Well, two weeks ago, we had stake conference and for the adult session I got to conduct the music and the special musical number!! It was so much fun. I almost forgot how much I LOVE doing it. Music is just such a special thing. I read somewhere that "music is what feelings sound like" and it's totally true. It has a was of expressing the inexpressible and communicating. Good music has the amazing power of inviting the Spirit, more than almost anything else. That week I also made some delicious chocolate-chip cookies with my friend Mark.
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| {Mark and I} |
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| {the delicious cookies we made} |
Last week was a really fantastic week as well.
On Tuesday had a dentist appointment an then went straight to devotional. I was sitting there by myself when two rather attractive guys asked me if they could sit next to me. In my I'm like 'yes!!!!!!', but then I came to the realization that have my face was still pretty numb and I could neither smile nor speak properly...dang it! So I just kind of mumbled and half-smiled and hoped that they didn't think I was a total idiot. Oh well, I guess it just wasn't meant to be :P
On Wednesday, I was standing in line at Subway and I happened to glance at the guy behind me in line and I was like 'whoa, I recognize him'. who was it? you may ask. well, it happened to be one of my brother's companions who had just gotten home. why did I recognize him? because Matthew had sent a picture of them to me and told me to keep an eye out for him. So I awkwardly asked if he was who I thought he was and he says 'you must be Emma'. Huge sigh or relief there. I was afraid he wouldn't recognize me and just think that I was a total creeper. We talked while we waited in line and it turns out he's a pretty cool kid.
For Spanish class, for a cultural activity, I watched 'La Misma Luna' or (en ingles) 'Under the Same Moon'. It's a really fantastic movie that gives you a whole different perspective on immigration. It is also very touching and I'm pretty sure I teared-up at least once. I definitely recommend it.
Thursday was our 3200 Third Thursday, which was fantastic (as always).
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| {us and our ridiculousness :) } |
Last Friday I had the wonderful opportunity to go with Graham, one of my RA friends, to the MTC and volunteer in the TRC. That's where missionaries who are learning a foreign language go and they get to practice by teaching volunteers in that language. It was a really great experience and a wonderful opportunity to work on my Spanish and help the missionaries out a little bit. There is such a beautiful
spirit in the MTC among the missionaries.
Speaking of missionaries, my brother gets home in 25 days!!!!!!!!!
I saw this video and I'm pretty sure I teared up a little bit:
This week in Human Development we talked about worth in connection with self. Dr. Nelson reminded us that we have worth because we are children of a loving Heavenly Father. Nothing we do can rob us of our intrinsic and eternal worth.
Last Saturday I went to the BYU vs. ISU game with my cousins Cathy and Richard to watch my cousin Dustyn cheer for ISU. And then on Sunday Cathy and I went over to Richard's for dinner (Richard made some really yummy chicken enchiladas).
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| {Cathy, Dustyn, me, and Richard at the game} |
This past Tuesday I tried a new recipe for cinnamon roll cake. It was so good!!! luckily I was on duty that night so I could pawn it off on people or else I might have eaten way more of it than I should have.
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| {cinammony, glazed goodness... yum} |
Wednesday night was the traditional Helaman Halls RA Thriller dance-off! I was so much fun to do and our make-up and costumes were pretty sweet. I also got my hand mixer in the mail!! It makes me feel so legit :P and I'm really excited to try some new recipes.
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| {us, doin our thing. you know, being zombies} |
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| {us, being cute :) } |
RA class on Thursday was fantastic! We had a beautiful discussion about upcoming missionary week here and about missionary work in general. One of the hall advisers had a quote that included the phrase "pray as a missionary prays" and it really got me thinking about how I'm doing and how I can be better. I went the the TRC again yesterday and that was also a topic that came up. We discussed prayer and revelation in the first two discussions and then the last companionship of missionaries that we had taught us about the Restoration of the Gospel, but it was different than any discussion about the Restoration I have ever heard. They focused on the love of God and that the Restoration was a manifestation of that love that He has for us. He loves us so much and wants to bless us. Like Joseph Smith, all we need to do is ask.
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| {trees :) } |
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| {the beauties of Autumn} |
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