"LIFE HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE BUSY MAKING PLANS."
So true, and yet I always find myself second guessing the answers I have recieved that undoubtedly are from Heavenly Father.
The semester just ended and I find myself staying in the one place I despised so much at first. Is it growing on me? Maybe. I feel nervous, but excited to be starting something new. I have no idea what that something new is, I just hope it's something worth doing, or being a part of.
I am not quite sure what to write on these blog thingys. I could start with just what's on my mind. It's almost been a year, 12 months, 365 days, (however you want to put it) since I have returned from serving a full time mission. I can honestly say it has been a bittersweet experience, somedays more bitter than others and some more sweet. It's always helpful for me to look at accomplishments or "firsts" that I have had since coming home, just to take away a little bit of the homesick feeling. instead of making a list of the things I miss more than anything in the world I wi
ll list things that are part of the present, things that have happened over the year I have been home.
*I have made new friends and family (you know who you are :)
So true, and yet I always find myself second guessing the answers I have recieved that undoubtedly are from Heavenly Father.
The semester just ended and I find myself staying in the one place I despised so much at first. Is it growing on me? Maybe. I feel nervous, but excited to be starting something new. I have no idea what that something new is, I just hope it's something worth doing, or being a part of.
I am not quite sure what to write on these blog thingys. I could start with just what's on my mind. It's almost been a year, 12 months, 365 days, (however you want to put it) since I have returned from serving a full time mission. I can honestly say it has been a bittersweet experience, somedays more bitter than others and some more sweet. It's always helpful for me to look at accomplishments or "firsts" that I have had since coming home, just to take away a little bit of the homesick feeling. instead of making a list of the things I miss more than anything in the world I wi
ll list things that are part of the present, things that have happened over the year I have been home. *I have made new friends and family (you know who you are :)
*I have volunteered a lot 
at a battered womens shelter
*I got to see my grandma one last time before she left this life.
*Went cliff ju
mping
*Road trips to the Vegas Temple
*Learned to crochette
*Went to conference for the first time
*Met Ramon
*Said goodbye to my bestfriend
*Went to the Manti temple
*Fell in lo
ve
*Wakeboarded
*Went to a luau with my neice
*Passed the GPT :)
*The pumpkin walk
*Recieved a mini elephant
*Made a quilt
*Played human checkers
*Held my new niece and nephew
*attended my first
institute class
*Missing my best friend my ultimate companion...you still hold part of my heart.
*Made witches brew with my family
*Ate soup and ribs with my hands
*Learned the cha cha
*Defe
nded my testimony
*Shared my testimony
This list is probably endless, but just wanted to name a few that stuck out in my mind. The funny thing is there were plenty of huge things I did and the small things are what really stuck with me. Some on the list seem a little tainted with sadness, but when I look at the big picture I cannot say it didn't turn out for the good. It's hard to look at the big picture, it's easier to just trust Heavenly Father, and know that I have the choice, and he can turn the choices into something beautiful if I make worthy decisions.
I hope that next year when I make another list, there will be more significant accomplishments, I plan to make a difference. Save the world, for at least one person. Maybe a more worthy goal should be not to save someone, but help them save themselves. I always somehow change in the process or learn more about myself...we'll see what happens.
To kick off my summer I went to a temple wedding to see one of my bestfriends and her husband be sealed for eternity, move into a house, got my heart broken, listened to the prophet speak, and started a blog...and...imagine that all in one weekend. :)
I have big plans for the summer...all the while hoping life will happen and that it will be to my advantage...all good intentions implied.
at a battered womens shelter*I got to see my grandma one last time before she left this life.
*Went cliff ju
mping*Road trips to the Vegas Temple
*Learned to crochette
*Went to conference for the first time
*Met Ramon
*Said goodbye to my bestfriend
*Went to the Manti temple
*Fell in lo
ve*Wakeboarded
*Went to a luau with my neice
*Passed the GPT :)
*The pumpkin walk
*Recieved a mini elephant
*Made a quilt
*Played human checkers
*Held my new niece and nephew
*attended my first
institute class*Missing my best friend my ultimate companion...you still hold part of my heart.
*Made witches brew with my family
*Ate soup and ribs with my hands
*Learned the cha cha
*Defe
nded my testimony*Shared my testimony
This list is probably endless, but just wanted to name a few that stuck out in my mind. The funny thing is there were plenty of huge things I did and the small things are what really stuck with me. Some on the list seem a little tainted with sadness, but when I look at the big picture I cannot say it didn't turn out for the good. It's hard to look at the big picture, it's easier to just trust Heavenly Father, and know that I have the choice, and he can turn the choices into something beautiful if I make worthy decisions.
I hope that next year when I make another list, there will be more significant accomplishments, I plan to make a difference. Save the world, for at least one person. Maybe a more worthy goal should be not to save someone, but help them save themselves. I always somehow change in the process or learn more about myself...we'll see what happens.
To kick off my summer I went to a temple wedding to see one of my bestfriends and her husband be sealed for eternity, move into a house, got my heart broken, listened to the prophet speak, and started a blog...and...imagine that all in one weekend. :)
I have big plans for the summer...all the while hoping life will happen and that it will be to my advantage...all good intentions implied.
