i found this post from the day after I wen't through the temple! I wanted to share my 1st thoughts. Pictures will come soon I hope!!
So uh........
I WENT THROUGH THE TEMPLE YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my goodness is all I can say. I LOVED it!
I will just say that the temple is soooo worth waiting, working, and putting every effort into! It is different than what I expected, but very, very sacred. I will be honest, that the nervousness beforehand never struck me for some reason. (except waiting to leave the house) I TOTALLY understand why most people are! The way that I saw it was this: No matter what, the church is true and I trust the Savior and my Heavenly Father more than anything.
A lot of people were surprised that I went through even though I don't leave for 4 months(and 4 days :D) It was a personal decision. I knew that I wanted to go early, because my mission does not have a temple in it's boundaries. Therefore, I want to go as often as I can before I leave. I knew that the Lord wanted me to go there at the time that I did and I did not want to put off making covenants or receive blessings. In the end, I'm glad that I did it.
The spirit is so strong, and I definetely do NOT understand the meaning of everything, but that is just an incentive for me to come back! I can't wait to get out in the field and help others get to the temple!
If you are nervous to go. Don't worry. Seriously. There is like 2 nice little old ladies at virtually EVERY CORNER of the temple! They thrive off of helping you and they have heard and seen it all!
You will not understand the depth of everything nor remember everything the 1st time. It is like trying to drink out of a fire hose, it really is. I had to remind myself like 6 times that I didn't have to remember everything!
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
UPDATES
Sorry it's been forever and a day since my last update! Things got a bit crazy over here!! Wow where do I start?
Okay, first thing's first...
I WENT THROUGH THE TEMPLE
UPSTAIRS BABY.
I loved it! I have heard the advice to go early and then go as many times as you can before you leave on your mission. My mission does not have a temple within it's boundaries so I am pretty sure that my temple attendance will definitely be at an ultimate low on my mission so I wanted to squeeze in as much as I could! If you are going in the temple soon, my suggestion is spiritually prepare.
It is a crazy amount of the spirit and learning so it can be overwhelming! I had to keep reminding myself that I DO NOT have to remember every thing and every thought/emotion all at once! Basically, just sit back and love the experience!
P.S. DO NOT WEAR MASCARA OR ANY MAKE-UP THAT WILL SMEAR WHEN YOU CRY BECAUSE IT WILL HAPPEN!!
NEXT!
I went on Trek and oh my goodness I loved it!!
Because I haven't been in YW for months, and I work full-time, I didn't exactly know everything there was to know about this Trek...
Luckily for me, I have been on Trek before with my sister's stake in CA a few years back, so I knew what to expect.
So, I have a little bit of a confession...I had been so caught up in mission and temple things that I sort of didn't realize how fast Trek was coming up. If you want to get a picture of the day before just imagine me sitting on the curb in the McDonald's parking lot(food-less) crying. Yeah, it happened. And, it was rather pitiful.
It was the 1st time that I let Satan discourage me since before I turned in my papers.
Long story short, I ended up buying a 20 dollar bonnet and dared everyone and anyone to even mention my apron that I made myself. :/
So much for my crafty side.
The next day:
Woke up at 3:30 in the MORNING so I could get to the Stake Center by 4:00
WHAT THE?!
It was so worth it! I am not complaining I promise! I sat down with a bunch of younins and called them family! It's funny, I sat there with perfect strangers, knowing that in 3 days, I would honestly feel that these people were real family and that is exactly what happened.
We went a total of about 20 miles in Martin's Cove. It was humbling to catch a small glimpse of what my ancestor's went through to praise their God in peace.
I am proud to say that I totally worked it! I placed myself on the ropes in the very front 70% of the time and I loved it. Because of my spine surgery 3 years ago, my back and arm muscles aren't the best, but I CAN work my legs!! I put that rope around my hips, leaned forward and charged!! Worked for me!!
One thing that everyone has to know about me is that I will sing. I am just going to do it. I sing it off key, I sing it loud, I sing it in the car, I sing it in the shower, I sing it in the middle of conversations, I sing it without realizing it!
Luckily, I had the best family in the world! We sure did sing alright! The very 1st thing that we did when we hit the trail was belting out our souls through music!
We died down for a little while but we did sing NON STOP FOR 2 HOURS. No. Joke.
We sang everything from hymns, disney, 1D, to High School Musical. It happened. The next 2 hours my bro Zach talked. and talked and talked. He asked a few times if he should/could stop but it was denied. His endless ranting about his best friend Maddi was the only thing that kept my feet from hurting!
Ahhhh I can write about Trek for days!
MY BEST FRIEND LEAVES ON HER MISSION IN 22 DAYS AND I AM GOING CRAZY
I can't handle this! This is what my emotions look like right now:
;laiwyre;iaekjw54r67ew983qohxczlyiuojakresfdp'[lfuajksdzl;xcmvnahwbsdlekudjMngmlxvcuizf/jksd
I am an overwhelming combination of excitement for her, jealousy that she gets to be out there on her mission, and sadness that I am not going to see this woman for 20 months. :) :/ :'( Does anyone feel me?
