So this is a post I've been taking my time to make.
I'm going to be saying a lot in this post, so brace yourself ;)
So I only have a month left of my first semester of college. What!?! It's so crazy! But I'm happy. I've come a long way and I've been through a lot. I'm proud of myself :) My classes this semester have been awesome and really good for me. I can't wait till next semester! I'm taking English, Courtship & Marriage, Human Development, Math 1010 and an Institute class, but I'm not sure which one! College has been good for me. Even though I miss my family like CRAZY every single day, I know that this is where I need to be in my life right now, and I need to start living for me and take my own life a little off the path of my families and do what my Heavenly Father needs me to.
I only have one more week till Thanksgiving break and I cannot wait!! I am so excited to be with my family (both sides) and see my cousins! I've missed them all so much! That's the last week I'll be spending real time with Brady before he leaves. I hope it's the best week ever! :)
"See you later Snow College (in 3 weeks!)" :/
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So last week, my roommates and I went out to dinner and while eating, we decided we wanted to take a random trip down south! :) It was only 7:00 p.m. and so we had time to go and make it back for class at 10:30 (9:30 for my roommates). It was Kiera, Mars, Whitney & I that went. We drove down to SUU to visit some friends and say hello and just be in more of a city area than Ephraim is! It was way fun! We visited some of Whitney's friends, and then one of Mars' friends let us stay at their place for the night. We headed back in the morning and made it just in time for class :) It was way fun, such an adventure and one I'm glad I went on! Here are some photos of the experience!
"See you later SUU!" :)**********
I went home this last weekend. It was really good for me. I've been in Ephraim way too long (at least for me) and I needed to get out! Jade & I left at about 10:00 in the morning and headed for West Jordan!! I was so excited when we reached the point of the mountain! I love my home and my family and my dog, and Brady and my friends. I got home early and was able to enjoy a lot more time than I would if I left at usual time, with Brady! As soon as I got home I just hugged and kissed my dog lots and was so happy to see him :)
He is my best friend ;) He's my pal and I miss seeing him all the time! Anyway, I spent time with Brady and then came home early and visited with my family and hungout with them. It was nice and I loved every minute of it.Saturday I just spent time with Brady and his family and we just hungout and watched some movies :)
Sunday came and we went to our dear friend, Quinn's farewell. It was awesome! I have a friend named Tait that I've known since the 8th grade and he was speaking before Quinn in the same Sacrament meeting. It was awesome. They both did such a GREAT job! They both cried, which I loved. Haha, but they both felt the Spirit and are truly excited to go and you can just tell. Quinn cried and just was so grateful and happy everyone came out to support him that could. It was nice to see him and go to farewells. I miss church. I haven't gone in a long time! I'm so grateful for missionaries and their example and Spirit :)
"See you later home (and Quinn!)" :)*********************
Well I've been going through a lot lately. And especially spiritually. My friend Megan's sister-in-law is doing a Read With Me Challenge and she has us reading the Book of Mormon everyday, just ten pages starting in 1 Nephi. I knew this was what I needed, an answer to my prayer. I've been doing it and it's been amazing for me! I got behind a little bit this weekend and ended up having to read twenty pages last night just to be caught up. I prayed so much during it because I felt unfocused and didn't want to read. I knew that this meant I needed to stay on top of my reading and that I needed to make it important in my life.
Some of my favorite verses I read last night are:
" 30 Rejoice, O my aheart, and cry unto the Lord, and say: O Lord, I will praise thee forever; yea, my soul will rejoice in thee, my God, and the brock of my salvation.
33 O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around in the robe of thy arighteousness! O Lord, wilt thou make a way for mine escape before mine benemies! Wilt thou make my path straight before me! Wilt thou not place a stumbling block in my way—but that thou wouldst clear my way before me, and hedge not up my way, but the ways of mine enemy.
