The Story.

Folks. Ladies. Gents. Dudes. Dudettes. I just would like to formally announce to the blogging world that I have decided that I will be serving an LDS mission. I bet most of you are rather shocked and surprised because I had no idea I was going to until approximately 11:00 on Saturday morning. Never even crossed my mind. So here is the story of how I decided I was going to go on a mission. Me and my cousin Holly were at the st. george marathon on Saturday morning and we were waiting to cheer on some friends who were running and we were near the finish line so we had to wait and then hustle back home to catch the end of the first session. So we are walking up the street to the car and some girl Holly knew told us the news that girls could now go on missions when they are 19. I was blown away. I have never ever EVER considered going on a mission. Never really wanted to or thought about it too extensively. But Holly on the other hand has always wanted to go and was planning to go all along when she turned 21. So she was flipping out in the car and so excited and she called her sister Emily and told her to turn on conference and rewind it to when president Monson made the announcement so she could know if this was all just a rumor or if it was true. It was true lol. So she is way excited and I am just sitting in the car not saying much. I was mostly just thinking well Holly is my roommate and if she leaves then I will have to get a new one or something and I don't really want to do that. I was just trying to figure out what to do now because we had made so many plans for this year and the spring. So we got to her house and I went to the bathroom because I had to go. When I was washing my hands I was like I have never really asked heavenly father if he wants me to go on a mission. I have never even opened up my heart to the idea. So I just neeled down in the bathroom and said a prayer and basically just said that if this is what I needed to do and if this was what my heavenly father needed my to do then I would do it. Then I started to cry at this point so I knew the answer was yes that I needed to go.   So I came out of the bathroom at this point haha! And told Holly and my Aunt Sheryl that I would be leaving pretty soon too! They were both so excited! And I was still crying lol. I then told my mother and she cried. And Aunt Sheryl was bawling all over the place. Me and Holly will be the first girls in our families to go on missions. Both sides of our families!!! I told my dad later that night after he got home from the priesthood session and he was really excited and proud of me. I called and told James today too and he was pretty blown away and excited for me. And me and Holly told our grandparents today too and they were so excited for us! It is just a really big adjustment because I was not planning on this at all but I am excited and have a desire to go and we will both be starting our papers really soon! Peace and blessings y'all!