I'm sitting at my booth, promoting international development internships, when these two Latinos come and ask questions and such. I tell them I did my internship in Bolivia. THEY STARTED TALKING TO ME IN SPANISH. But! It was okay! Even though I was so nervous I started sweating like crazy, I apparently did pretty well b/c they were super surprised and kept saying I had really good Spanish. :):):):):) I love it when that happens. It happened last week at the TRC too, the RM I was being taught with was like "Wow your Spanish is so good!!" Happy day.. :)
I really need to practice more though... what's that program at BYU where you talk with a native for an hour?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
tender mercies
I have been seeing the hand of God in my life a lot more recently. Recognizing it more. We went camping this weekend and it was super fun, and some things went wrong, but in the end it couldn't have worked out better and I really think we were blessed with safety and security. I could've crashed Becky's car twice, when I was driving it. But nothing happened. We could've tipped over or fallen off any of the roads, which were crazy winding dirty roads. When Trevor's car died down the mountain, we could've gone ahead and missed him, and without reception how would they have gotten down or contacted anyone? It got towed safely, they all were safe, they found a ride back to Provo. Incredible! There were just so many terrible things that could've happened but God kept us safe. I'm so glad we prayed before and after. I'm so grateful for friends that I can pray with and really believe I will be kept safe with. I'm so grateful for a Heavenly Father who blesses us continually with such safety and health.
Ha, every Sunday I get rejuvenated by church and want to become better and feel like yes, I can really do it this week. But then every week I fail again and again, fail to remember Him, fail to remember to try to be more charitable, etc. I really hope I can remember my goals this week and truly progress and begin the change to becoming a better person.
Ha, every Sunday I get rejuvenated by church and want to become better and feel like yes, I can really do it this week. But then every week I fail again and again, fail to remember Him, fail to remember to try to be more charitable, etc. I really hope I can remember my goals this week and truly progress and begin the change to becoming a better person.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
the happenings of summer
I feel like I'm having such a good summer. It's filled with doing tons of things, being independent, working and school and living on my own-- I'm lovin' it! I want to remember all the memories so I'll record them here...
I went to the Manti Pageant with some people from my ward. It's a couple hours away so we drove down and had fun chatting and such. Dan Hinckley is in my ward! (an old family friend) He was in my car so that was fun. 
It was "The Mormon Miracle Pageant" which basically was the story of Joseph Smith intermingled with the stories in the Book of Mormon, what the book is about and the important stories from it. You sit in this huge audience and the actors are on the hill of the Manti temple. The dialogue and music are prerecorded I believe, so you watch the action unfold as these little people run across the hill. 
It's really awesome how they choreograph it and such! It was so beautiful. They did a really good job and I enjoyed it a ton more than I thought I would, honestly. If you ever have a chance to see the Hill Cumorah pageant or any other one, do it! I highly recommend it!
Fourth of July weekend came next!
I had no idea it was such a huge deal in Provo! I started off by seeing the hot air balloons launch off way way way early in the morning... I missed the huge launch but I got to see a ton. It was cool! 
Then that night, people lined up all along University Ave, camped out since 3pm, and it was just a nonstop party. It's so they get a good spot to see the parade, but I think it's just a party excuse too. My friend Andy was throwin a party and it was siiiick. Huge screen with wii games/movies outside, food, dance party inside-- it was so fun! After we hit that up we walked around, found some floats parked in the BYU parking lot and took some pics but left so the cops wouldn't get mad. 
Then it started lightning and raining super hard which was way fun and looked so cool. Then Becky and I hit up the hospital for some late night treats.
On Saturday, the 4th, we went to SWEET TOMATOES for lunch/dinner which was BOMB.
Then we went to the Sugarhouse park in SLC for the fireworks!! I got some sweet pics and it was an awesome fireworks show. Then on Sunday we got to feed the ducks after church and chill. It was probably the best fourth of july holiday I've ever had.
Next up...
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was my first midnight showing ever and so much fun! Jamie had bought over 30 tickets so we waited in line with all our friends and it was so fun! I loved the movie, I thought it was the best one so far. I loved the dialogue and the funny teen love moments and how their acting has totally improved. Good work team! 
See if you can guess who everyone was dressed up as...
and finally....
CALIFORNIA!!!!!!!!!
