Randa's Journey- Texas FFA Convention!!

Hello Friends!!

What a whirl wind this summer has been! After finishing up some rocking NLCSO’s with Bethany, we parted ways as I headed down to Texas and on to my home convention! Texas FFA rocked out in Corpus Christi, Texas with 12,000 members in attendance! There are simply not enough words to express how impressed I was as I watched state officers: Kaleb McLaurin, Miles Vann, Katie Heinrich, Allison Grainger, Kody Kale, Jeremiah Miller, Aron Hutchins, Layton Norwood, Tyler Bradfield and Dakotah Williams give retiring addresses that will forever have a lasting impact on my life. The week kicked off by recognizing all of our Lone Star degrees, watching a meaningful Vespers and having an awesome time with members at the Kyle Park Concert. As the week progressed we watched award winners receive scholarships, proficiency awards and even watched remarkable FFA talent. To cap off our week of convention the annual Fun Night was held with the theme of “Vegas” and we finally installed the 2010-2011 Texas FFA officer team. The overall theme of the convention was “It Starts with One” and I watched over and over again this start officer team sparked that one passion in lives of thousands. Texas FFA will always have a special place in my heart and I am just blessed to see so many familiar faces and feel right back at home. To overview my week I have the top 5 things you can learn at the Texas Convention :

1) No matter what kind of music is playing there will definitely be two stepping.
2) You can count on ALL the areas to yell loud and proud.
3) The state officer RA’s and Vespers will impact your life.
4) Fun night will always be a time to remember with awesome skits and videos.
5) That Texas heart for this organization truly starts with the members their ONE desire for success.

A special thank you to the Convention Chronicle, the Foundation Ambassadors, state staff and the 2010-2011 Texas FFA officer team for making this an experience of a lifetime. I’m extremely blessed to call Texas home :)


Only in Texas would the Official Kick-off dinner involve a skeet shoot!



Miles and Jeremiah during Vespers

Awesome members dancing in the hallway during the concert :)

My little brother, Trevor, showed up to convention! So nice to have family around.

Shannon from New Mexico and Kyle Park

Kody and Dakotah all dressed up during the fun night of convention.

Our extremely talented chorus

Some of the incoming state officers about to give their election speeches. They were incredible!

So proud of this team that just retired, all amazing individuals.

The new team tapping the gavel to end convention.