The Farewell

Okay so this is my farewell talk, i was asked to speak on the grace of God, and it's about 20 minutes long so...its kind of long haha. Also i realized some mistakes in my talk so it was changed a little bit when i was at the pulpit but this is the closest copy i have so ENJOY!

I Found My Friend

I know this story is super popular and many of you have probably already read this before, but every time I read it, it makes me tear up. This story is just so tender and it makes me so excited to become a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ and start Heavenly Father's work here on earth. 

The following event took place in a ward in Salt Lake City in 1974. It occurred during Sacrament Meeting and was told to me by a Regional Representative of the twelve, who was in the meeting. A young man, just before leaving on his mission, stood in Sacrament Meeting and bore, in essence, the following testimony. "My Brothers and Sisters, as you know, during the past few weeks I have been awaiting my mission call. During the time I was waiting I had a dream I was in the pre-existence and was awaiting my call to come to earth. I was filled the same excitement and anticipation that I had before I received my mission call. In my dream, I was talking to a friend. He was a very dear friend, and I felt a special closeness to him, even though I've never met him in this life. As we talked, a messenger came and gave me a letter. I knew it was my call to go to earth. In great excitement my friend and I opened the letter I gave it to him and asked him to read it aloud. The letter said: You have been called to earth in a special time and to a special land. You will be born into the true church, and you will have the priesthood of God in you home. You will be raised with many advantages and many blessings. You will be born in a land of plenty-a land of freedom. You will go to earth in the United States of America. "My friend and I rejoiced as we read my call. And while we rejoiced, the messenger returned. This time he had a letter for my friend. We knew it was his call to earth. My friend gave me the letter to read aloud. The letter said: You have been called to go to earth in circumstances of poverty and strife. You will not be raised in the true church. Many hardships will attend your life. Your land will be frought with political and social difficulties which will hinder the word of the Lord. You will be born in Costa Rica. We wept, my friend and I as we read his call. And my friend looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, "when we are down on earth, you in your choice land and me in Costa Rica, my friend, come and find me." Then this young missionary, with tears in his own eyes, said, "Brothers and Sisters, I have received my mission call. I am going to Costa Rica. There is a special sequel to this story. About a year after this Sacrament Meeting, the Bishop to this Ward received a letter form the Missionary in Costa Rica. The letter had one sheet of paper in it, and on the sheet was written in inch-high letter four word:  

I FOUND MY FRIEND.

(From the Journal of Floyd A. Hill.)

The Clothes!

Although getting clothes has been a huge pain, I've have a had fun doing it and now I'm pretty excited about what ill be wearing for the next 18 months! Heres a quick look at the clothes I have, I plan on cutting back on the shirts but I'm not sure which ones yet.

I know the green shirt looks potentially hideous but its actually cute when its on I promise!

 

There are more shirts but i didn't get a chance to take pictures of those yet. If i find time i'll add them to this post later

 Its kind of hard to tell what the bottom skirts look like but the navy skirt is like a knit pencil skirt and the other three are maxi skirts that I'm in the process (okay more like my mom is in the process) of hemming then to be the same cut as the top skirts

Now the Good Stuff...

Im not 100% sure but im hoping head bands are allowed so i don't have to do my hair every day and i can just throw it up in a bun.

These are some of my rings and one more of my watches. I'm not sure if ill really end up wearing these when I'm doing stuff but i love them at home so we'll see

And last, for those of you who know me, the necklace i pretty much never take off.

The Bag: from the streets of Mexico

Ive been looking for a back for what feels like forever. I really wanted to take a backpack and was super disappointed when i found out they weren't allowed in my mission. Anyways i kept looking for something i really liked and nothing seemed right everything was too big or too small or too expensive until found this while walking through the streets of Isla Mujeres in Mexico.

It has two pockets, the front one is just barely big enough to fit some pamphlets to pass out and maybe a book of mormon once the leather stretches out. The back pocket is big enough for a regular sized paper or a preach my gospel and hopefully i won't need anymore space then that.