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HoW Ep.6 Riversdale · The Wesley Word

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome to the Wesley Word.
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_01: Hello everyone.
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_01: My name is Bailey Meehan, and today on Humans of Wesley, I'm joined by Emma Rivers.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_01: Emma, welcome to the show.
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for having me.
• 0:21
  SPEAKER_01: Emma, can you start by introducing yourself?
• 0:23
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, so my name is Emma Rivers, as you said.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: Um I'm from Florence, South Carolina.
• 0:27
  SPEAKER_00: I'm a junior PRTM major with an emphasis in community rec and sports management and minor in nonprofit leadership, which is a mouthful, but I love it.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_01: Awesome.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_01: Emma, which is your favorite Disney princess?
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_00: Pocahontas, I would have to say.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know why, but she's just free spirit, that kind of thing that I really enjoy.
• 0:51
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, for sure.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_01: If you could have any animal as a pet, what would you choose?
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: Definitely a sloth.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: So sloths are my favorite animal.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: Um I feel like I embody a sloth just lingering around, just kind of doing whatever.
• 1:07
  SPEAKER_00: Um they, however, don't like being touched, which is so sad because they have like their own personal like ecosystem, which is like weird to think about with an animal, but like there's things growing on them that you can disrupt.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_00: That's interesting.
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_00: It is very interesting, but I would definitely want to own a sloth.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_01: What do you think is the best bathroom on campus?
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: I I am a frequent bathroom user, I will be honest.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_00: So I like there's one tucked away in bracket.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_00: It's like down the hallway towards away from Bracket 100.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_00: I like that one, but I also recently went to the business school bathroom and I really liked it.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: It was just, I mean, obviously new and fresh.
• 1:52
  SPEAKER_00: Also, the Daltet Hub dining hall bathroom is very nice.
• 1:57
  SPEAKER_01: I haven't spent much time in the new business school, so I'll have to check it out sometime.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_01: Um what is the best like free swag item that you've received from an organization in college?
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_00: Oh gosh.
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_00: Um I was walking to my car one time, freshman year, and people were handing out like hygiene bags, but it had like high-quality hygiene stuff, like not like the equate like bar soap, that kind of stuff.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: It was like, I don't even remember, but they had like nice lotion stuff and stuff in it.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: And I was like, I'm gonna start using this stuff on the reg.
• 2:33
  SPEAKER_00: And so I like remember going to the store and buying it, and my friend was like, How did you find this stuff?
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: And I was like, in a free hygiene bag that they were giving out.
• 2:40
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know what organization it was giving it out, but it was very nice.
• 2:44
  SPEAKER_01: And finally, which is the worst ACL to tear?
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_00: Oh god.
• 2:50
  SPEAKER_00: I knew it was coming.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I have not enjoyed the left one, and I've done that one twice, obviously.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: So, but for some reason, I don't know.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe it's because I'm not left side dominant, but it was not a good time.
• 3:06
  SPEAKER_01: And you get tired of people uh asking you about your ACLs?
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_00: I don't really get tired of it.
• 3:11
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, sometimes it's like expected, like if something comes up, I'm like, all right, when's someone gonna say it?
• 3:16
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I'm just waiting.
• 3:18
  SPEAKER_00: But I think it's pretty funny because I mean to tear three ACLs, uh Yeah, you have torn more ACLs than you have.
• 3:23
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, I'm as Wetzel said, I'm sitting at negative one ACL.
• 3:30
  SPEAKER_01: So you uh like many of our Wesley friends are from Florence, South Carolina.
• 3:34
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_01: And uh one of your uh homies, Matthew Price, was on the show previously, and uh you had me ask him um if he liked townhouse 301 drive-in or jumpin' Jays better, and I don't remember exactly what he said, but you were adamant that he was wrong.
• 3:49
  SPEAKER_00: He is wrong.
• 3:50
  SPEAKER_00: His answer, if you ask Matthew Price, he's gonna tell you jumpin' Jays.
• 3:53
  SPEAKER_00: However, I'm a avid townhouse eater.
• 3:57
  SPEAKER_00: My family goes every Friday night to get takeout and we eat it at our house, but something about it, the vibes are better there, the food is better.
