-I finished my freshmen year of college!!! WAHOOOO!!!! I am now a.... (drumroll please) SOPHOMORE!!!!!!!!! (sooooo old right?)
-My mom came up to get me from school. We loaded all my stuff into the suburban and drove the 14 hours home in two days.
-For the past week or so I have been getting used to my new house, hanging out with siblings, applying for millions and millions of jobs (seriously I don't even know how many applications I have filled out!!!) and now I am getting ready for my next adventure....
(Another drumroll please....)
I AM PUTTING IN MY PAPERS TO GO ON A MISSION!!!!!!!!
WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! :)
So yep! I am pretty excited about that (if ya can't tell) :) I also don't know if you noticed it or not, but I changed the picture at the top of my blog. Maybe that gave away the whole missionary thing... haha :) Photo credit goes to my sister Jessica Haws, who is currently serving her mission in Alabama. That's her name tag and scriptures, but I figured "Hey, I'm gonna be a "Sister Haws" soon enough, and it's a cute picture, so I might as well use it right?"
Basically, I decided awhile back, when the prophet of our church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) announced that they lowered the mission age for girls from 21 to 19 and for boys from 19 to 18, that I wanted to go on a mission. I went through the rest of high school, headed off to college and went on many adventures with this decision in the back of my mind. The funny thing is, every single time (and I mean every single time) I started to doubt or feel like I maybe had other plans, it seemed like Heavenly Father lovingly smacked me over the head. He did a lot of course correction for me! :) Honestly, I have felt so good about this decision every time I've prayed about it and received so much personal revelation about it, that there is absolutely no possible way I could do anything else. I know that Heavenly Father has told me to go on a mission so I guess that's the end of it! :) haha. Also, aside from the whole revelation thing, I am super giddy about this whole thing! More giddy then I have ever been about any boy! The idea of not flirting or dating for 18 months does not bug me in the least!!! I feel like I have been blessed with such a good attitude and excitement towards missionary work, and for that I am truly grateful. When we do good things and when we make good decisions, we are blessed. I have literally felt like the windows of heaven have been opened for me.
So, that all being said, I am going to change the focus of this blog just a little. I am going to try to make this blog a little more spiritual in nature (don't worry, I will still write about the funny things that happen because in a house with this many people, life is always funny) as I focus my life a little bit more on getting ready to go and serve the Lord.
~Keep Smiling~ :)
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