General Conference

Well, it is time again for conference! What a happy time it is! It is one of the two weekends out of the year we, as members of the church are able to hear from the Prophet, his counselors, twelve, and general authority! What joy it brings me! This October session was fantastic, although, I did not come prepared with question as I usually do, I was pepared to listen with the Spirit. May, I offer a few suggestions to prepare you as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for April 2012 conference. First, it is important to recognize that peparation starts NOW, it is never to late to hear the Word of God! 

1: read and study your scriptures daily! Including the Book of Mormon! 

2: Pray oft! Both personal and public and do it with a sincerity of heart!

3: Be humble and have a desire! this is a way to insure your willingness to learn

4: Prepare by reading this last conference talks! there are many prophetic words contained in them

5: Come with questions from within! Write them and ponder them.

6:Invite the Holy Ghost always.

Well, try and do this and I promise you will be blessed!!!!

Santa Rosa, California

I know I have not written in a long time, it truly has been a long time. Well, I received my mission call which was an exciting day as it should be. I was anxious to open my call and to see where I would be going. I will admit that I did not want to stay state-side but had a deep feeling in my gut that I was going to stay state-side. Anyways, I opened my call at 7 pm and as I peered onto that yellow creamed letter I found that I was called to the California, Santa Rosa Mission English speaking. I will be entering the MTC on December 14! I at first was really disappointed, I didn't want to stay state-side and I didn't want to go to California. I actually don't like California. But I do want to teach a little lesson before I end this little blog. Is the fact that when you are called to serve no matter where it may be, you must serve to your fullest, begin to pray for every opportunity to love your call and every opportunity to get down on your knees and pray. The Lord knows what is best for us and we must be willing to do what he asks of us to do. It took me a couple of days to understand that it didn't matter where I served as long as I served the Lord and his people. And who knows, there is probably some one in California who needs me and I need them. Anyways, I took the opportunity to look up Santa Rosa, California and I am really in love with California now and so excited to serve there and serve the people there and ultimately serve the Lord.

its been a long time coming

Its been a long time since I blogged. I got caught up with school, family, mission papers and myself. Didn't give myself enough time to sit and express things. A lot has happened since I blogged. First I am blogging through my phone. I don't have a laptop so its a but hard! But to continue, my parents got remarried. Interesting to even mention. It was crazy for al of us kids since we never thought hey would get back together but it seems that they have ad it looks like things are going stronger for them. I finally turned my mission papers in! it has been a lonng time coming. has been adream of mine to serve and now an taste it! its s close! well my little message or today besides updating your blog often which clearly I am not good at! Anyways here is my tidbit for now: dream big, there are gonna be so many things that will bring you down or you yourself will put up barriers that will stop you from accomplishing what you want most. you yourself create the possible in the impossible

Last few weeks

It's been a while since I posted on here. The reason: School is so demanding. Now it may seem that school can be easy and truly doesn't take up that much time. LIES! It takes so much time! I am always doing homework, there are days in which I would love to take a break but I can't afford to do so. Anyways, this semester has been very busy and very demanding as well as very disappointing. I have learned that everyone makes their own decisions and their own choices, that although I might not agree with they make those choices.
Not much has really happened. I don't really have a topic to really go off on tonight, but if you have any suggestion please let me know. I wouldn't mind trying a challenge. Give me a challenge really. Hope all is well on your end.

First day of school

First day of school went really well! I found out that I couldn't take Chemistry (a relief in a sense) and that I could have tried out for Woman's choir. Well thats how the cookie crumbles but to be honest sometimes things just don't work out the way you want them too. I started filling out my mission papers on Sunday! (Ya baby!) and I am so excited for when I submit them! officially the day that I submit them will be on June 18 that gives me enough time to open them for the fourth of July weekend! That is the time when my whole family will be there! I don't have time to go into detail of my day. But I will soon update! :) Always smile! There are always sunnier days out there!
Peace out! Girl Scouts!

Be there with love.