• 4:05
  SPEAKER_00: I will be honest, I've only had jump and jays a few times, but it just does not measure up to townhouse.
• 4:10
  SPEAKER_00: And if you answer anything else, you're just wrong simply.
• 4:14
  SPEAKER_01: And uh returning the favor, Matthew Price would like me to ask you if you think the South Florence or West Florence Walmart is better.
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so I grew up going to the South Lawrence one because the West Florence one didn't exist when I was a child, and so it was always like a big deal to go to the South Lawrence one.
• 4:30
  SPEAKER_00: So I feel like I have like a special attachment to the South Florence one, but West Florence was right across from our high school, and so it was like I went to that one more often, I guess, but definitely South Lawrence.
• 4:40
  SPEAKER_00: So don't know what his opinion is on that, but I the vibes of the South Lawrence one just seem you never know what's gonna happen at the South Lawrence Walmart, and so I just think that one's more fun.
• 4:51
  SPEAKER_01: And uh, is there anything about Florence that you miss when you're here in Clemson?
• 4:55
  SPEAKER_00: Um besides just like the familiarity of it, I think like family's obviously there, which I miss a lot.
• 5:03
  SPEAKER_00: Um I would say, as much as I'm not a huge Florence fan, we have good restaurants, we have really good Mexican food, and like I definitely miss the Mexican food in Florence.
• 5:15
  SPEAKER_01: Do you have a recommendation for the best Mexican restaurant in Florence?
• 5:18
  SPEAKER_00: So I actually have several.
• 5:19
  SPEAKER_00: My go-to is mitiera.
• 5:21
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I like La Bamba also, though.
• 5:24
  SPEAKER_00: There are some that I would avoid.
• 5:26
  SPEAKER_00: Not gonna name names because it just feels rude, but um, some are more expensive and don't feel worth it, but me tier is my go-to.
• 5:34
  SPEAKER_01: There's gotta be a bunch of choices.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_00: I feel like there's there's like one on every corner of the floor.
• 5:37
  SPEAKER_01: There's something like something like 11 Mexican restaurants in the Clemson area.
• 5:41
  SPEAKER_01: So I can imagine.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_00: I can't imagine how many are in for it's like driving, like even like in my head right now, driving down the roads.
• 5:48
  SPEAKER_00: I'm like, there are so many, and for what?
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_01: So, Emma, what brought you to Clemson?
• 5:54
  SPEAKER_00: So uh, great question.
• 5:57
  SPEAKER_00: I don't really know.
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_00: I've been a Clemson fan my whole life.
• 6:00
  SPEAKER_00: Um grew up watching football when we sucked at it.
• 6:04
  SPEAKER_00: So like I feel like I'm special attachment going to elementary school and being like, yeah, I know we lost, but I'm still wearing my Clemson shirt.
• 6:12
  SPEAKER_00: What about it?
• 6:13
  SPEAKER_00: Um I had a hard time choosing between Clemson and Wafford, actually.
• 6:18
  SPEAKER_00: And then one day, this is kind of a long story, but like I was gonna make my decision based on which acceptance letter came first in the mail.
• 6:26
  SPEAKER_00: And then on Christmas Eve of 2019, they came on the no 2018, they came on the same day.
• 6:32
  SPEAKER_00: They both came on Christmas Eve, and I had not told anyone that was how I was making my decision.
• 6:37
  SPEAKER_00: And so my dad like had them stacked and then like separated them and handed them to me.
• 6:41
  SPEAKER_00: And I just remember going, oh my gosh.
• 6:43
  SPEAKER_00: And he thought it was like out of like excitement, like, oh, she got into college, but in my head, I was like, now I literally don't know what I'm gonna do.
• 6:49
  SPEAKER_00: And so then one day I guess I just like woke up and I was like, I mean, I guess I'll go to Clemson.
• 6:53
  SPEAKER_00: Like there was no like special moment.
• 6:55
  SPEAKER_00: My brother was here, we were pretty close growing up, so I was excited to be with him again, that kind of thing.
• 7:01
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, was it a unique experience having a sibling that already went to Clemson when you showed up?
• 7:06
  SPEAKER_00: I think it was definitely.
