Three wards... one sunday... again! but i'm not complaining! I LOVED today :) The first ward i went to was my home ward, good old Hillcrest 1st! Kody is leaving for his mission on Wednesday so he gave it "farewell" talk today. It was really good, he is going to bless so many people's lives! (haha the thing that cracked me up was that Kody had a part in his hair! he had the missionary hair!)
After socializing for a bit and saying goodbye to people, i went to the Lundstrom Park 1st ward. My Mom was asked to speak there (she's the YW pres), and as a bonus my friend Katie was also talking! They both did a wonderful job and I got so much out of both of their talks! Katie talked about her recent trip to Tijuana Mexico. She went down with USU for a week! They Built a preschool in an orphanage :) It was so cool to hear her feelings about the trip! The one part that really stood out to me was when she was looking around an LDS church in Mexico. She said she walked into a classroom and there was stuff written in spanish on the blackboard. At the bottom it had a scripture (ie) D&C 18:10, 15-16. She said how it was such a testimony builder of Missionary work. I agree with that but i got something totally different out of that story! While she was talking the Holy Ghost was answering my prayer! During November and December I was given the challenge to read the book of Mormon... and i did it! I also took Moroni's challenge at the end of the book to pray about it and ask to know if it's true. (I had done this before but never really got an answer. I was expecting some extravagant feeling or something, but that didn't happen. After a bit i realized that I didn't need to get a BIG answer, i have always known it to be true!) This time was different, i was questioning it... well not really questioning if it was true or not but i needed reassurance! I'm leaving to texas, alone, and i needed to have that reassurance that the church i belong to is true that the Book of Mormon is a true book! That reassurance came :) I was so nervous to be out on my own, not it utah and have my standards and faith questioned.. but i'm not nervous any longer! I got my second wind! I KNOW this church is true!
My Mom also gave a wonderful talk! She was asked to speak about understanding and being grateful for challenges. She was also asked to share Michael's recent story that happened to him. (It is a very long story... and i will tell it some time... but i'm sick of typing at the moment.) But Mom did a wonderful job and made it through the whole talk without crying! ( I am very thankful for that! for my mom not being a crier... i mean i don't mind crying but i'm not a crier either. and i think that is one way that we connect! Sometimes i wish i was a crier. I get so jealous when people cry when they bare their testimony or talk about a spiritual experience they had!)
Well after socializing for a bit, again, i was off to THE best ward! The YSA 9th! it was my last week there :( and everyone kept reminding me! I said goodbye to a lot of people i had become really good friends with! And by the time i get back into logan they will be graduated and moved away... it was really hard to say goodbye to them because i knew i wouldn't see them again :( but they all promised to keep in touch! and that made it a little easier.
There was also a CES fireside tonight! It was wonderful :) here is the link if you want to listen to it!
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