There are many of us who experience hardships of many kind. We often left feeling drained, emotionally hurt, wanting to escape and left with more growth that at times we wonder why we need so much of it. This blog today is dedicated to a good friend of mine named Laurel. For her, life is difficult at this moment and its understandable to feel the way she does. Today, I am going to provide points and a simple guide to help each of us establish a better foundation with our trials and a greater love for them. From my own personal experience life has been very difficult for me. For those of you who know you know that I am very silly even funny maybe. I learned to be that way when I was younger. Things were never easy, it was a constant battle with my Father. He never really treated me like his daughter he treated me as if I was hated or even despised. Even now, he treats me as so. Its hard and to be honest I wonder why it happened to me. To be honest, looking back I am very grateful for every challenge I had when I was younger. I don't hate my dad. He did in fact do many other things to our family. Luckily and fortunately he is now divorced and apparently getting married. He treats that family better than he treated his own flesh and blood. Its a little disappointed but there are a few things that I have learned that have helped me move forward and past the hurt, anger and hatred.
1: Read The Miracle of Forgiveness written by Spencer W. Kimball
This book has helped me overcome so much hurt, when we are willing to forgive ourselves for our own mistakes we are able to forgive others with a Christ like love and look at them as Christ would look at them.
2: Read the Book of Mormon
We always hear that reading the Book of Mormon helps us. I can testify that it is true. When read the Book of Mormon we are able to feel closer to the Lord and being closer to the Lord we are able to feel his love and with that love we can love those around us with a charity which is a pure and perfect love.
3: Be there.
The title of my post. Be there, it is very simple. Be there. No matter the trials that might be in your life at the moment look to help others. I have tried living this simple principle of service. I have always felt that when my life is hard that serving helps me have a better understanding that trials are meant for us to learn.
4: Attend the Temple
When we attend the Temple we feel the spirit and are able to have the spirit with us. We also escape the world and are able to be close to our Heavenly Father.
5: Read and understand why we have trials.
Many of us do not understand why we truly have trials. Some of us even fall away from the church. Gain a true testimony of trials. When we do that we are able to stand against the harsh winds.
6: Pray.
When we pray we are able to supplicate to the Father our needs. Don't just pray for you, pray for those around you who need help, as well as pray for those who have hurt you. Trust me, its hard but how wonderful it is to do it.
7: Positive Attitude
Yes, it is hard. Do it. It is hard to positive in such a trying time. But when we are positive we are able to have the spirit with us. And we are also able to spread joy around to those who need it more than we do.
8: Lastly, Live the gospel.
Living the gospel and doing what is right helps us overcome our trials. When we have a testimony of Christ we are able to stand against anything and are able to more righteously help those around us and forgive those around us.

These simple steps have helped me in my life. Recently I developed two simple motto's that have helped me move forward.
1: Can't control it, can't do anything about it.
2: Just let it go.
I truly believe that sometimes we need to just let things go. When we hold guilt or hurt against someone we are doing ourselves no good. Move forward with a perfect brightness of hope, with the love of God and with love for his children and things will start to get better.

Spring Break: Day 1

For those of you who are interested or have even have the slightest of curiosity as to what is happening in my life as of now. Go ahead, keep reading. I promise it will be a great read for you all. First off, the ride home was well an experience that I am hoping to never go through again. Although, I do suppose that it is a good experience for  those of us who are attending College and need some not so memorable memories. I ended up riding with some unknown girls. At first when she came to get me I was not so ready to leave Rexburg. The girl arrived at my place and once I saw her car I was ready to call my Mom to come get me (yes to come get me). Her trunk space was completely full, one girl's crap had filled up the whole trunk space in the end there where three of us in the back with two luggages pilled on our laps and my duffel bag was in the front with the other girl. By the time the three hour had passed I was ready to push any girl out of the car and be okay with the consequence (okay maybe not to that extreme). Anyways lesson learned: Ask your drive who is going, how much luggage they are able to take, and if they are a slow drivers. Trust me, with this list, you will be able to drive comfortably and happier.
Next: Wal-Mart a place of social gathering. Don't get me wrong. Wal-Mart is not so bad, I do believe it is taking over America and so I don't shop there unless it is absolutely necessary. Anyways, when my mom came to Brigham City to pick me up she needed to stop by at Wal-Mart to pick things up I swear the first five minutes after I set foot in that place I was stopped by four different people that knew me. Now, I understand that I might sound a little well I don't know the right word for it, but I just am not one to sit and chit chat in a store. I usually like to go in and out. Achieve my goal and be happy with it.
Anyways lesson learned: Go in and out and pray that you can just go in and out with out having to see anyone you know and talk for more than ten minutes.
So that ladies and gentleman there was my first day of Spring Break for you.

First Blog

This is my first blog, I don't have any followers which I am okay with I think this blog is just for me at the moment. I have been meaning to write for a while but well things happen. I am a student at BYU-Idaho. I love it here so much and am so grateful for the opportunity I was given to attend here. This semester unfortunately (3rd one here) has been one of the worst ones. I suppose its maybe my lack thereof to stand up for myself during certain situations (up until last night). But usually I am one to for the sake of the situation not to argue and to just let things go. I agree that sometimes its better to just blow off the situation and to let things go. But, I have come to realize that I need to stand up for myself. I don't have enough time tonight to explain what has happened in the past few days, but I soon will just explain what happened. So, anyways, as depressing as this blog sounds I will brighten it up in just a few moments with some good words. Well, I am pretty positive about things to come in the future. You know when things suck at the moment and then you turn around and your realize that things will get better soon? Well positivity is always at the grasp at our fingertips. Its really up to us to make things better. A life lived in fear, isn't too much fun. Live life to the fullest and always want to be happy! :)