Jenna's Going to Uruguay

This evening I went to Jenna Goode’s apartment to watch her open her mission call; she will be serving in the Uruguay Montevideo mission, Spanish speaking. Watching her open her call, the excitement that flooded her, as well as the emotion as she was filled with the Spirit were each a testimony to me of how much I want to serve a mission. I’m so incredibly proud of her and excited for her to serve the Lord. She is a huge example to me. My mission fever is just getting worse and worse! I want to serve a mission so badly and I absolutely cannot wait until it is my turn.

This afternoon I checked out a model of the skull, as well as some vertebrae, in order to study for my first anatomy lab quiz this Friday. As I spent a few hours studying tonight, I really began to memorize the terms and what each of the structures were called. I was reminded of a phrase in my patriarchal blessing that reads “Heavenly Father has blessed you richly with a keen mind and a sound body, preparing you for those things that you will encounter in life.” Now I’m sure my anatomy class isn’t the extent of this phrase, but it’s so true. I’m so grateful for a Heavenly Father who has blessed me with this keen mind to memorize easily and learn the things that are of value to Him as well as to myself.

In my scripture study tonight I came across a popular verse in Alma Chapter 37 that said “by small and simple things are great things brought to pass.” These past two weeks as I have been trying to be diligent in my scripture study and daily prayer, as well as serve as often as possible, I have noticed that I am so much more positive and able to handle my daily difficulties with a little more ease. When we do those things which are right, our Heavenly Father blesses us and helps us to realize His hand in our lives.