Shopping Woes

If you know me, you know that I love shopping for shoes.  Especially cute summery strappy heels that I think just look so adorable, and that I love to wear to church and other fun events.  You should also know that I love being crafty, and that Roberts and Michaels are two of my favorite stores (Trent calls them my "other boyfriends").  So when I went to Famous Footwear and Roberts today, (especially when Roberts was having a 50% off your entire purchase between the hours of 9 and 10 am) I should have been absolutely ecstatic.  But I wasn't.

Why?

Well, I attribute it to this small little thing call going on a mission.  All of a sudden, I realize I'm not going to be wearing the cute summery strappy heels for 18 months.  I also am not going to have time to be crafty (at least in the way I am used to).  So when my sisters are shopping for shoes, I glance over at the Skechers and think, well, those might work for Peru, but I don't know.  And when my mom is being all crafty in Roberts, I try to think of what projects I would even be able to do before I leave that would benefit me.  I don't see a point in even looking right now.

Later that afternoon I paid a visit to the Sister Missionary Mall in Orem.  At least then I felt justified in looking at the shoes...

Mission? You want me to do what???

I had the realization that I'm going to be sent to Peru after having only 3 weeks of Spanish.  

Once I get to Peru, I'll spend another 6 weeks in the MTC there (I found out today it's called the CCM or the Centro de Capacitación Misional).  I realize that there will be people there to help me out.  But it still seems kind of crazy to me.  It's a good thing the Lord is on my side, because there is absolutely no way I could do this without Him.  

3 weeks??? Only with the Lord :)

Here's a picture of the Lima Peru temple.  I'll hopefully get to visit it as a missionary in the "CCM".  Apparently it's about a 30-minute walk from the Peruvian MTC.  I think it's very pretty :)

What a week!

I'm up in Canada right now, and I love it :)

Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity to go through the Cardston Temple to receive my endowment.  It was an amazing experience.  I had my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and a couple of my cousins with me.  It was neat because I hadn't seen hardly any of my family before going to the temple, and the first time I saw most of them was in the chapel, waiting to start the session.  I thought it was really neat too to see my cousin Robbie who just got home from the California Arcadia mission, and to have him be there with me and the rest of my family as I went through for the first time.

Afterwards, my family went over to my Aunt Carol's house where she had some ice cream cake from Dairy Queen.  It was yummy!  Robbie and I were able to talk some more about missions and Spanish and about how awesome they both are.  Life is just great!   

I have had many amazing experiences this week, from opening my mission call to going through the temple.  The Lord is real, and he loves me.  Isn't that awesome?!?

Oh yeah.

I'm only going to the PERU PIURA MISSION!!!!

On November 3rd, I will report to Provo MTC for 3 weeks, and then I'll go down to the Peruvian MTC for the remainder of my stay in the Missionary Training Center.

I'll write more about the whole thing later.  It's been a rather emotionally exhausting day.  But I know that this is where I'm supposed to go.  And I absolutely cannot wait!

Um...

MY MISSION CALL IS HERE!!!!!!!

Things are so close!

This whole experience of waiting for a mission call/getting ready to go through the temple has been a roller coaster.  Some days I feel like everything's gonna work out the way I want it to, but other times I get scared.  It really is quite the growing opportunity.  It's been interesting to see though, that as I end this period of waiting for my mission call, how things have slowly fallen into place.  I kind of wish I could just show you how my life has gone up and down since I decided to serve a mission, but unfortunately, that technology has yet to be invented.  It has been an awesome experience though, and I am excited for the adventure to continue.

P.S.-hopefully the next post will reveal where I'm going!!!

Waiting...and waiting...and wishing....and waiting...

This morning, I woke up thinking it was Sunday.  Yes! I thought.  I have my appointment with my stake president today and then my papers will be turned in!!! I was very happy...until I remembered it was only Saturday...

I feel as if I will have a much better idea of what I need to plan for and when I need to plan for it once I get my call.  Until then, it's kind of been an "Oh, I think I might be around for that, but I'm not sure," or a "Well, I might need that for my mission...but I don't know yet."  

I hope to have my call before the end of the month.  I'm kind of thinking wishfully and hoping I will have it in 2 weeks.  Well, here's to waiting, and waiting, and wishing, and waiting some more...