Monday, October 21, 2013

Missionary Mondays!

I think the average human hates Mondays. It's the day that you have to go back to work or school after having an awesome weekend full of relaxing and fun.

This weekend I got to go to Vegas with three of my sisters. It was a weekend to be remembered! Playing in the sun, shopping, and talking to my cute sisters. Those are three things I will never turn down. It really reminded me how much I miss them while I'm up here at Utah State. My family will always be life line! I am so blessed to come from the best family around! I'm so upset that I don't have a cute picture to share with the world. My blog posts are getting a little dry without pictures!

We got home Sunday night. Today I woke up at 5:40 in order to drive from Cottonwood Heights all the way to my humble dorm in Logan. This drive ended up being a blessing. While Claire tried to sleep in the back seat I got to catch up with a super good friend of mine. Sarah is one of those girls who you can go a month without talking to but can never stop loving and being friends with. The whole car ride was just a blessing. I loved it!

Next was the whole school thing. That's not so fun. Mondays have become one of my favorite days thanks to my lovely missionary friends. I love when my email's inbox gets flooded with email from the missionaries that I've been cheering on. I may not get any mail in the mailbox, but I do get a heck of a lot of super good emails from my peeps. It's so fun to watch how much each one of them have grown up so fast! I think they have all already learned crucial lessons about themselves, life, and the gospel. Some are homesick, some are having so much success, some of them can't understand what anyone around them is ever talking about, some love their companions, some have nothing in common with their companions, but all of them have learned how much the lord loves them.

One of my favorite missionaries to read about it Gia. She's my first girl-friend to go on a mission. At first her emails seemed like immature complaints about not eating the food that she likes or not being able to hug the friends that she runs into at the MTC. Now she is out in Tennessee and absolutely loving it. Boy has she learned to just suck it up and go to work. They already have 5 baptism dates and she's only been there three weeks. This weeks letter made me completely jealous of her. I want so badly to put on one of those missionary tags. College is fantastic and all but I just want to be out there giving the Lord my all! Why can't my birthday be sooner?

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Why can't I Endlessly Travel this Beautiful World?

What am I supposed to do with my life?? Can someone please just mail me a road map? I feel like everyone around me knows exactly what they are doing and where they are going but I have no idea. Today I met with my academic adviser and I realized something...I wanna go in every directions! I WANNA GO TO
Italy
Denmark
Japan
Peru
Ecuador
Norway
Ireland
Kenya
Tonga
Australia
Sweden
Ethiopia
Brazil
India
Germany
Spain
South Africa
New Zealand
Romania
plus maybe Florida if I have time.

Ahhhhhhh I just want to happily travel the world and meet a few cool people as I go without giving my mom a heart attack?? My adviser mentioned getting a major in international studies and a minor in public health. How do I know if this is what I want to do? It sounds cool and all but this is one decision that has a lot of pressure hanging onto it. Shoot! Any advice?