We need to choose now to change and arise and shine forth. If we don't do it now, when will we? When it's convenient? Well, its never convenient. Our time is 'chipping' away. At Youth Conference this summer, we were in Pittsburgh, PA with 8 other stakes. In one of classes we were able to take there, the teacher told us that we know that 1000 yrs on earth = 1 day in heaven. So, if we break it down, a 75 year life span on earth = 2.2 hours in heaven. Think about how short of a time that is. That's just enough time for us to take a final exam in school. And that's really what our time on earth is, a test to see if we will choose to follow Christ and to stand as a witness of Him at ALL times, in ALL things, and in ALL places. When we get back to heaven, we're going to realize how short of a time we actually were here on Earth based on eternity, and wish that we had made the most of each second. We might say, "Wait, I'm doing good, I'm not a bad person, why do I need to change?" However, the greatest enemy to great, is good. If we're already doing good, whats the need to be better?
3 Nephi 12:48
"Therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect."
Although we all sin and make mistakes, we can be perfected through Christ, after ALL we can do. If we don't change from good, to great, we're not doing ALL we can do. Sister Dalton told us that we must choose to give up the life we have planned, so the Lord can give us the life He has planned for us. This year, He has called us to Arise and Shine Forth, that our light may be a standard for the nations. We can't just blend in to the world any more. We can't give into peer pressure. Last year I was in my English class when my professor asked stood up and asked the class who really believed that the world was created in 7 days. I sat there, too shy to say anything. This year, I don't want to be afraid or ashamed to share what I know to be true with my friends or even those I don't know well. I know that I need to put all my trust in the Lord and not doubt Him, but have complete faith in Him, and his work.
Doctrine and Covenants 100:4-8
"Therefore, I , the Lord, have suffered you to come unto this place; for thus it was expedient in me for the salvation of souls. Therefore, verily I say unto you, lift up your voices unto this people; speak the thoughts that I shall put into your hearts, and you shall not be confounded before men; For it shall be given you in the very hour, yea, in the very moment, what ye shall say. But a commandment I give unto you, that ye shall declare whatsoever thing ye declare in my name, in solemnity of heart, in the spirit of meekness, in all things. And I give unto you this promise, that inasmuch as ye do this the Holy Ghost shall be shed forth in bearing record unto all things whatsoever ye shall say."
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
When I Least Expected it....
May 19, 2012
We, our ward youth, were at a dance in Cleveland, OH. It was very boring, at least I was very bored. Anyways, I sat down in the back of the gym with Miranda basically the entire time. However, on the third to last slow song, (they were right in a row) Adam surprised me and asked me to dance. Adam. The same guy, who when I was 12, 13, and 14... I had a crush on, and who liked me back. The same guy, who turned 16 and realized I was too young, cuz I couldn't date yet anyways... The same guy who kissed me when I wouldn't make the 'pteradactyl noise.' The same guy who says everything that he thinks. The same guy who I kept telling myself to stop liking and just move on. The same guy who is the best guy I have ever met. But of course, I wasn't exactly thinking about all of that when he asked me to dance. And when we were dancing, and he said, "I still like you..." all my dreams came true... when I least expected it. He asked if I reciprocated any of those feelings, and I said, "... a bit..." Obviously I was still in shock and trying to comprehend everything....
Since then we've pretty much just been at step three, good friends who really like each other...:) But it has been good... even if that's an awkward step.
Adam is going off to BYU at the end of August, and turns 19 on October 30... So hopefully by January he'll be heading off on his mission to someplace... when he gets back though I'll be 19 so probably not married by then:) But if nothing ends up coming of this, at least we were able to become really good friends, and be better because of it. :)
We, our ward youth, were at a dance in Cleveland, OH. It was very boring, at least I was very bored. Anyways, I sat down in the back of the gym with Miranda basically the entire time. However, on the third to last slow song, (they were right in a row) Adam surprised me and asked me to dance. Adam. The same guy, who when I was 12, 13, and 14... I had a crush on, and who liked me back. The same guy, who turned 16 and realized I was too young, cuz I couldn't date yet anyways... The same guy who kissed me when I wouldn't make the 'pteradactyl noise.' The same guy who says everything that he thinks. The same guy who I kept telling myself to stop liking and just move on. The same guy who is the best guy I have ever met. But of course, I wasn't exactly thinking about all of that when he asked me to dance. And when we were dancing, and he said, "I still like you..." all my dreams came true... when I least expected it. He asked if I reciprocated any of those feelings, and I said, "... a bit..." Obviously I was still in shock and trying to comprehend everything....
