Last birthday at home for two years!

Nineteen has never felt so wonderful. I probably feel that way because I've never been nineteen before, but now I'm officially eligible to enter the Lord's mission field as a representative of Him! I couldn't be more thrilled! My sister-in-law, Katie, bought this for me at the LDS bookstore to give to me on my birthday. I absolutely LOVE it! As a missionary in preparation,...

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Are you willing to "Go the Distance"?

The scene right before Hercules' "Go the Distance" and the song itself directly correlates to our journey back to God. Zeus told Hercules exactly what he needed to do to have the ability to live in his presence among the other gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus. Likewise, Heavenly Father has laid out every step for us to return to Him and live in His presence again someday. If...

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Doubting ourselves is one way the adversary takes advantage of us. Don’t let him. Defend your divinity by tuning him out and remembering you’re a son or daughter of a King who loves you no matter what. Satan gets a better grip on us each time we think poorly of ourselves. If we allow him the pleasure of taking away our individual worth, we grant him the power to essentially...

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Good ALWAYS Wins

My journal has been sitting on my desk, untouched, for months and months. So, I figured I’d pick it up and get a kick out of some of the entries. I had forgotten, however, that this particular journal was set aside for spiritual promptings and general conference notes. So I read anyways. Ten minutes and two paper-cuts later, I came to the notes I had taken on President Uchtdorf’s talk regarding the light of Christ in his conference address earlier...

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Humbled

I can’t believe I leave in seven weeks. It feels like just yesterday I opened up my mission call. Honestly, although I joked about getting called to Idaho or Utah, I never imagined I’d literally be called to one of the two states. Crazy, right? BYU-Idaho is where I’ll be attending when I return home from the Nampa mission. I find it intriguing that Heavenly Father would call me somewhere I’d be spending four years post-mission. I’m guessing...

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