. I am horrible at managing my time, and I am a big procrastinator when it comes to my school work. I learned that I need to start having a plan for the day. That I need to set out what I am doing and it is okay if things change. I also got that I should tackle to biggest or ugliest thing on my to do list first! I also learned that I will not become a professional at managing my time overnight, but that it will take time and practice. I felt that this video, even though it was short, gives very good insight on how to manage your time. I really enjoyed it!