The Official Announcement

I'm officially out of the habit of blogging.

Yeah, I don't blog anymore.

In my defense, I really don't have a lot to blog about. My day consists of the following: 

• Wake up for scriptures
• Eat breakfast
• Go back to bed
• Go buy some stuff for my mission
• Go to work at 3
• Come home and eat dinner
• Hang out with Mackenzie and/or Jake
• Go back to bed
• Repeat the next day.

Sooo...there's not much to blog about there. And I've come to the conclusion that I am horrible at blogging.

I guess I'll just start with today since nothing of significant importance has happened lately. I woke up this morning to my parents telling us about a phone call that came in the night before. I won't go into details as it is very personal to the family, but needless to say, we were blessed beyond our wildest dreams. I had been mildly stressing about the subject surrounding the phone call lately and all I could do in the end was do my part and have faith that the Lord would do His. That's such a hard thing for me to do. It's hard to blindly put your trust in someone who you've never seen or heard, especially when the facts of life are sitting in front of your face and are blatantly contradicting your faith. It's hard to say "okay Lord, I've made the sacrifice, now I trust that you'll help me". I didn't want to risk making a sacrifice if the Lord didn't pull through for me, but in the end I knew I'd been raised better than that, so I put my faith in God.

Lord, I believe. Help thou my unbelief.

This afternoon as I reflected what had happened to our family, my eyes welled up with tears and I started to cry from how overwhelmed I was that the Lord not only was willing to help and bless our family, but it also reminded me of how the Lord knows each of us individually and knows our specific needs. He provided me with the exact thing I needed to fill in the missing gaps in my faith.

I went to the Mount Timpanogos Temple today. That was an absolutely beautiful temple! The rooms were just enormous rooms with high ceilings and so much beautiful natural light shining through. It was such a wonderful experience for me. I'm trying to go to as many temples as I can before I leave. So far, I've been to Salt Lake, Provo, and Mt. Timpanogos. There's still plenty of temples nearby to go to so I better get started on the rest! I went to the temple today with my grandparents. They had so many amazing insights and stories to share with me! I loved just sitting there and listening to all of the neat experiences they have had and their friends have shared with them. I really was able to feel the Spirit and it further strengthened my testimony of the church!

So I just keep trying to stay busy while I wait to leave. The countdown is on: 21 days to go! I'm so excited to begin sharing the Gospel with others!

AMS