• 7:08
  SPEAKER_00: Um, it was nice because I got to come up here and visit my junior and senior year, so like kind of envisioning myself in the shoes of a college student, seeing what it was gonna be like, and also just knowing that I had someone close by, like Florence isn't that far, like it's three, three and a half hours depending.
• 7:25
  SPEAKER_00: But having someone like down the street from me was nice going to college, and so I think that was a big portion of me making my decision.
• 7:32
  SPEAKER_01: And so at the top of the show, you mentioned that you're PRTM major with some concentrations and things.
• 7:37
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 7:38
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but you didn't start off as a PRTM major, right?
• 7:40
  SPEAKER_00: I did not.
• 7:41
  SPEAKER_00: I started out as a bio major and quickly realized that I was not cut out for that, and it wasn't even like in bio, I say I I did pretty well, but like chemistry was not my jam.
• 7:53
  SPEAKER_00: I vividly remember struggling and then coming to Wesley and being like, please someone help me.
• 8:00
  SPEAKER_00: And they were like, uh, what do you not understand?
• 8:03
  SPEAKER_00: And I was like, everything, absolutely everything.
• 8:06
  SPEAKER_00: And so then my mom was like, Well, just drop the class, and I'd like never considered that because like in high school it's not an option, like you either stick it out, swim or drown.
• 8:14
  SPEAKER_00: Like it sucks if you don't get it, but like, and so I was like, Well, I guess I could drop it.
• 8:19
  SPEAKER_00: And then just I took a nonprofit leadership class my freshman year in place of chemistry, since it was a four credit hour class.
• 8:25
  SPEAKER_00: I had to enroll in another one in order to stay a full-time student, and that was kind of what piqued my interest, and then just in talking to Caroline self, actually, was the one who like told me about PRTM and was like, I think you would like really like this, and like and talking with her, just decided that that was more of what I was wanting to do, and so that's how I ended up in PRTM.
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_01: And so, what's been your favorite part of PRTM so far?
• 8:48
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I would definitely say like the way we do work, like that sounds weird, but we take exams and such, but we do more project-based stuff, and so it's more fun to and more realistic, honestly, to have these like projects that we do that we present, and they do a lot of hands-on things where like they bring people from the community in and we get to present to them and they give us feedback, and so it's just nice knowing that sometimes like when you're doing schoolwork, it's like this is literally just for a grade, but it's a lot of things you can take into the work world and know that.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I mean, I guess PRTM is is kind of a very kind of project management focused for sure degree.
• 9:27
  SPEAKER_01: Um can you navigate Lahotsky?
• 9:30
  SPEAKER_00: No, absolutely not.
• 9:32
  SPEAKER_00: There is it is called the Rat Maze, and like for good reason.
• 9:36
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I love Lahotsky, like the vibes in Lahotsky, absolutely amazing, but I still to this day get lost.
• 9:43
  SPEAKER_01: Honestly, the only reason that I know PRTM is headquartered out of Lahotsky is because I got lost one day and stumbled upon the uh offices for PRTM.
• 9:50
  SPEAKER_00: So yes, it's it is a trip and a half.
• 9:53
  SPEAKER_00: One of our professors is um actually in a wheelchair, and he's like explained to us that like you have to go in one floor, get on an elevator, get off of that elevator, go to another elevator to get to like the top floor.
• 10:04
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm just like, why?
• 10:05
  SPEAKER_00: Why?
• 10:05
  SPEAKER_00: And I know they're remodeling it, but I just I don't know, something about it being a rat maze makes it that much more fun.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_01: And so you mentioned you have a uh nonprofit leadership minor.
• 10:15
  SPEAKER_01: Uh what kind of stuff do they teach you in nonprofit leadership?
• 10:18
  SPEAKER_00: So kind of just like the same thing with like it's business-based, but it definitely has like a twinge to it of like what happens in nonprofit.
• 10:27
  SPEAKER_00: So, like talking about like budgeting, how like we don't have like a set budget and things.
• 10:32
  SPEAKER_00: And so, like, we rely a lot on fundraising and then management is different because it's a lot of volunteers that we're relying on and that kind of thing.
• 10:38
  SPEAKER_00: So it's been a lot of fun.