Since then we've pretty much just been at step three, good friends who really like each other...:) But it has been good... even if that's an awkward step.
Adam is going off to BYU at the end of August, and turns 19 on October 30... So hopefully by January he'll be heading off on his mission to someplace... when he gets back though I'll be 19 so probably not married by then:) But if nothing ends up coming of this, at least we were able to become really good friends, and be better because of it. :)
First Kisss?!?!?!
Journal Entry
March 20, 2012
I was given my first kiss by ADAM!!!!! I don't know whether to laugh or cry. It was stolen...because I wouldn't make a 'pteradactyl noise.' It wasn't because he liked me, or even wanted to he just felt like he needed to because he said that he would if I didn't make the noise, just assuming that I'd eventually make the noise. I didn't. Not because I wanted him to kiss me, but because I was totally scared of both actually, making the noise and the kiss itself. To make matters worse, this happened with all my siblings as a witness, Miranda, Danielle, and Ira!! I couldn't exactly run away either cause I was trapped in the car. I feel so mixed up inside. Why can't I be more social and not self conscious! I HATE IT!!! But on the other hand, I like being kinda quiet... However, now whenever I hear a car alarm, or see him... I think of that night. For Danielle's 8th grade choir class I'm playing 'Kiss the Girl' from The Little Mermaid... I don't think I'd be able to possibly play that song without smiling. Is that bad?! That I think I like what happened that night much more than I did then? Especially since I felt so messed up then... I don't know...
Looking back on this... It's actually extremely funny... good memories :)
March 20, 2012
I was given my first kiss by ADAM!!!!! I don't know whether to laugh or cry. It was stolen...because I wouldn't make a 'pteradactyl noise.' It wasn't because he liked me, or even wanted to he just felt like he needed to because he said that he would if I didn't make the noise, just assuming that I'd eventually make the noise. I didn't. Not because I wanted him to kiss me, but because I was totally scared of both actually, making the noise and the kiss itself. To make matters worse, this happened with all my siblings as a witness, Miranda, Danielle, and Ira!! I couldn't exactly run away either cause I was trapped in the car. I feel so mixed up inside. Why can't I be more social and not self conscious! I HATE IT!!! But on the other hand, I like being kinda quiet... However, now whenever I hear a car alarm, or see him... I think of that night. For Danielle's 8th grade choir class I'm playing 'Kiss the Girl' from The Little Mermaid... I don't think I'd be able to possibly play that song without smiling. Is that bad?! That I think I like what happened that night much more than I did then? Especially since I felt so messed up then... I don't know...
Looking back on this... It's actually extremely funny... good memories :)
My dating career ;)
So for all the many people who follow this blog.... lol... I'm going to give you an update...
Well I can't really sum up a whole 2 years, but I'll put some key points.....
My dad turned 40!!! hahaha :)
I turned 16!!!!! I have officially been on 2 dates since then. And the first one doesn't even count cuz I asked him to go on a double date with me so Miranda could go with Adam for her birthday.... It was a fun experience. Oh btw, I went with Chris LaRachelle. So, I had to plan the whole thing, cuz it was my birthday present to Miranda kinda. Anyways, when Adam and Chris arrived at our house, we had a treasure hunt set up for them, with fun games along the way. The best one was where we wrote stories by each starting our own and then passing it to the next person to add a few more sentences to it. It was hilarious, we ended up with some crazy stories! Anyways, then we went to Dennys for lunch. Our waiter was funny, she just sat down at our table and made herself right at home. By the end of lunch, she had given all of us, or maybe it was just Adam, I can't remember, nicknames. After lunch, we went to Giant Eagle and split up with our dates and collected fifteen items each, we then switched carts and whatever group put everything in the cart back first, won. Chris and I won :) Then we went to dunkn' donuts and got hot chocolate and donuts. Overall it was a great day.
