Like I said, I have been anticipating this year for some time now and it's finally here!
When I was a teenager, this is how I envisioned this year to go down:
*Graduate with B.S. in Physics - Astronomy
*Work for NASA
*Go on a tropical vacation
*Leave on my LDS mission
Well here's reality:
*I'm off for the semester and I'm most definitely NOT a physics major!
*I work full-time for The Bank of American Fork! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!
*I could totally go on tropical vacation sometime this year! (I do have 16 days of paid vacation time I need to use before the end of the year!)
*I still have the opportunity to go on a mission. (Not sure if this will happen, but how cool would it be if I did?)
I've got some fun things planned this year:
*Running a half marathon the day AFTER my birthday.
*Running the Dirty Dash! Woohoo!
*Going to DisneyLand!
*Going to the Beach!
My goals this year have been coming along nicely! I hope to become a better disciple of Christ and grow closer to my Heavenly Father. If anything, I've grown a lot in the past 25 days! I've experienced heartache and pain, but I've also experienced healing and renewal.
I blogged about my theme for the year: Honest, Simple, Solid and True. I am working on becoming more honest, simple, solid, and true. It's been going well. I feel like as I've been making little changes here and there, I've actually started to know myself better.
I've been praying for opportunities to serve and guess what? The Lord answered my prayers. A few weeks ago I got set apart as the Visiting Teaching Coordinator in my ward. I was excited, but so very nervous. As I was being set apart, I felt a special warmth inside and I knew that this was an answer to my prayers. I am so excited! I've grown to love the relief society sisters! I can't fully express to you my love for each girl! They each have such a sweet spirit about them!
Life is just so wonderful! The Lord truly has been looking out for me! He knows me so well and really caters to my needs. I feel so spoiled!
On Sunday, I had the opportunity to teach gospel doctrine. It was an opportunity to take a weakness (teaching) and make it into a strength. I'm not good at teaching and I was so nervous. But the Lord was with me! I taught about the vision of the tree of life. I learned so much as I was preparing! And there were so many great comments in class that really added to my testimony! The spirit was so strong inside of me. I felt the spirit testify of truth and I knew that I needed that lesson. Oh how much I desperately want to have eternal life! God really has paved such a perfect path in front of me and I have Jesus Christ to hold my hand through it all! There are times when I feel like I'm in a "mist of darkness" and I just want to let go. But I'm keeping myself focused and trusting the Lord.
I was reminded today that there was a reason why I was supposed to be adopted! I don't know all the reasons why, but I know that the Lord has a plan for me. How blessed I feel to be part of the Rock family! I love them so much! How grateful I am to be a member of the church! The gospel brings so much hope and happiness into my life! I love the life I live, the friends and family that I have, and the many opportunities I have to make my dreams come true!
Here's to my "golden year!" I'm so excited for what lies ahead; the good, the bad, and the ugly! Bring it on! :) Happy Wednesday everyone! (It's almost the weekend!)
P.S. Guess who hasn't died yet?! This Assassins game is going so well!
I blogged about my theme for the year: Honest, Simple, Solid and True. I am working on becoming more honest, simple, solid, and true. It's been going well. I feel like as I've been making little changes here and there, I've actually started to know myself better.
I've been praying for opportunities to serve and guess what? The Lord answered my prayers. A few weeks ago I got set apart as the Visiting Teaching Coordinator in my ward. I was excited, but so very nervous. As I was being set apart, I felt a special warmth inside and I knew that this was an answer to my prayers. I am so excited! I've grown to love the relief society sisters! I can't fully express to you my love for each girl! They each have such a sweet spirit about them!
Life is just so wonderful! The Lord truly has been looking out for me! He knows me so well and really caters to my needs. I feel so spoiled!
On Sunday, I had the opportunity to teach gospel doctrine. It was an opportunity to take a weakness (teaching) and make it into a strength. I'm not good at teaching and I was so nervous. But the Lord was with me! I taught about the vision of the tree of life. I learned so much as I was preparing! And there were so many great comments in class that really added to my testimony! The spirit was so strong inside of me. I felt the spirit testify of truth and I knew that I needed that lesson. Oh how much I desperately want to have eternal life! God really has paved such a perfect path in front of me and I have Jesus Christ to hold my hand through it all! There are times when I feel like I'm in a "mist of darkness" and I just want to let go. But I'm keeping myself focused and trusting the Lord.
I was reminded today that there was a reason why I was supposed to be adopted! I don't know all the reasons why, but I know that the Lord has a plan for me. How blessed I feel to be part of the Rock family! I love them so much! How grateful I am to be a member of the church! The gospel brings so much hope and happiness into my life! I love the life I live, the friends and family that I have, and the many opportunities I have to make my dreams come true!
Here's to my "golden year!" I'm so excited for what lies ahead; the good, the bad, and the ugly! Bring it on! :) Happy Wednesday everyone! (It's almost the weekend!)
P.S. Guess who hasn't died yet?! This Assassins game is going so well!
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