• 10:40
  SPEAKER_00: One of the classes was we focused a lot on like it may have been one or two weeks in the class of trying to get volunteers to help and like how to recruit people and how to do it without like being super annoying.
• 10:52
  SPEAKER_00: Because I mean, sometimes it can be a hard thing to do to be like, hey, come volunteer without being like in someone's whatever, just being annoying.
• 11:01
  SPEAKER_01: So you're uh wrapping up your junior year now.
• 11:06
  SPEAKER_01: Um what do you think you're gonna do after college?
• 11:09
  SPEAKER_00: Um, great question.
• 11:11
  SPEAKER_00: I am uh yeah, so wrapping up junior year.
• 11:14
  SPEAKER_00: Um I've worked a lot in churches for the past couple of years.
• 11:18
  SPEAKER_00: Like I've worked at St.
• 11:19
  SPEAKER_00: Mark and Seneca.
• 11:20
  SPEAKER_00: This coming summer I'll be working with Clemson UMC.
• 11:23
  SPEAKER_00: And so kind of like debating being in the ministry world, that kind of thing, not exactly sure yet.
• 11:31
  SPEAKER_00: So don't ask me too many questions.
• 11:34
  SPEAKER_00: But um I think I'm gonna be done with classes in December and then taking spring semester senior year to like completely figure things out, like full-time job search, that kind of thing.
• 11:45
  SPEAKER_00: So ask me in a year and maybe I'll have an answer.
• 11:47
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, we'll have to uh revisit that another podcast, I'll just say I know um Emma, you're a pretty big fan of of TV shows and and movies and things.
• 11:57
  SPEAKER_01: What's the the best you know TV show or movie you've seen recently?
• 12:02
  SPEAKER_00: Oh gosh, recently.
• 12:04
  SPEAKER_00: Um I don't know.
• 12:14
  SPEAKER_00: I love TV so much.
• 12:15
  SPEAKER_00: I've gotten into a really bad habit of re-watching shows, and so I just re-watched Gossip Girl for the third time.
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_00: So like that's fresh on my mind of like I love Gossip Girl.
• 12:25
  SPEAKER_01: I was gonna ask, what's the TV show you've watched the most times?
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_01: Is it Gossip Girl?
• 12:28
  SPEAKER_00: Gossip Girl or One Tree Hill is the one I've watched the most.
• 12:32
  SPEAKER_00: Um I tried to start, there's a new Gossip Girl on HBO Max.
• 12:36
  SPEAKER_00: They like rebooted it, but it's like completely different storylines.
• 12:39
  SPEAKER_00: I tried to watch that, but it just wasn't the same as the old feel.
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_01: Um Do you watch a lot of TV live or do you watch most of like streaming services and things?
• 12:49
  SPEAKER_00: Mace mainly streaming, I would say.
• 12:53
  SPEAKER_00: I watch Grey's Anatomy live because it's for some reason still going on on Twitter.
• 12:58
  SPEAKER_01: It was like the 80th season or something.
• 13:00
  SPEAKER_00: So we're on season 18 right now.
• 13:02
  SPEAKER_00: Um I did see that it got approved for season 19.
• 13:05
  SPEAKER_00: So uh here we go again.
• 13:07
  SPEAKER_00: I'm pretty sure Ellen Pompeo, like that she's had like many interviews where she's like, I'm done.
• 13:11
  SPEAKER_00: Like, please stop making this show.
• 13:13
  SPEAKER_00: But everyone's like, no, don't do it.
• 13:16
  SPEAKER_00: It's a good show, but it's not as dramatic as it used to be.
• 13:18
  SPEAKER_00: So like I haven't kept up as much with live TV as I used to, but that is the one that I will like Thursdays at nine o'clock, you'll probably find me either doing that or saying I'll watch it the next day.
• 13:30
  SPEAKER_01: So, what's your favorite of the streaming services?
• 13:33
  SPEAKER_01: Um what do you think has the best content?
• 13:36
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I like Hulu, but I don't like watching the ads that are on Hulu because I don't have enough money for Hulu premium, so I'm not gonna pay that.
• 13:46
  SPEAKER_00: But I think they have the most HBO Max, I would say, is best for movies.
