Friendly Friday!

Meet the great Caity Edwards! Check out her Eagle Eyrie video if you haven't yet!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCgOpaT_MXU

Name: Caity Edwards

Major: English with a theatre minor

Favorite thing about winter? Snow!

What have you valued most at VT? As cheesy as it sounds, probably the BCM. Most of the people in my core group of friends in high school were nonbelievers, and I didn't really notice it until I came to Tech and that changed. I love being able to talk about my walk with my roommates, most of whom I met through the BCM. My Bible Study families have been incredible all three years. Last year, I was heavily involved with two large theatre productions that had rehearsal every night from 6-10, so I missed out on a large part of the BCM. The lack of accountability and fellowship was evident in my walk. As much as I love theatre, I've very glad I chose to take at least a semester off so I could plug back into this amazing ministry.

If you could do anything without the possibility of failure and money wasn't a restraint: what would you do? Be a Broadway star...oh wait, you didn't say, "if lack of talent wasn't a restraint." My bad. As of now, I would absolutely love to be a theatre teacher at a middle school with a fairly nice budget. I have this dream of creating a spectacular theatre department composed of awkward teenagers. We'd have complex musical numbers from hip shows like "Bye, Bye, Birdie" or "Grease." Theatre was and continues to be a huge part of my life. In high school, a lot of students find it as the one place where they belong. I not only want to create that sort of feeling in a middle school, where the sense of belonging is even more important, but also spark a passion for theatre in younger students. Also, I'd get to hang out with middle schooler all day, and you can't really beat that.

What is your favorite thing to do to rest and/or relax? As an English major, you'd probably peg me as a book reader, but you'd be wrong. Don't get me wrong, I do love spending hours in a good book, but I'm way more into watching movies. I geek out over interesting camera angles or costuming choices. I am also known for playing an inordinate amount of video games. I'm pretty beast at this game "Dr. Mario" that was made for the original Nintendo back in 1990. I'm always up for a round or ten if anyone wants to join me.

Are you reading any books right now? I just finished the Hunger Games Series. It was fantastic, but I don't suggest it unless you have time to read three books over the course of a week and a half. Literally every person I know who has read them could not put them down, and my grades for that time period definitely slipped a bit. haha

Favorite place to each lunch? If you're talking on campus, I guess West End and taking it outside on a nice day. Off campus, I really like Gillies, but I swear, I'm not a hipster.

How has God encouraged you recently? I've been really struggling recently with what to do after I graduate. God has placed a passion for young people on my heart, and I've done two internships through churches and two through the local high school. Since second grade, I've wanted to be a teacher. But over the last year the possibility of youth ministry as my career has become more and more of a possibility. I met with Lindsay Skipper to discuss this some on Monday. It was brilliant, because even though I'm not really any closer to deciding if I go to grad school for education or seminary for youth ministry, I'm way more at peace with the issue. She was just so encouraging. I know God will have me where He wants me, so I shouldn't stress over it. (And neither should anyone reading this blog! haha)