Saturday, September 17, 2011

Wisdom Teeth

I got them out last Wednesday. It was a breeze, everyone got me worked up for nothing. It only took about 10 minutes to get them out once I was numb and they had filled out all my papers for the mission. I was a little loopy once I got the pain meds in me, and was in heaven when everyone stopped by with ice cream and love. I didn't even swell. The hardest part was being a girl who LOVES food and not being able to eat anything solid. It took me about 5 minutes to eat a little Ritz cracker, by the time I bit a chunk off and let it sog in my mouth and then finally swallowed it. I now know what it feels like to be my year old niece Gracie, except I think she could still beat me in an eating contest. Just one more step complete. My papers should go in Wednesday if all goes well.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

I'm a honey-dew

A code word for someone who wears a green BYU-Idaho Student Support polo. We were the "Honey-dos" this semester. I have said it over and over, but can I just tell you one more time how much I love Get Connected. This was my fourth time participating in the GC program, once as a new student my self , a volunteer the next semester, a mentor following that and then I topped it all of with being a council member. I am truly blessed to have had the opportunity to serve with some of BYU-Idaho's most wonderful people. I didn't realize what I was getting myself into when I told them I would be available to help the week of GC. I knew it would be a lot of work, but I never realized how much actually went into making this program what it was. We worked in the office for hours, days and weeks in order to get everything ready for 5000 new students. Early mornings, late nights, delicious food, games, meetings, and again more fun than I have ever had. I love the people I got to work with for one week more than I ever thought possible. Each one of them brought a special spirit and influenced my life in someway. I wish I could just record this whole week and then put it on here, then maybe, just maybe you could get a glimpse of just how blessed I truly am. I had to give the closing testimony at Spirit Conference. It was the testimony right before we watched the movie "His Hands" it makes me cry every time. I will never be able to repay what His hands did for me, but through this program I hope that my hands can start to become like those from Galilee. I am truly blessed. The spirit challenge is my favorite part of the whole process. I was a tempter this time around, and much to my dismay I was told more than once that I made the perfect devil. They gave us a list of things to say that would get them off the "Rod." These weren't things like drink this beer, or come to this party. They were suppose to be the small subtle thoughts that Satan gets us to believe everyday. My heart broke everytime I told a volunteer they weren't good enough and they will always be worthless, that no one cared and they were all alone. My heart broke because I could see in their face that they actually believed it. Finally the last person had made it past me, I went to the top and waited with open arms to welcome them home. It helped me see what it is like for our Heavenly Father to watch us let go of the rod, and wander, but then when we hold on he will be there waiting with open arms waiting to welcome US home. How did I get to be so blessed. I never thought I would love new students as much as I do, but I love them so much. And might I add we had an excellent crop of delicious new freshmen boys. Ugh. Just in time for mission papers. Typical.