Letter of Introduction

August 28, 2009

Dear Stephanie,

I hope you are doing well! I am enjoying my time here at ICC and my classes are very enjoyable. During my first semester at ICC, I am hoping to become familiar with the building so I don’t get lost all of the time. I also want to make new friends in my classes. I hope that during this class I will be able to improve my writing and grammar so that I may become a better writer. This would be very helpful because writing is used in so many instances in everyday life . I also want to become a more creative writer because I desire to have an established form of writing that grabs people’s attention.

I would like to start off by sharing my background and family with you. I am an only child and I live with my parents, Bruce and Julie. I have a black lab named Odus who is six. I have lived in Washington, Illinois my entire life and I went to Central Grade School from kindergarden through my eighth grade year. I was on the cheer squad/dance team my eighth grade year as well. I graduated from there and went to Washington Community High School where I graduated with Honors in the Spring of 2009. During my sophomore year, I met the guy that I am dating now and we have been together for 3 years. His name is Justin and he is my best friend and a great boyfriend. I was a cheerleader for four years and a Pantherette for three while at WCHS. Now I am at ICC and I am planning on staying here for a year to two years until I transfer to Lincoln Christian University. My major is psychology and I was to be a Christian family/marriage counselor.

I have a passion for helping people and furthering my relationship with God. I have attended Calvary Mennonite Church my whole life and I was baptized my eighth grade year. I have gone on two mission trips with my youth group and they both have truly changed my life and opened my eyes. I have realized that by learning things away from home, you can bring them back and apply them to everyday life. It gave me a chance to experience a new culture and help people along with ministering to them. I am able to use that to help those around me at home. I can’t wait to see how God is going to open my eyes and use me here at ICC. I am open to learning and I think He has amazing things in store for my future.

Sincerely,

Ashley Schrock