suit and tie.

that song has been stuck in my head everytime i see people in suits and ties.
gah.

hey so historical moment this last weekend. any of yall apart of it? i sure was. "Hundreds of thousands of women, young women and girls 8 years old and above gathered around the world on Saturday, 29 March 2014, for the inaugural general women's meeting of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-hosts-inaugural-general-women%E2%80%99s-meeting

yeah so that was cool. not that i have anything against the auxiliaries and all the goodness that they bring but my favorite was Pres Eyrings talk. i just love men of the priesthood. #sogreat #loveit

okay so this week we had to do a lot. and i had a wee bit of a rough time. but with the rough stuff comes growth to make tough stuff. (great rhyme i know) so here's a recap.

our first exchanges were this week. and i loved it. it was great to be with the STLs and figure out how bad i am and commit to be better. then i got home...dundundun.... i just felt a little attacked about what i could do better...everything, so that was my rough patch BUT the LORD helped me through. first off i shouldnt feel attacked thats just me being prideful and pride never leads to good things( look in the BOM.. 2N28 and so many others talk about pride. if you havent read it read it, its a great read and brings blessings...#twobirdsonestone) so the lord showed me that 1 I am a proud person... okay probably couldve guessed that. then 2 that i needed to be humbled. so what did i have to do. GET OUT of my comfort zone. huge surprise i know. so i did all i could to study and pray and apply obedience and humility because with obedience comes a lot of other blessings so i thought it was good to sudy hand in hand. as i did so the lord blessed me. he blessed me with HOPE and showered me with tender mercies. one of which was speaking spanish. i dont know why i find so much joy in languages but i do and i met this great lady, diqnory, at a delicious arepa truck and got to invite her to talk to missionaries in kissimee where she lives. the lord looks out for us and when we heed his promptings and do his will HE BLESSES US. what a novel thing it would be if everyone would follow this pattern. you should all try to heed the promptings you receive from the spirit even if it feels like a thought because sometimes acting on those thoughts that you think are your own bring the most blessings to others. if youre unsure ask - is the result of my actiion good? then its of god!

also i had a great lightbulb monment while someone gave a great talk in my ward yesterday. it was their (the senior couple Garretts) farewell to the nauvoo mission and she said that the TEMPLE is the house of the lord and since it is his house and we are HIS children we should learn and grow inside of it! yet another novel idea. i would invite all of you to prepare and be worthy and enter into the temple to be uplifted enlightened and to learn and grow in the presence of our HIS spirit. what a blessing.

the other garrett spoke about life and the plan of salvation and mission s all relating to eachother. it was a great talk how missions and LIFE are like adventures - we plan and know what we want to accomplish and that it will be good and fun and there may be some ups and downs but for the most part it will be a great experience. (pre earth/ pre mish) Then after all our prep we begin and the adventure may not seem like all we thought it might. times may be harder than we imagined and it may get rough and we may forget our purpose and get dicouraged. but we must remember our purpose. with our purpose in mind we can accomplish what we set out to do in the first place. we can conclude our adventure with HAPPINESS> and thats exactly what i am going to do out here. okay then last thing. i love the senior couples. i would invite all of you to do that one day. they love me i love them. it is great. they keep the mission alive.

wellp hope you all have a q for conference. if not pray about one NOW. i love you. i cant believe bro blessed the sacrament. so cool! so proud! and those pics of billy bob, donny, and tru are the bomb! i love it! thanks for everything.

zozo