35 Yea, I know that God will give aliberally to him that asketh. Yea, my God will give me, if I bask cnot amiss; therefore I will lift up my voice unto thee; yea, I will cry unto thee, my God, the drock of my erighteousness. Behold, my voice shall forever ascend up unto thee, my rock and mine everlasting God. Amen."
(2 Nephi 4)
"3 For the Lord shall acomfort bZion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her cwilderness like dEden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody."
(2 Nephi 8)
"13 O how great the aplan of our God! For on the other hand, the bparadise of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver up the body of the righteous; and the spirit and the body is crestored to itself again, and all men become incorruptible, and dimmortal, and they are living souls, having a eperfect fknowledge like unto us in the flesh, save it be that our knowledge shall be perfect."
(2 Nephi 9)
" 20 And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God has given us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us remember him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our heads, for we are not cast off; nevertheless, we have been adriven out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a bbetter land, for the Lord has made the sea our cpath, and we are upon an disle of the sea.
(2 Nephi 4)
"3 For the Lord shall acomfort bZion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her cwilderness like dEden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody."
(2 Nephi 8)
"13 O how great the aplan of our God! For on the other hand, the bparadise of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver up the body of the righteous; and the spirit and the body is crestored to itself again, and all men become incorruptible, and dimmortal, and they are living souls, having a eperfect fknowledge like unto us in the flesh, save it be that our knowledge shall be perfect."
(2 Nephi 9)
" 20 And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God has given us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us remember him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our heads, for we are not cast off; nevertheless, we have been adriven out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a bbetter land, for the Lord has made the sea our cpath, and we are upon an disle of the sea.
21 But great are the promises of the Lord unto them who are upon the aisles of the sea; wherefore as it says isles, there must needs be more than this, and they are inhabited also by our brethren.
22 For behold, the Lord God has aled away from time to time from the house of Israel, according to his will and pleasure. And now behold, the Lord remembereth all them who have been broken off, wherefore he remembereth us also.
I loved everything that I read last night. It was so good. I know I need to Spirit of the Lord. My apartment finally got a copy of the General Conference edition and I cannot wait to read it!
Neither "farewell or see you laters" to the scriptures! You're here to stay forever! :)
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After a crazy weekend, I came back to school Monday morning and my mother came with me. I loved driving to Ephraim just me and my mother. We had an awesome conversation. I love spending time with my mom and just talking to her. She was able to come inside and see my apartment and where I live and it was nice. I loved it!
I wasn't wanting to be in Ephraim just yet for one more week. Mondays in Ephraim are the worst! But, I had to be there and I knew it would go by fast. Around 10:30 I was sitting in my math class and my phone started ringing. It was a 435 number and I knew it was something with the college. So I walked out of class and answered it. It was a man who interviewed me for a computer job in the Library and he was calling me to tell me that he was offering me the job and that I should stop by to fill out some paperwork! I was stoked! I've been waiting for about 3 weeks to hear a response and I got the job!! Basically, I work any hours at the Library and I sit on a computer and self-teach the programs on there and if a student is using it and needs help, then I help them. Basically, it's going to be a fun job and I get paid pretty well :) It turned out to be a great day!
"See you later unemployed Ashley!" :)
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I can't believe how fast life is going and before you know it, Brady will be home from his mission :) Goodness I can't believe he's leaving in just three weeks. Some days I feel sad but I have a wonderful friend named Megan who has been helping me a lot. I know I can turn to her for anything, and for that I'm eternally grateful! She wrote me some things in an email I sent her that really got me thinking of how I should start living my life and how much I need to start depending on the Lord. I know this experience with Brady leaving and finals will be hard but I know it'll be a good one and definitely for my benefit.
Anyway, I had a good weekend and learned a lot. Brady is going through the Temple on Saturday and I'm proud of him! A post and pictures will be coming up soon for that as well.
"See you soon (and later in 3 weeks) Babe!!" :) :) :) :*
That's what's been going on in my neck of the woods!!
How's life for you?
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