Joseph Smith

     Today during relief society we talked about the prophet that restored the gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth. I love lessons about Joseph Smith. To me it shows that we can over come any obstacles that we have. As I was sitting there in the class I was thinking about all the hardships that Joseph and his wife, Emma, have gone through. Countless children dying in infancy and when they were young. Joseph being scorned all the time. Joseph also getting tarred and feathered, and being beat and tortured in prison and in the end being martyred. He and Emma suffered all these things because they knew the church was true. In the Doctrine and Covenants 121:7 it says; "My son, peace be unto they soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment." It would be so hard for me to have faith going through those trials and I would feel that they would never end. 
   As I was sitting there during relief society I thought of all the things that I have went through in this life and none of those hold a candle to the things the Emma and Joseph endured. I should have stronger faith, I should love the Lord even more than I do. I should never complain about the small trials that I have. I should be a brighter light to those around me. I should be better!! 

   Today was also our ward conference and our theme was being separate from the world and being an example. Our bishop also reminded us of a quote that we recently heard from L. Tom Perry in a devotional a few weeks ago. He said that any member of the church that is worthy of a recommend should stand out in a crowd. Do I stand out in the crowds? If I don't I should, and there are things that I need to work on to brighten my countenance. This is a time when we have to be different and set apart from those of this world. My life should reflect His will.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"When you are going through something hard and wonder were God is, remember the teacher is always quiet during a test."

February... ALREADY!

      What the world, it is February already! Time goes so stinking fast when I am up at school; next time I blink I am sure the semester will already be over. This semester is going great so far. I love all of my classes. After this semester I will only have one foundation class left! I am so excited I have been waiting for this moment for a while now, it is going to be great to finally get into my major classes. It will be a lot of work but so much more interesting and I will enjoy going to classes so much more. I have finally decided to go into sociology with a minor in child development. I think I will love what I do. I am taking a social problems class right now and I love it!! I like to learn about all the stuff that people go through and the effect it has on them. I ultimately want to become a school counselor, I think that would be so great. I just have to get through 2 and a half more years of school! ALMOST THERE HA!

      Things are going really good now :) the only thing missing is a MAN.. So if you guys no of anyone, hook a sister up! Haha I should have a lot of options here in Rexburg, but I have not found that one that has everything that I am looking for. Maybe I am being to picky, or not looking in the right places but no one has really caught my eye, or made me fall head over heals for them. I think a problem may be I watch way to many chick flicks. I have this perfect guy that I have in mind, but I cannot seem to find him, he probably doesn't even exist. That would just be my luck. But this week my goal is to be more open, doing something that scares me. I will report next week, we will see how it goes.

Watch this new Mormon Message! It is so good!! I want deep beauty. I am working on it:)

Week One... COMPLETE!!!

Well the first week of school is already over. Thank goodness it was only three days. Classes will be good this semester. They will challenge me and they will keep me busy.

And some exciting news! Today is my birthday! 21! I never thought this day would come. I never thought that I would ever be this "old". The truth is I used to think that 21 was so old, but now that I've "arrived" it is not as old as I thought. I have a hard time wrapping my head around the thought that I am old enough to get married, and that I could serve a mission for the church. Being "old" also means decisions. So many decisions.

This year is going to bring about so many changes in my life, I'm excited, nervous, scared, etc. But I cannot wait. Here's to an exciting year of the unknown. BRING IT ON!!

Back to the Daily Grind, and Back to Blogging!

As you can see my blogging has taken a fast crash to nothing. I think it all started when I felt like I had nothing interesting to blog about anymore since I was taking a semester off of college and all I was doing was working. To make a long story short, I took spring 2011 semester off and started working for Plato's Closet, a nicer second hand store with a twist. We specialized in young adult and teen clothing and we gave cash on the spot for the clothes that people sold to us. This job may sound easy but like everything else that sounds easy, it was not. Telling people that there stuff wasn't in style or that it was just to worn was hard. People would often get offended, yell at us, and vow to NEVER COME BACK!!! Even though it was hard, it was a lot of fun, and I got to meet some pretty cool people.

So I worked there for nine months and I am finally back to REXBURG! I used to hate it but now I love it. I love that I am finally going to have a schedule again, and be learning and working towards something. Rather then working in a minimum wage job that literally leads to NO WHERE!!! So the blog is back up and running! Hopefully I will do a better job of keeping everyone posted of what I am up too, and the exciting things that are happening.. BRING IT ON!!

DO YOU PIN???

I love Pinterest SOOOOO much! I am addicted to that website. I think I am going to try out some of the stuff that I see on it. I will keep you posted on  how that all goes. 

General Conference :)

This past weekend was General Conference for our church. This is when we all  get together and listen to our prophets, or church leaders. The conference takes place in Salt Lake City, Utah and is broadcasted throughout the world. I have been to the conference center to watch it once, all the other times I have watched it from my couch is I think is quite comfortable. The conference is a total of 8 hours long, 4 hours on Sunday and 4 on Saturday, and it run in two hour sessions, that is a lot of church in one weekend. But I love it and I love hearing what the leaders have to say, and know what I need to work on as a person.

The First Presidency: Our prophet Thomas S. Monson

Counselors: Henry B. Eyring and
Dieter F. Utchdorf

Here is a Mormon Message. These are so, so good I love them!!!