We have been running around getting her ready and calm. Yesterday we went clothes shopping for her! CRAZY! I can't believe that it is so close! I love getting her prepared because it keeps me excited and going for my own mission :) I can honestly understand when I couldn't before of how future missionaries can get lazy and slowed down. When your 3 months out there is not too much that you can do to get ready and the excitement might die down for a little bit. Just keep focused on mission things to avoid this!! I am helping her, going to mission prep twice a week, shopping little by little, going to farewells left and right etc. Keep yourself going!!
I have secretly been planning packages for her once when she's gone and I'll share them with you once when they actually happen!
News on my mission:
I GOT MY LETTER FROM MY MISSION PRESIDENT!!!!! It told me a whole bunch of great things about the history of my mission and things that I need to do! I am sooo pumped!
That's all I got for now!
Here are Trek pictures!!
Okay, first thing's first...
I WENT THROUGH THE TEMPLE
UPSTAIRS BABY.
I loved it! I have heard the advice to go early and then go as many times as you can before you leave on your mission. My mission does not have a temple within it's boundaries so I am pretty sure that my temple attendance will definitely be at an ultimate low on my mission so I wanted to squeeze in as much as I could! If you are going in the temple soon, my suggestion is spiritually prepare.
It is a crazy amount of the spirit and learning so it can be overwhelming! I had to keep reminding myself that I DO NOT have to remember every thing and every thought/emotion all at once! Basically, just sit back and love the experience!
P.S. DO NOT WEAR MASCARA OR ANY MAKE-UP THAT WILL SMEAR WHEN YOU CRY BECAUSE IT WILL HAPPEN!!
NEXT!
I went on Trek and oh my goodness I loved it!!
Because I haven't been in YW for months, and I work full-time, I didn't exactly know everything there was to know about this Trek...
Luckily for me, I have been on Trek before with my sister's stake in CA a few years back, so I knew what to expect.
So, I have a little bit of a confession...I had been so caught up in mission and temple things that I sort of didn't realize how fast Trek was coming up. If you want to get a picture of the day before just imagine me sitting on the curb in the McDonald's parking lot(food-less) crying. Yeah, it happened. And, it was rather pitiful.
It was the 1st time that I let Satan discourage me since before I turned in my papers.
Long story short, I ended up buying a 20 dollar bonnet and dared everyone and anyone to even mention my apron that I made myself. :/
So much for my crafty side.
The next day:
Woke up at 3:30 in the MORNING so I could get to the Stake Center by 4:00
WHAT THE?!
It was so worth it! I am not complaining I promise! I sat down with a bunch of younins and called them family! It's funny, I sat there with perfect strangers, knowing that in 3 days, I would honestly feel that these people were real family and that is exactly what happened.
We went a total of about 20 miles in Martin's Cove. It was humbling to catch a small glimpse of what my ancestor's went through to praise their God in peace.
I am proud to say that I totally worked it! I placed myself on the ropes in the very front 70% of the time and I loved it. Because of my spine surgery 3 years ago, my back and arm muscles aren't the best, but I CAN work my legs!! I put that rope around my hips, leaned forward and charged!! Worked for me!!
One thing that everyone has to know about me is that I will sing. I am just going to do it. I sing it off key, I sing it loud, I sing it in the car, I sing it in the shower, I sing it in the middle of conversations, I sing it without realizing it!
Luckily, I had the best family in the world! We sure did sing alright! The very 1st thing that we did when we hit the trail was belting out our souls through music!
We died down for a little while but we did sing NON STOP FOR 2 HOURS. No. Joke.
We sang everything from hymns, disney, 1D, to High School Musical. It happened. The next 2 hours my bro Zach talked. and talked and talked. He asked a few times if he should/could stop but it was denied. His endless ranting about his best friend Maddi was the only thing that kept my feet from hurting!
Ahhhh I can write about Trek for days!
MY BEST FRIEND LEAVES ON HER MISSION IN 22 DAYS AND I AM GOING CRAZY
I can't handle this! This is what my emotions look like right now:
;laiwyre;iaekjw54r67ew983qohxczlyiuojakresfdp'[lfuajksdzl;xcmvnahwbsdlekudjMngmlxvcuizf/jksd
I am an overwhelming combination of excitement for her, jealousy that she gets to be out there on her mission, and sadness that I am not going to see this woman for 20 months. :) :/ :'( Does anyone feel me?
We have been running around getting her ready and calm. Yesterday we went clothes shopping for her! CRAZY! I can't believe that it is so close! I love getting her prepared because it keeps me excited and going for my own mission :) I can honestly understand when I couldn't before of how future missionaries can get lazy and slowed down. When your 3 months out there is not too much that you can do to get ready and the excitement might die down for a little bit. Just keep focused on mission things to avoid this!! I am helping her, going to mission prep twice a week, shopping little by little, going to farewells left and right etc. Keep yourself going!!
I have secretly been planning packages for her once when she's gone and I'll share them with you once when they actually happen!
News on my mission:
I GOT MY LETTER FROM MY MISSION PRESIDENT!!!!! It told me a whole bunch of great things about the history of my mission and things that I need to do! I am sooo pumped!
That's all I got for now!
Here are Trek pictures!!
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