month 11 came so quickly! the new year is already flying by and i am grateful for that! i am especially excited that there is only ONE more month until we hit the year mark! ahhh! how crazy!
eleven months = eleven Valentines hearts :)
elder cook is doing well. he recently just got transferred to a new area, one that he and his companion opened. they are both doing wonderful things :) remember how i mentioned a young girl added me on facebook from brazil last month? weeeell, ANOTHER one added me! and this girl was in joe's area before he just got transferred. he is still somehow able to visit her and help her when he can. i love it way to much because she sends me pictures of him the days he comes over! hahah she's the cutest! i guess joe shared my family story with her and told her about me. he told her i could help her, so we talk on facebook all the time! i answer her questions about the church, give her encouragement, scriptures or anything she needs basically. it's so awesome to think that joe and i are helping the same girl :) i am helping with his investigators!!!! it makes me smile knowing i can do that. that joe and i can work as a team, together, even 5,000 miles apart. <33
trying to be a show off ;)
some things that have happened over the month-
my family and i went to disneyland! that was way fun. i was only there for a few days. my family flew out earlier than me because i had to stay and go to school. i flew out on a friday, and we came home that sunday.
i found out that KATY PERRY is coming to utah:) one of my closest friends and i (plus my little sister) got VIP tickets! that includes meet and greets with floor seats right next to the stage. ahhhhh! the concert isn't until september 29th, but we bought early just because. the public sale started at 10am on a monday and by 5:00pm that night, they were completely sold out! i tried messing around even just to see if i could get one ticket and nothing came up. it's crazy.
i've been busy busy with school. my classes this semester require a lot of time for homework. i'm taking math, history, english and a student success class. i enjoy them, but i hate them. at least they DO keep me busy, that way time passes quicker and i don't worry about joe so much.
i went and tried on wedding dresses with my mom a while back. it was so fun, but probably the hardest thing ever. hahah! i felt so bad for the lady who was helping us - her name was Barbie, by the way - how cool? she was so cute! i eventually narrowed it down to two dresses. at first, i thought i found THE dress. then i tried on another one one more time and i literally couldn't choose. they both had things that i loved. if one had a long train, the other had a short train. if i loved the long train, it had less lace. one was more vintage, the other more modern. one we'd have to alter a bit, the other we could leave alone. it was SO HARD! i asked my mom which she could really see me in and she said both. in the end, Barbie told me to go home and think about it. my mom was totally fine with actually purchasing one of the dresses, i just... couldn't decide. after thinking about it for a while though, i realized that buying a dress early might ruin fate or my karma or something. haha so i told my mom to forget it and that was that.
these are the two dresses that i couldn't decide on:
i sent joe his valentines day package! i am PLEADING with the Lord that this package gets there. his last christmas package never made it, which i am so bummed about, but this valentines day one has to. i put the cutest things inside.
i stitched the heart :)
also, i'm so excited because i saved a valentines day card that he gave me last year to open this year. it's my last "open when" letter though (that i got from him before he left) so it will be a bitter sweet moment to open it.
in other random news, on the first of this month, my friend and i started an ab challenge. i'm so excited to keep it up. so far it's been good. i've decided i need to start working out and getting fit. it's almost swimsuit season ;)
other than simple everyday life activities, nothing else really has been going on. life passes, ya know? there aren't always crazy exciting things to write about every month, but i do what i can to make these post interesting ;)
i've really been trying to focus on my Savior and Father in Heaven lately. i pause during the day to remind myself of the bigger picture. i think of the Lord and Heavenly Father and what they could be doing at that moment. i try to remember the sacrifices joseph smith, and those who followed him, made. i'm trying to be better. i'm trying to keep the spirit with me always. i've been studying my scriptures and from preach my gospel. since the beginning of the year, i haven't missed a chapter in the Book of Mormon! (i mean, i never missed reading a night anyway, but i've been reading the WHOLE chapter, no matter how long it is). i've also been trying to pray more intently in hopes that some of my prayers will be answered. i believe He hears me, most of the time. i just need to remind myself that i should KNOW He hears me all of the time. if that makes sense.
i'm grateful for this gospel. i say it often but that's because it's something that should be said. if anyone even reads these posts, and the only thing you ever remember, i would hope it would be that you know i love the Lord. i would hope you remember that i am grateful for the gospel and for the sacrifices people made to bring it forth. i love this work! i love missionary work! i would be nowhere without the love and support Heavenly Father and Christ give me.