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_00: And Disney Plus is my go-to for like throwbacks of like obviously like Disney shows and old movies and that kind of thing.
• 13:57
  SPEAKER_00: Netflix has gotten better with their Netflix originals, so there's my ranking, I guess.
• 14:02
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I agree.
• 14:04
  SPEAKER_01: So you've uh mentioned to me before that you like uh going on late-night drives.
• 14:09
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, yes.
• 14:09
  SPEAKER_01: You know, where where where do you like to cruise around here?
• 14:14
  SPEAKER_00: I frequent QT.
• 14:16
  SPEAKER_00: Um, that's just gotta get a$1 slush and maybe a donut, you never know.
• 14:22
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I often kidnap people to do that.
• 14:24
  SPEAKER_00: I call it kidnapping.
• 14:25
  SPEAKER_00: I I text them before I ask them if they want to go, but I drag people with me.
• 14:30
  SPEAKER_00: Um last year I would often just go and sit at the dikes at like midnight because I mean no one's out there, it's just peaceful, serene.
• 14:39
  SPEAKER_00: Um that's I mean, sometimes just find myself on random back roads, like just sometimes I get lost and sometimes I had a GPS back, but it's it's a vibe.
• 14:49
  SPEAKER_01: So you talk about uh kidnapping people.
• 14:51
  SPEAKER_01: I think you're very good at um you know, going out of your way, meet new people, uh, make friends.
• 14:57
  SPEAKER_01: You make friends really quickly.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_01: Um you have any advice for people as to kind of how to be, you know, how to how to get out there and make friends.
• 15:05
  SPEAKER_00: Um I think Steve is the best at saying it, like, hello, my name is blank, what's yours?
• 15:10
  SPEAKER_00: Like that is honestly what I do.
• 15:12
  SPEAKER_00: Um sometimes my go-to is like finding something unique about someone be like, oh my gosh, like I love your such and such, fill in the blank here, shoes, shirt, whatever.
• 15:21
  SPEAKER_00: Um, also, just like we talked about earlier, like the ACL thing, like being the butt of the joke sometimes like gets you a lot of friends, like being able to laugh at yourself, I think, is a good way to do that.
• 15:33
  SPEAKER_00: Um, just be open.
• 15:34
  SPEAKER_00: Like if you want to, like, we always talk about like Wesley friend crushes.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_00: Like, if you have a friend crush, go tell them.
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_00: Like, that's exactly what Emma Simon and I did freshman year.
• 15:43
  SPEAKER_00: Like, she came up to me and she was like, I really want to be your friend.
• 15:45
  SPEAKER_00: And I was like, No, because I really want to be your friend.
• 15:48
  SPEAKER_00: And so then we just became friends.
• 15:50
  SPEAKER_01: Um, yeah, you talk about being open.
• 15:52
  SPEAKER_01: I think you're you know, very good at just being who you are.
• 15:56
  SPEAKER_01: And uh try, you know, being an open book, like, do you have any advice to people how to be confident in themselves?
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I think everyone needs to just own their own story, like life happens, and sometimes it does suck.
• 16:11
  SPEAKER_00: Like, that's just the truth of the matter.
• 16:13
  SPEAKER_00: And so obviously don't like air yourself out to like everyone, but like find your few close people, but then like if you I don't know, like if you have an urge to be more open, like I don't know, just you gotta start somewhere.
• 16:30
  SPEAKER_00: So start with something small, like make a joke about something.
• 16:34
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know.
• 16:34
  SPEAKER_00: I often go to humor as my go-to with being open, so that's what I would say.
• 16:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, and um, you know, with being super open about yourself.
• 16:43
  SPEAKER_01: One thing that um I've been impressed that you're very open about with like mental health and therapy and things, um, you know, when would you recommend someone seek out therapy?
• 16:54
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I would say when as early as possible, because I'll be honest, I used to not be as open about it, and I would try and pretend like I wasn't having issues, and like because I think that's the downfall of being so open, is everyone sees you as this happy all the time.
• 17:10
  SPEAKER_00: And like I am pretty happy all the time, like I would say, but I mean there are days that I'm just down and sad, and so for a while I put it off and put it off and put it off.
