Sunday, April 22, 2012

And the answer is:

I finally got an answer back about serving a mission. I was told no. Not given a reason why not, but no. I am of course a little sad about that because I think a mission would be amazing--and I still want to serve,but it will have to be when I am older. I know Heavenly Father knows best, so I am just going to have to figure out where He wants me. I can 1-stay in AZ, find a little house or apt. 2- move back to TX with my Dad or 3- move to Utah..or 4-- no idea what that would be. I know I need to find another job to help supplement massage so I may look into Sylvan Learning Center again. We'll see. My goal is to know what I am doing by June 1.
This picture makes me happy. This is the Kansas City, Kansas Temple! The dedication will be the first Sun in May. Growing up in Kansas I never would have thought this would happen. When I lived in McPherson we drove to Dallas (7 hrs)...when I moved back to KS we then had the Oklahoma City (4hrs) which was wonderful, and then when I lived in Topeka we had the Winter Quarters (4 hrs.) So now they have this! I think McPherson will still go to OKC. But look at the church GROW! YEAH!!!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter

Here are the Easter pics of my sister's family and then me. We had a good day today. Yesterday some neighborhood kids got to have an Easter egg hunt. We had breakfast. They really enjoyed it. That is why AZ is nice right now... 9:00 AM and a lovely day to be outside! We went to the Mesa Temple Easter Pageant. It was really good. I went from the Titanic disaster to the 1996 Mt. Everest disaster. I read Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. It was REALLY good. When I was in college I remembered hearing about this (even though I was a SR. when this happened). I talked with an old roommate and she said we actually had a fireside with a survivor of this....wish I could remember, but I was going through a hard break-up at the time and just remember Everest seeming so scary to me. Anyhow, something triggered this memory of wanting to know more about what happened so I read the book. Again, so GOOD! I don't know what makes people want to climb mountains, but it fascinates me. I have a friend that is going to climb Denali in 5 weeks. I want him to take a video cam to watch it all!!! He is a photographer so I am sure I will see awesome pictures. Then I had to read Left for Dead by Beck Weathers to hear another version of this disaster. This guy was thought to be dead not once, but twice!!! And he survived. Amazing! What is my next disaster to read about? Or maybe another mountain climbing book. I heard from my Bishop this week. The head Mission Department has one more group to look at my "file" and THEN my mission request will be sent to the First Presidency...so I am still waiting. Getting tired of waiting, but the things in this life that are really worth anything are worth the wait!