Jamie stuck her name in the Wilk ride board and we got a ride to Riverside for the weekend! I had to take a midterm early (but I rocked it :D) and skip work and class but it was so worth it!! We visited April and had so much fun! The singles wards are hoppin' over there! On Friday night we went to a huge multi-stake regional dance, which was way fun, then afterwards we were like let's go to the beach! So we drove over to Santa Monica and hung out on the pier, where we met up with some other kids from the dance and this black guy was freestylin' about LDS singles kids and it was just so fun!! On Saturday we hung out at the beach allllll day! Boogie boardin', chillin, BBQ, bonfire with s'mores.. oh man! We met SO many awesome people-- they are so friendly and I felt so comfortable so quickly. It was an awesome weekend. :)
Until next time, kids!
I went to the Manti Pageant with some people from my ward. It's a couple hours away so we drove down and had fun chatting and such. Dan Hinckley is in my ward! (an old family friend) He was in my car so that was fun. 
It was "The Mormon Miracle Pageant" which basically was the story of Joseph Smith intermingled with the stories in the Book of Mormon, what the book is about and the important stories from it. You sit in this huge audience and the actors are on the hill of the Manti temple. The dialogue and music are prerecorded I believe, so you watch the action unfold as these little people run across the hill. 
It's really awesome how they choreograph it and such! It was so beautiful. They did a really good job and I enjoyed it a ton more than I thought I would, honestly. If you ever have a chance to see the Hill Cumorah pageant or any other one, do it! I highly recommend it!Fourth of July weekend came next!
I had no idea it was such a huge deal in Provo! I started off by seeing the hot air balloons launch off way way way early in the morning... I missed the huge launch but I got to see a ton. It was cool! 
Then that night, people lined up all along University Ave, camped out since 3pm, and it was just a nonstop party. It's so they get a good spot to see the parade, but I think it's just a party excuse too. My friend Andy was throwin a party and it was siiiick. Huge screen with wii games/movies outside, food, dance party inside-- it was so fun! After we hit that up we walked around, found some floats parked in the BYU parking lot and took some pics but left so the cops wouldn't get mad. 
Then it started lightning and raining super hard which was way fun and looked so cool. Then Becky and I hit up the hospital for some late night treats.On Saturday, the 4th, we went to SWEET TOMATOES for lunch/dinner which was BOMB.
Then we went to the Sugarhouse park in SLC for the fireworks!! I got some sweet pics and it was an awesome fireworks show. Then on Sunday we got to feed the ducks after church and chill. It was probably the best fourth of july holiday I've ever had.
Next up...
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was my first midnight showing ever and so much fun! Jamie had bought over 30 tickets so we waited in line with all our friends and it was so fun! I loved the movie, I thought it was the best one so far. I loved the dialogue and the funny teen love moments and how their acting has totally improved. Good work team! 
See if you can guess who everyone was dressed up as...
and finally....
CALIFORNIA!!!!!!!!!
Jamie stuck her name in the Wilk ride board and we got a ride to Riverside for the weekend! I had to take a midterm early (but I rocked it :D) and skip work and class but it was so worth it!! We visited April and had so much fun! The singles wards are hoppin' over there! On Friday night we went to a huge multi-stake regional dance, which was way fun, then afterwards we were like let's go to the beach! So we drove over to Santa Monica and hung out on the pier, where we met up with some other kids from the dance and this black guy was freestylin' about LDS singles kids and it was just so fun!! On Saturday we hung out at the beach allllll day! Boogie boardin', chillin, BBQ, bonfire with s'mores.. oh man! We met SO many awesome people-- they are so friendly and I felt so comfortable so quickly. It was an awesome weekend. :)
Until next time, kids!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Thank you Jason for helping out of my bad mood, making me realize what more there is to life, and revitalizing my desire to be kind to people.
Basically, I have the greatest little brother ever. He is such an example to me now. What an amazing kid. He just turned in his mission papers!! We might even know by next Wednesday where and when he's going! I can't wait!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Tons has happened! Harry Potter number six. California road trip. But all that's on my mind is how much I don't like people sometimes, and how much work I have to do.
Why are people so inconsiderate? Why are they so selfish and think the world revolves around themselves and expect you to do everything to their convenience. Ugh. People just suck, sometimes. Times like these I wish I was rich enough to live solo.
Why are people so inconsiderate? Why are they so selfish and think the world revolves around themselves and expect you to do everything to their convenience. Ugh. People just suck, sometimes. Times like these I wish I was rich enough to live solo.
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