• 17:20
  SPEAKER_00: But I would say at first, if you don't think therapy is what you need to go to, then talk to just like a close friend or even an adult.
• 17:27
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, sure.
• 17:28
  SPEAKER_00: And from there, just kind of navigate it.
• 17:32
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I'm always someone, I'm an open ear.
• 17:34
  SPEAKER_00: I'll tell you my story, I'll try and help you through yours.
• 17:39
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I want everyone to be the best version of themselves they can be.
• 17:43
  SPEAKER_01: So switching gears a little bit, you know, we you mentioned um working with the the church.
• 17:50
  SPEAKER_01: Um you've had uh quite a few different jobs over the past few years, right?
• 17:54
  SPEAKER_01: You worked at Spill the Beans or something for a while.
• 17:57
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_01: Uh did you like that, or did you get tired of ice cream?
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_00: Or so I love ice cream.
• 18:03
  SPEAKER_00: Ice cream is definitely my favorite dessert, I would say.
• 18:05
  SPEAKER_00: Um I loved working there.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_00: It was very busy, it was just mindless work kind of thing.
• 18:11
  SPEAKER_00: Um, it was tiresome.
• 18:12
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes people would be like, let's go to spill the beans.
• 18:14
  SPEAKER_00: I'm like, I was just there for six hours yesterday.
• 18:16
  SPEAKER_00: I don't want to go back.
• 18:18
  SPEAKER_00: But I I liked it.
• 18:20
  SPEAKER_00: It was a good summer job, especially, like just having friends come and visit.
• 18:26
  SPEAKER_00: And then I would often put like one snapchat and be like, I'm working, and whoever comes first, I'll buy your ice cream.
• 18:32
  SPEAKER_00: And like people would just show up and I'm like, yay, now I have friends, but I'm also like broke now.
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_00: But it was not actually.
• 18:38
  SPEAKER_00: I get a discount, so if you I'm gonna be back there this summer, probably.
• 18:43
  SPEAKER_00: So if you ever want a discount, hit me up.
• 18:45
  SPEAKER_01: Um and you mentioned working with uh St.
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_01: Mark uh over in Seneca.
• 18:50
  SPEAKER_01: What did you do for them?
• 18:51
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, so I was the children and youth ministries intern.
• 18:54
  SPEAKER_00: Um I did several things.
• 18:55
  SPEAKER_00: We have a Wednesday night service for them that I helped with.
• 18:58
  SPEAKER_00: I wrote children's sermons, still write I'm there throughout the rest of the semester, but still write children's sermons, help with Sunday school, and then with like youth, we go on more trips.
• 19:08
  SPEAKER_00: So, like things like Revolution, we went to Asbury Hills back in the fall, just things like that, just being kind of closer in age to them and getting to know them better has been a lot of fun.
• 19:18
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, sure.
• 19:19
  SPEAKER_01: You um you know mentioned you you're thinking about maybe going into ministry.
• 19:22
  SPEAKER_01: Has has working with them made you want to do youth ministry potentially, or made you definitely not want to do youth ministry?
• 19:30
  SPEAKER_00: So definitely I would say like made me want to do it.
• 19:33
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I think, and like no hate to the children, but like not a big children's person, like definitely more so the youth aspect of things.
• 19:42
  SPEAKER_00: I've always wanted to work with like older people, like geriatric age, but this has opened my thoughts to maybe doing youth and college age and like that kind of stuff.
• 19:51
  SPEAKER_00: So it was it's nice to have that experience and not just be set in one thing and one thing only.
• 19:58
  unknown: Okay.
• 19:59
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and another uh unique thing about you, you drive a pretty uh noticeable car.
• 20:05
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, I drive a green Volkswagen bug.
• 20:08
  SPEAKER_01: When did you get the bug?
• 20:10
  SPEAKER_00: I got it for my 15th birthday.
• 20:12
  SPEAKER_00: Um that was the car I'd always wanted.
• 20:14
  SPEAKER_00: Like my parents, like that was like the one thing they're like, what car do you want?
• 20:17
  SPEAKER_00: Like, we'll do our best to get it.
