Starting The Process

I kid you not when I say that my prayers have been doubly answered this week! I can't believe how much is getting done! Yesterday I prayed that if the Lord saw me fit that he would remind the bishop of my needs and would call the mission department. I only have 2 weeks to get things done before spring break and that is slightly concerning. I really wanted to have things done by the time i met with him! But now it seems like it will be a shot in the dark and a stretch to get things done. BUT that's not the point I prayed that if the Lord thought it time he would make it time. AND HE DID! The bishop opened the site for me today at 2 o clock! My coworkers must of thought I had just been proposed to because that smile didn't leave my face until i got off work and actually opened my recommendation for the first time! And i should be finished tomorrow! WOW! The Lord is looking out for me I need to make a doctor's appointment for my physical and my dental exam. Bot should go smooth but we will see. But that's it. I need to scan a few pictures here and there but I am DONE! With all the questions and info on myself! That's the most exciting part!!!

   I might just be able to go into the bishop's office in 15 days and turn everything in! WHOAAAAAAA!!! Talk about quick! But isn't quick what i want? DUH!!!


The Lord answers the prays of those who ask in dilligence!
    I know this to be the most absolutely truth there is.

The Blessing

So as all of you I am in my last semester of my BFA at Cal Arts. Well that has been really rocky this semester. I can't tell if I have senioritis or it's just truly overwhelming to do all this work at once, either way it is soooooo crazy hectic busy right now! Bishop is still trying to open my papers so i can get them started I swear he is taking forever. Then of course to add to my stress there is my show. As most of you know I am a sound designer for Cal Arts school of Theatre and it just so happens my production goes up in a week. It has been the most stressful thing to live through ever! First the bishop taking his sweet time to call the mission department, then the school getting crazy on me. Then as all things do it gets worse. haha I also am ( literally RIGHT NOW!) studying for a midterm tomorrow, looking over a cue list, and trying to write an 8 page paper. and yeah it's 1:45 in the morning. So as you can see things are out of my control and everything is due tomorrow so you can all guess what I did. I called for priesthood intervention. That's right I asked for a blessing right after institute. I asked Bro Potter. He is amazing and when I called him he seemed shocked that I was even asking for a blessing in the first place. I explained to him that life was getting overwhelming and i was really worried. He still seemed unsure. After institute we found an empty classroom in the church building and sat across from each other and just talked. Honestly I was expecting maybe him to back out of giving me the blessing and just council me. (Which would have been fine since i didn't even think anyone was listening) but he asked for my full name and off he went on the most spiritually precise blessing I could have ever asked for. He hit everything on the nose and really helped me find the second i needed to breathe. Granted my paper isn't done and the cue list might just have to wait till tomorrow but I have found the moment of peace I was asking for.  Honestly for those reading this right now I can tell you the Lord is listening! He knows our needs and knows who to put in our lives to help us realize that he knows! I truly needed Bro. P's council prior to the blessing and to hear the things he spoke on just testified to me that the Lord was listening and had direct council to me. I truly know the lord was listening to every aching cry I have delivered up to him in the last 24 hours. Unsurprisingly things aren't any better, but my attitude towards them is 100% turned for the better. I feel like I can accomplish all that the Lord has placed in my hands. Even if that means staying up all night to finish 6 more pages on this paper. Or waking up early to look over my notes for my test. The Lord knows that I strong enough to handle all he places before me and that blessing truly reminded me what my mom and my Savior and even Bro. P. knew all the time. I am strong through my Lord and Savior. Sometimes I can't do it all by myself but I can ask for a blessing and a reassurance that my Mom and Savior- Jesus Christ are cheering me every step of the way. ( No matter how badly I procrastinate stepping forward.)  - Rach

Mission Prep and opportunities

   So last Sunday was my first week at mission prep. I took a class last summer that was a mission prep class but it seemed that the class was dedicated to listening and this class now is dedicated to doing! It was amazing! We gave a “discussion” on Heavenly Father and his love for us. It was only about 10 minutes long but it was filled with the spirit! Something our “investigator” aka one of the teachers, said about us was something that has stuck with me all week (Today is Wednesday)  She said “ they may not have known exactly what to say but I knew they were telling me what they knew to be true and they said it out of love!" That’s when it hit me fully. I am in love with people I have never met ever before and that I am in love with a place I have never seen. That’s when I realized that in just 30 days I will be given the opportunity to turn in my papers and be assigned a place I have never been to before and that I will be assigned a group of people to love and serve for 18 months and the rest of my life!  Now I know I want to serve!

   I was discussing my mission in a meeting with a teacher and she laughed stating that she couldn’t understand how I could belong to an organized religion. I laughed with her but in my heart I know that I could never be anything else. I know I am a Mormon and that’s never changing. I can’t change my heart when it comes to my religion. Maybe there is safety and peace because I have been in the religion my whole life, but it’s also safe and peaceful because I know in my heart it’s true.

    I then had the opportunity to discuss the Book Of Mormon and the Word of Wisdom with a coworker who was interested in what I was planning to do after graduation.

   In all I found myself very happy to discuss the topics and it really made me see where i lack self confidence and where I could definitely brush up on dates and general knowledge that a lot of people keep asking me. (Soda/coffee/ and tea are all big ice breakers around here!