The second date I went on was with Jacob Cardon. It was the night of the etiquette dinner, about a week or two before modest prom, and a lot of the girls in the ward were getting nervous that none of the guys would ask anyone. Right before leaving the church to go get icecream with Adam and Jacob Cardon though, Jacob Crawford, comes up to our group and says, "Hey so make sure you're all at seminary tomorrow, cuz somethings gonna happen okay?" and we're all like, okayyy.... So then we get in the car to go to East Coast Custard for Icecream. Miranda, Danielle, and Adam are in his car, and Jacob and I are in my car with the three younger boys who are chatting away in the back seat. Well anyways, here's how the conversation went pretty much.
"So Cami.... when's modest prom?"
"In just over a week."
"Oh. Okay..."
Silence
Jacob - "Yeah, I still need a date."
"Oh."
"Hey, are you going with anyone?"
"No."
"Maybe you could go with me?"
Me looking over at him to see if he's just kidding...
"Okay, yeah, I'd like that!"
haha so kinda lame, but really funny at the same time cuz I could tell he was REALLLLLY nervous.
The next morning: we awoke to our mom trying to get us up cuz we were late to school, so that means we also missed seminary. Crap. Miranda and I were both excited to see what Jacob was going to do. We were almost positive that he was going to ask Cheyanne to Prom.
The next morning at seminary: We asked Jordan if anything unusual happened at seminary the day before. She wasn't there either though, so she didn't know. So we asked Alexis who said that Jacob hadn't done anything. So we're like, hmmm... maybe he was going to ask Jordan then but couldn't because she wasn't there! So all throughout seminary we waited to see if he did anything, but nothing happened, then, right after the closing prayer, Sis. Behlke was like, "Okay so Jacob Crawford wants to do something now not to embarrass anyone, it's just going to be fun." I turned to Miranda and was like, "He's soo going to ask Cheyanne now!" But when I turned back around to watch the whole thing, Jacob had already walked to my seat, knelt down, and pulled out a wooden box that said 'Will you?' on the lid. I was completely in shock! I just watched, as my heart fell off a cliff, and as Jacob asked, "Cami, will you go with me to prom?" and opened the box. Inside was a ringpop sitting on black fabric and the word, 'Prom?!" was written on the wood. I must've just looked at him for a minute, not wanting to say those awful words..."I Can't. I'm already going with someone..." No one had heard the news that I was already going with Jacob Cardon, except for Jordan and my family. So everyone was like, What?! Who? I told them Jacob Cardon had already asked me the night of the etiquette dinner. Jacob Cardon actually wasn't even at seminary that morning thank goodness, or else it would've been even worse and he would probably been given a hard time. So a few days later I found out that Jacob had asked me the night of the etiquette dinner cuz he heard that Jacob Crawford was planning on asking someone at seminary the next day and he didn't want me to be taken before he had a chance to ask. So yeah, there is my crazy, sad, modest prom story.
Rewind just a bit.
Miranda had wanted to go to prom with Adam for the past 3 years and realized that he wasn't going to ask her this year either. So she told me that she was going to ask him to go with her. First of all I told her that the girl should not ask the guy, and second of all, I kinda was hoping for a chance with him also. Actually no, I was really hoping for a chance. If Miranda asked him, he couldn't ask me, even though I knew he probably wouldn't. Oh well. So then like a week later, I walked into her room while she was on the phone talking to Adam, asking him to go with her to prom. It was not a good day for me to say the least.
However, Modest Prom was a blast! I loved every second of it:) And I got over my envy of the whole situation. We first went to the Wrights for dinner, and got lost along the way, then we got pictures taken at Modest Prom, and the whole dance was soo fun! Afterwards, we went out to Dennys and got onion rings and mozzerella sticks... I still don't why we did that... We arrived back home just after midnight I believe, after almost hitting a possum. It was a great night!
Well I can't really sum up a whole 2 years, but I'll put some key points.....
My dad turned 40!!! hahaha :)
I turned 16!!!!! I have officially been on 2 dates since then. And the first one doesn't even count cuz I asked him to go on a double date with me so Miranda could go with Adam for her birthday.... It was a fun experience. Oh btw, I went with Chris LaRachelle. So, I had to plan the whole thing, cuz it was my birthday present to Miranda kinda. Anyways, when Adam and Chris arrived at our house, we had a treasure hunt set up for them, with fun games along the way. The best one was where we wrote stories by each starting our own and then passing it to the next person to add a few more sentences to it. It was hilarious, we ended up with some crazy stories! Anyways, then we went to Dennys for lunch. Our waiter was funny, she just sat down at our table and made herself right at home. By the end of lunch, she had given all of us, or maybe it was just Adam, I can't remember, nicknames. After lunch, we went to Giant Eagle and split up with our dates and collected fifteen items each, we then switched carts and whatever group put everything in the cart back first, won. Chris and I won :) Then we went to dunkn' donuts and got hot chocolate and donuts. Overall it was a great day.