• 20:19
  SPEAKER_00: And so it is actually from Kentucky.
• 20:22
  SPEAKER_00: My dad did a whole search of trying to find a green bug because he was like, That's what Emma wants.
• 20:28
  SPEAKER_00: Like, we're just gonna try and do our best to get it for her.
• 20:31
  SPEAKER_00: And so I remember my 15th birthday, like, my mom had already gone back to school because she's a teacher, and they had like pretty much convinced me that I wasn't getting this car, and I was like, dang, like that's just that kind of sucks.
• 20:41
  SPEAKER_00: Like, why got the car he wanted?
• 20:43
  SPEAKER_00: Why don't I get the car I want?
• 20:44
  SPEAKER_00: Like, whatever.
• 20:46
  SPEAKER_00: And so then my dad like came in, I was still asleep, and apparently he and my brother had secretly gone to get this car from the guy who had brought it down here from Kentucky, and they came and woke me up, and he was like, I need you to come like check outside real quick.
• 20:59
  SPEAKER_00: And I was like groggy.
• 21:01
  SPEAKER_00: I was like, What the heck does this man want?
• 21:03
  SPEAKER_00: So sure enough, open the door, and there's my green bug sitting in the driveway.
• 21:07
  SPEAKER_00: So it was very exciting.
• 21:08
  SPEAKER_01: It's just always been something you wanted.
• 21:09
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I don't really know why.
• 21:10
  SPEAKER_00: I was just, I feel like I am a unique person, and it just very much is a fitting car.
• 21:15
  SPEAKER_00: And everyone that I like say that they're like, Yeah, I can't see you driving anything else.
• 21:18
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm like, Yeah, it just doesn't make sense for me to drive anything else.
• 21:21
  SPEAKER_01: Do you like that everyone can, you know, notice you driving around town?
• 21:25
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, and no, because sometimes like you want to be in like incognito mode, and I'm like, there's no way this is gonna be possible, especially like in high school.
• 21:34
  SPEAKER_00: I'm sure my parents were like very happy about it.
• 21:36
  SPEAKER_00: Not that I was like sneaking around everywhere, but like if I was like going to do something that like buy my mom a birthday present one year, I remember doing that, and like she was like, Where were you going earlier?
• 21:44
  SPEAKER_00: I saw your car.
• 21:45
  SPEAKER_00: I'm like, oh my gosh, like I can't go anywhere.
• 21:49
  SPEAKER_01: And then uh switching gears again.
• 21:51
  SPEAKER_01: Um, what brought you to Clemson Wesley?
• 21:53
  SPEAKER_00: So I grew up Unani Methodist.
• 21:55
  SPEAKER_00: I have a very deep root in Unani Methodism, if that's a word.
• 21:59
  SPEAKER_00: My granddad.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_00: Is a United Methodist preacher.
• 22:02
  SPEAKER_00: So was baptized in the Methodist Church, went to a Methodist church in Florence that I'm still a member of.
• 22:08
  SPEAKER_00: And then just my brother came for a year or so to Wesley.
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_00: And so I'd heard of it.
• 22:14
  SPEAKER_00: And also my home pastor, Josh at home, is best friends with Steve.
• 22:18
  SPEAKER_00: And so he was like, when he heard that I was going to Clemson, he was like, Are you gonna go to Wesley?
• 22:22
  SPEAKER_00: And I was like, I was planning on it.
• 22:24
  SPEAKER_00: And so when I came to orientation, they were at the table.
• 22:27
  SPEAKER_00: And so I went up to Steve and he kind of already knew me, like somewhat, I'm sure, from Josh saying stuff.
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_00: And then it was funny when I walked up, he looked at me.
• 22:36
  SPEAKER_00: And backstory, everyone thinks maybe my brother looked just alike.
• 22:39
  SPEAKER_00: I don't see it.
• 22:40
  SPEAKER_01: I would agree with that.
• 22:41
  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 22:42
  SPEAKER_00: And so I walk up to the table.
• 22:44
  SPEAKER_00: Have never spoken to Steve in my life.
• 22:46
  SPEAKER_00: First thing he says is, You're Wyatt Rivers' little sister.
• 22:48
  SPEAKER_00: And I was like, I can't escape this.
