I think since coming to the MTC I have grown 5 extra, overly-active
tear ducts in each eye. I swear. With that image in your head, please
just try to picture the obnoxious scene that I made over the Temple
announcement! Seriously though, it went something like this: "AHH
*squeals and screams* *Leaps on Sister Olsen* *Bursts into loud, heaving
sobs* I LOVE THAILAND AND I LOVE HEAVENLY FATHER!" Haha.... I wish this
was an exaggeration. Poor missionaries trying to listen to the
Prophet... they couldn't hear him over me. It's okay, I don't think I
was the only one. Anyway, how amazing is that though! I am overjoyed for
Thailand right now. God is truly mindful of all of His children, and
His work is truly spreading across the whole globe. It's amazing to see
these miracles, and recognize how much God's hand is truly in the lives
of all of us. Those Thai people will be SO blessed- seriously THOUSANDS
of people- and I can't even control my emotions over it! Plus, I get to
go there and help people prepare to attend the temple that will now be
in their beautiful city! Ahhhhh I love this gospel. :)
And
can we just talk about how amazing conference was!? I went in with a
prayer and 13 questions that I wanted answers to, and I left conference
with 13 answers and a completely full heart and increased testimony! I
can't even choose a favorite talk... but if I had to, it might be Elder
Andersen's, because he talked about Thailand ;) haha. Actually, I really
loved Uchtdorf's talk on Grace. Grace unlocks the gates of Heaven! We
need to enter into the gates of Heaven, and we do that with a change of
heart. We need to be converted to the gospel, and allow His grace to
work more fully in our lives and help us become our best selves! I also
loved Gerald Causse's talk, and not just because he has a French accent
that you all know I'm obsessed with... But I LOVE how he reminded us all
that we always need to MARVEL at the WONDERS of the GOSPEL. I put all
those words in capital letters, because sometimes we take advantage of
the little blessings and miracles that we see every day... but we need
to truly find them MARVELous! And recognize that every little blessing
is WONDERful! Every night I have been recording 50 blessings that I've
noticed throughout the day, and it has helped me really recognize the
Lord's hand in my life, and makes me want to marvel more at each little
thing. That is one thing that I will change because of conference:
Marvel at each little wonder, anchor my faith in the plain and simple
truths, and cherish the Holy Ghost in my life. I invite each of you to
pick at least 5 things from conference that you are going to apply and
change in your life (it's only 5! I should make the number higher...) It
should be easy peasy with all of the wonderful counsel we received!
Oh, on Friday we got our travel plans. No big deal or anything but I'm FLYING TO THAILAND NEXT MONDAY! 3:35am
we report to the travel office... then we fly to Minnesota (how random
is that?) and then straight from Minnesota to Thailand! I will be in
Thailand by next Wednesday :) Oh and guess who the travel leader is? The one that has to be in
charge of making sure 15 rowdy missionaries behave themselves and make
it through security and onto the planes? Me. Yep.
Well
family, I hope you all had an amazing Easter! I hope you remember the
Savior in your lives everyday. Remember that He lives! And because He
lives, we will all live again, we can all overcome physical and
spiritual death, because He has conquered both. He pleads with the
Father in our behalf, so that we can be forgiven and keep trying
everyday. Never forget to apply the amazing Atonement in your life everyday.
I know that Christ is my Savior, the head of this wonderful gospel, and
the only way that we will be truly happy and return to live with Him
and our Father after this life.
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