The second date I went on was with Jacob Cardon. It was the night of the etiquette dinner, about a week or two before modest prom, and a lot of the girls in the ward were getting nervous that none of the guys would ask anyone. Right before leaving the church to go get icecream with Adam and Jacob Cardon though, Jacob Crawford, comes up to our group and says, "Hey so make sure you're all at seminary tomorrow, cuz somethings gonna happen okay?" and we're all like, okayyy.... So then we get in the car to go to East Coast Custard for Icecream. Miranda, Danielle, and Adam are in his car, and Jacob and I are in my car with the three younger boys who are chatting away in the back seat. Well anyways, here's how the conversation went pretty much.
"So Cami.... when's modest prom?"
"In just over a week."
"Oh. Okay..."
Silence
Jacob - "Yeah, I still need a date."
"Oh."
"Hey, are you going with anyone?"
"No."
"Maybe you could go with me?"
Me looking over at him to see if he's just kidding...
"Okay, yeah, I'd like that!"
haha so kinda lame, but really funny at the same time cuz I could tell he was REALLLLLY nervous.
The next morning: we awoke to our mom trying to get us up cuz we were late to school, so that means we also missed seminary. Crap. Miranda and I were both excited to see what Jacob was going to do. We were almost positive that he was going to ask Cheyanne to Prom.
The next morning at seminary: We asked Jordan if anything unusual happened at seminary the day before. She wasn't there either though, so she didn't know. So we asked Alexis who said that Jacob hadn't done anything. So we're like, hmmm... maybe he was going to ask Jordan then but couldn't because she wasn't there! So all throughout seminary we waited to see if he did anything, but nothing happened, then, right after the closing prayer, Sis. Behlke was like, "Okay so Jacob Crawford wants to do something now not to embarrass anyone, it's just going to be fun." I turned to Miranda and was like, "He's soo going to ask Cheyanne now!" But when I turned back around to watch the whole thing, Jacob had already walked to my seat, knelt down, and pulled out a wooden box that said 'Will you?' on the lid. I was completely in shock! I just watched, as my heart fell off a cliff, and as Jacob asked, "Cami, will you go with me to prom?" and opened the box. Inside was a ringpop sitting on black fabric and the word, 'Prom?!" was written on the wood. I must've just looked at him for a minute, not wanting to say those awful words..."I Can't. I'm already going with someone..." No one had heard the news that I was already going with Jacob Cardon, except for Jordan and my family. So everyone was like, What?! Who? I told them Jacob Cardon had already asked me the night of the etiquette dinner. Jacob Cardon actually wasn't even at seminary that morning thank goodness, or else it would've been even worse and he would probably been given a hard time. So a few days later I found out that Jacob had asked me the night of the etiquette dinner cuz he heard that Jacob Crawford was planning on asking someone at seminary the next day and he didn't want me to be taken before he had a chance to ask. So yeah, there is my crazy, sad, modest prom story.
Rewind just a bit.
Miranda had wanted to go to prom with Adam for the past 3 years and realized that he wasn't going to ask her this year either. So she told me that she was going to ask him to go with her. First of all I told her that the girl should not ask the guy, and second of all, I kinda was hoping for a chance with him also. Actually no, I was really hoping for a chance. If Miranda asked him, he couldn't ask me, even though I knew he probably wouldn't. Oh well. So then like a week later, I walked into her room while she was on the phone talking to Adam, asking him to go with her to prom. It was not a good day for me to say the least.
However, Modest Prom was a blast! I loved every second of it:) And I got over my envy of the whole situation. We first went to the Wrights for dinner, and got lost along the way, then we got pictures taken at Modest Prom, and the whole dance was soo fun! Afterwards, we went out to Dennys and got onion rings and mozzerella sticks... I still don't why we did that... We arrived back home just after midnight I believe, after almost hitting a possum. It was a great night!
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