• 22:51
  SPEAKER_00: And so from there I just kept coming and then definitely found an awesome group of people, so it was definitely worth coming.
• 22:59
  SPEAKER_01: What's been your your favorite thing you've gotten to do with Wesley so far?
• 23:03
  SPEAKER_00: Ooh, there's so many.
• 23:06
  SPEAKER_00: Um, probably the beach trip last year was a lot of fun.
• 23:09
  SPEAKER_00: It was just a lot of people that I didn't like I knew of but didn't know very well, and then got to know them just with it being a smaller group at the beach, and so that's why I'm super excited for this year's beach trip because I know there's more people coming, and so it'll be even more opportunity to get to know people.
• 23:24
  SPEAKER_00: But the beach trip was just a lot of fun.
• 23:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, the beach trips are great because they're very relaxed, and uh just time to hang out and get to know people is really great.
• 23:32
  SPEAKER_00: I definitely enjoy retreats also though, because I'm known for not sleeping on retreats.
• 23:37
  SPEAKER_00: And so just the rawest form of Emma is at a retreat, like two hours of sleep max.
• 23:45
  SPEAKER_00: So if you ever see me in that situation, ask me anything, and I promise you'll get an answer.
• 23:50
  SPEAKER_01: So um, you know, the essentially the first ever podcast episode I recorded was with Lauren Hunley.
• 23:56
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and it was the beginning of the school year, and so she was just getting ready to start her small group.
• 24:01
  SPEAKER_01: And I know you've been a pretty avid attendee of Lauren's small group.
• 24:05
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, what's been your favorite part of that small group so far?
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I definitely like just the chillness of it.
• 24:10
  SPEAKER_00: Um the just anywhere, it could go anywhere.
• 24:14
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I think we all are like basically on the same page when it comes to like the different topics we talk about, about anything.
• 24:21
  SPEAKER_00: But I think we all have different hints of things just based on how we grew up, because like some people grew up Catholic and some people grew up Methodist like me, and then other people are Southern Baptists, not to call out Bella.
• 24:33
  SPEAKER_00: But it's just interesting to hear the backgrounds that everyone has come to to determine their own faith.
• 24:39
  SPEAKER_00: And so I've really enjoyed like expressing how I feel about things, but then also being open to how other people have considered things, and so that's been really fun.
• 24:47
  SPEAKER_01: And you guys um discussed different parts of the Bible, right?
• 24:50
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, so just different stories she sent out a Google form, Lauren did at the beginning of the semester, and was just like, if you want to talk about something that like you're pretty strong about, just different things.
• 25:01
  SPEAKER_00: Like we've discussed like how we interpreted the story of like Jezebel when we were growing up.
• 25:06
  SPEAKER_00: Like I know we talked about Daniel, like just different stories, different parts, different, not even just stories like this past week, we talked about like the concept of sin.
• 25:16
  SPEAKER_00: And so it's like pretty like deep stuff, but it's good to talk about it and hear different points of view and that kind of thing.
• 25:24
  SPEAKER_00: That's awesome.
• 25:24
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 25:25
  SPEAKER_01: Well, I uh I feel like everyone in Wesley is already friends with you, but um, in the event that someone is listening to this podcast and is not already super great friends with you, um, how can they find you?
• 25:37
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I'm on Instagram.
• 25:38
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I also enjoy Snapchatting.
• 25:41
  SPEAKER_00: So if you want to find me there, um also just find me at Wesley.
• 25:46
  SPEAKER_00: I live in the Wesley building.
• 25:47
  SPEAKER_00: I don't actually, but I've been I'm at the Wesley building all the time.
• 25:50
  SPEAKER_00: So it is pretty likely that you'll walk in and see me either there doing work or asleep on the couch.
• 25:56
  SPEAKER_00: So, but please come be my friend.
• 25:59
  unknown: Great.
• 25:59
  SPEAKER_01: Thank you, Emma.
• 26:00
  SPEAKER_00: You're welcome.
• 26:01
  SPEAKER_01: The Wesley Word is a production of the Clemson Wesley Foundation.
• 26:05
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• 26:09
  SPEAKER_01: Until next time, get out there and love your neighbor.