Victory!

Wooohoo!

Thank you to all who supported and voted for me!

It has been done.

I, Leila Mills, have been elected to be your new RUC Vice President!

I can't wait to start my term and make Regent better for all of you. So far the experience has been great. I've already talked with a bunch of students with concerns for the school.

If any of you out there reading this have any questions then feel free to message me on facebook or just leave a comment. I'm here to serve you all.

Let's RUC and ROLL!

Between Class Ramble

HellooooOoOo Everyone!

Let me just tell you now that I have posted...probably about 3 different post but everytime I go to spell check them they delete themselves and I have no way of getting them back! I don't know why that keeps happening but hopefully it won't this time.

The election for RUC is over and I'll find out tomorrow if I made it or not. If not I've decided I won't be too upset. I'll just take it as a sign that my priorities need to be elsewhere. Plus, just because I'm not on the Executive Board doesn't mean I can't attend meetings and help other ways. So it's a win win in every situation.

Topic change!

It's hard being off campus. There is alot of stuff for undergraduate students to do but it's mainly for residents. I've seen paintball games, tie dye parties, movie nights, even a boat race(!) but it usually says on the poster or advertisment....for RESIDENTS!
BooooO! I love the residents but us Off Campus Kids want to have fun too! Hopefully I can make a change in that department. That will be my ongoing quest for the rest of the year.

On another note God has been blessing me left and right. I've been blessed so much at one point I thought I was dreaming. For example, God has been giving me money back from Regent so often that I'm almost finish paying off the one loan I took out. I couldn't believe it! "God is good and he will provide" is what my Momma told me and he certainly has.

Well that's a brief catch up on all things Leila. How are you all doing? Feel free to leave a comment and chat with me.

Have a great week!

Leila Mills for RUC VP!

So I'm running for Vice President of the Regent Undergrad Council! I'm really excited about campaining and telling as many people as I can which includes everyone! I'm running a joint campaign with my friend Alonte Cross. He is running for Public Relations and so far he has had some really good ideas. I was hoping you all could help me out. I'm trying to think of some campain slogans but I only have a couple so far.

GO PRO LA TODAY!

I was thinking about putting that on a button for my supporters.

Let's RUC and Roll!

Cheesy, I know but Leila is all about being cheesy.

That's about all I got but I rep them good!

Mother Daughter Day

At times I'm sad that I can't live on campus but I'm also glad to still be close to home to my Mom. Today we did the whole mother daughter thing which included running around doing errands, shopping, and stopping for lunch somewhere in between.

The shopping was fun but the best part was lunch. My Mom loves finding local Mom and Pop resturants to support and today we found one that served German and Jewish type food. My grandparents are German so everything on the menu was stuff my Mother use to eat as a kid. She pointed out her Dad's favorite dishes as well as food that her Mother use to make all the time. The menu and atmosphere of the resturant unleashed a flood of childhood memories that I had never heard of before. I felt like my Mother was a treasure chest of knowledge and the key to unlock her was just asking.

It was one of the best memories with my mom but also one of the simplest.

The Facts!

I noticed I haven't really given any concrete information about myself.

So here it is!

My name is Leila A. Mills.

I have a rap for my middle name.

I'm a proud undergrad freshman at Regent University.

I'm also a commuter.

I'm majoring in Cinema-Television.
I'm minoring in Journalism.

I love to laugh.

I was voted the Class Clown in high school.

I like meeting new people and making new friends.
I'm hoping to move to New York to start a career.

I love to travel.

I fall asleep easiest in a moving car.

I apperciate creative fonts.
I love colors.

Well those are enough "I's" from me. Feel free to tell me something about yourself!

Until next post, God Bless!

Clouds

The clouds were so pretty today. Puffy and Pretty. I don't know what we do when we get to heaven but I would hope that God would let us sit on cumulus clouds and watch the world below. Or maybe we could help make those images in the clouds that people see when they turn their eyes to the heavens.

"Do you know how the clouds hang poised,

those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge?"

Job 37: 16

My First Post plus a Short Story!

Hello all!

Well I'm proud to say this is my very first blog and I'm pretty excited about it! To start things off I'd like to share a story with you about how God led me to Regent University.

It was only about a year ago from today when I was considering where I wanted to go after high school. Regent wasn't an option or even a twinkle in my eye. After a couple of months of research and planning I had a whole list of colleges to which I would apply. My goal was to get into the cinema program at Virginia Commonwealth University.

But then God got to me.

I was attending a bible study during the school year and it was there that I, for the first time in my life, heard God speak to me. What God told me is a whole different story but when I look back I noticed I started feeling his presence after I first heard him speak.

Regent still wasn't on my list of colleges but then I started getting letters from Regent in the mail. At first, I just ignored them because I was still set on going to VCU. My mom encouraged me to apply to Regent just to see what would happen but I still didn't. I made up excuses to not apply such as not wanting to write anymore essays and not wanting to spend money on application fees.

Except then I received the one letter that blew all my excuses out of the water. It was an opportunity to apply to Regent free of charge and free of essays. It was so quick and easy that I finally took it as a sign and applied.

To make a long story a little bit shorter; I discoverd how wonderful Regent is and received my first acceptance letter from them. I was so stoked. I was rejected from the cinema program at VCU but accepted to the school. By the time the letter from VCU showed up in my mail I had already decided to attend Regent and it has been the best decision of my life! It makes my heart smile to think that God set a meaningful path for me.

It has been wonderful so far and I know these next four years will be amazing!