My Farewell Talk

Hello family and friends!

As many of you know I gave my farewell talk on January 12th. Here it is if you missed it.

Attitude of Gratitude

November has come and gone and gratitude has filled me for the many blessings I have. Here are some  of the things I am grateful for (in no particular order):
My amazing and supportive family
The temples and especially so many in Utah
Covenants I have made with the Lord
The Atonement of Jesus Christ
My house, electricity, internet, cable, phone
My car with its many features
Time with my family
The ability to go to school an  learn more
I am grateful I can dance ad I can still learn more
My testimony
The opportunity to serve a mission
Amazing friends and teachers
My job and mentored research
FOOD
Church leaders
Book of Mormon
Clothes
Heated and filtered water
Doctors, modern medicine and natural oils
The testimonies  of my family and friends

I love the many things I am blessed  with. I recently finished reading The Continuous Atonement by Brad Wilcox and it has expanded my love and understanding of not  only the Atonement  and the blessings associated with it but the whole Plan of Salvation as well. I would encourage you to read it if you need and extra boost.

This month I have also rediscovered my love for music. I love Yiruma`s River Flows In You. It is such beautiful piece of music an  has a great flow. It also has.  Beautiful easy arrangement that's helps me play it.

Hallmark and  lifetime have started playing cute Christmas movies. I love watching them and the spirit of Christams they share.

I am so grateful for my friends serving missions and I am so excited to serve with them. The Lord has  blessed my life  in more ways than I can express and I am grateful and excited to share His love with others.

I know the Lord has a plan for everyone and everything and as we put our faith in Him, He will bless our lives in ways we could never dream of. I know life is hard, and as we turn to Him, He will help us and never  leave us alone. He loves us more than we understand. he loves us through everything. He is our father. He wants a relationship with us, He wants to know YOU. If your relationship that isn't what it could be, I invite you to start today. Pray, give thanks, if you don't know what to say, just talk about things that make you happy or sad. It will get easier if it is awkward. If you have a good relationship with Heavenly Father, I invite you to pray out loud, by yourself sometime this week.

If you want to see a great and inspirational movie go see Saratov Approach. It's a movie about missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It is an amazing  movies. So look for it in a theater near you.

Families are of God

I love spending time with my family. My family is very important to me. That being said it isn't always easy to love my family. Some of the most important things in my life are thing I've worked hard for. A good relationship with my family is one of those things. Challenges in my life have me a much better person although they haven't been fun and usually I complain about my challenge. Some of the things I love to do with members of my family are:
Go to soccer games with my dad. Quilt, and crochet with my mom. Go shopping, watch and quote stupid movies with my sister. Playing games with my brothers. I love playing with my nephew. He has such a big imagination and he makes me smile.
I love that we came to Earth as part of a plan and that we are in families here. We don't have to do it alone. Life with family isn't easy and we are here to learn. I am so grateful for all the things I have learned from my family. What are some of the things you're grateful for?

Another cute video

This is one of my favorite videos the church has done. take a minute and watch it (seriously it's only a minute long)

Family... isn't it about, time

I love the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ADs. They are creative, clean and usually funny. Here is one about the church.

   

 I would also like to share this video so watch it. It's only takes a couple minutes and it will change your life.

  

General Conference

The day after I opened my mission call was general conference. General Conference is when prophets speak to the Church members all over the world. It was such a great 4 sessions and I heard the Priesthood session was amazing as well. The week or so previous the Prophets also spoke held a general Releif Society meeting and it was marvelous to hear God's message for us TODAY. Here are some awesome printable quotes from courtneyaitken@blogspot.com

sus I am so happy and excited to share the gospel of JeChrist.

Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work

I have been called to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the California San Fernando Mission. I go to the Provo MTC on February 12th 2014 and I will be speaking English.

I am so excited for this new journey in my life. I know it will be hard and worth every second. To watch me open my mission press play below. I can't wait for this exciting time in my life and i'm excited to share it with all of you.