lets swap.

so, last monday we had our ward opening social! haha, this usually isn't very exciting, we eat some food, meet some people, and the most important event, we get put into our fhe groups. this semester they decided to make it a little bit more exciting than just shouting out "nauvoo ### is with brooklyn ###" so the saturday before people came around and asked three people in each apt some random type questions. and they did the same for the boys. and then they typed them up, gave them to the apt you were to be in an fhe group with and made you run around the gym trying to figure out which group was yours by asking the boys (or girls, if you were a boys apartment) if any of them had answered the answers on your sheet. (sorry for that really bad explanation of what happened, i'm not sure there is a simple way to explain it. haha.) but so they called our apartment and we got our paper and so i read it ...
1. This boys car is a 1996 mustang.
2. This boy wishes he could make a career out of living in the woods.
3. This boy is a social work major.
and instantly, i knew. 1. buddy, 2. zach, 3. matt ..... we were with the same fhe boys we had last semester. what? i mean, don't get me wrong, we love these boys! but, it is just fun to get a new fhe group, and get to spend time with people you haven't already spent every monday in a semester with. so, needless to say, we were a little bummed. how in the world had this happened? when we got home from the activity we decided to try our hand at getting a new group. we didn't think it would ever happen, but we decided to try anyways. we started off by visiting one of the fhe coordinators, who informed us that she actually had nothing to do with assigning fhe groups, and that she thought the bishopric did all of that. so, we pondered, and pondered and decided our best course of action was to call brother kuhns, the second counselor. now, we decided on brother kuhns because it is a well known fact that, we are his favorites. :) we decided that all of a sudden we had a pretty good chance of this actually happening. so we called him on up and he informed us that it was JUST THE BISHOP who put together the fhe groups. hopes shattered! we thought for sure that bishop was going to tell us to just suck it up and accept the will of the Lord. we prepared ourselves for disappointment. three days later we get a phone call. from brother kuhns. he tells us he did his best, and that he warned us not to get our hopes up (we were set for failure) but it was okay if we'd gotten them up because bishop changed our group!!!! what?!? seriously?!?! we could not believe it! we were so happy. so we swapped out nauvoo 304 for nauvoo 301! i am pretty excited! i think it is going to be an excellent semester for fhe!

scripture of the day:
Jacob 5:59 And this I do that, perhaps, the roots thereof may take strength because of their goodness; and because of the change of the branches, that the good may overcome the evil.

today i am thankful for:
* change.
* blessings from the Lord.
* bishopric members who do their best to help you.

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time for change?

so, first day of school i am sitting in my d&c class, listening to my teacher teach. everything he said was so powerful. everything he taught made me feel so ... excited. as i sat there watching him teach i thought to myself, "that would be the most amazing job." and then from somewhere else i heard someone say, "you could do that." i didn't even think anything of it. i went on with my day. my last class that day was one of my MAJOR major classes and i sat there the whole time thinking to myself ... i don't want to do this. this does not sound like what i want to be doing or teaching. but, i just tried to suck it up and keep going. but, the rest of the day i kept thinking back to my d&c class. i could not get it out of my mind. then, tuesday, i woke up and headed to my classes. my second class was another MAJOR major class and again, i sat there feeling so bad, feeling like everything they were talking about were things that i didn't want to teach or do. what? what was this? where was this feeling coming from? i was so completely confused. and that d&c class kept coming to my mind, and those words, "you could do that," wouldn't leave my mind. so i did some pondering, called my mother, went and spoke to some people, and wednesday i dropped most of my classes and got all new ones. that's right people. in the course of two days. and with much thought, much deliberation, some worries, and a whole lot of faith ... i changed my major. i am no longer a family & consumer science education major, but i am in fact a university studies major with a minor in home & family, general education, and spanish ... and the end goal? i hope to be a seminary teacher. i am taking an intro to teaching seminary class and i must admit, it is completely amazing. i love it so much, and every day i go to class and leave feeling like i am exactly where i am supposed to be. i am really happy about the change, even though it popped out of no where and completely threw me off guard. looks like sometimes the plans we make for ourselves aren't the plans the Lord has for us.

scripture of the day:
Psalms 37: 4-5 Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

today i am thankful for:
* prayer.
* promptings from the holy ghost.
* powerful teachers.

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well, its that time again ...

i'm sure you have all been waiting with baited breathe for the first blog of the semester. if that's the case then you most likely passed out a long time ago due to lack of oxygen. sorry it's taken so long!! this semester has already been so crazy, yet so wonderful! i arrived in rexburg officially on the 8th of september. lauren and i moved in (most of our stuff). we had some things in a storage unit belonging to our former roommate caty, now known as the beautiful mrs. jolley. we got all that we could unpacked. visited the grocery store. and met one of the new roomies. i didn't get my room fully unpacked and set up until sunday, and between thursday and saturday the rest of our old/new roomies showed. we have a great bunch this semester! i am excited! as per usual, here are some photos of my room:

the letter picture i made last semester.

in previous semesters i have roomed with stephanie, but we decided to change it up a little and so i am rooming with lauren this semester. we decided our room needed a little more pizazz and rearranged the whole thing. i really like it the way that it is right now. it's different, but works really well actually. i am really excited for the rest of this semester and hope it is as good as i think it will be!

scripture of the day:
Isaiah 19:20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

today i am thankful for:
* good friends and roomies.
* an amazing ward where i know people and feel comfortable.
* cool weather that isn't too cold yet.

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