Change

Nobody likes change. However, after a talk that was given in sacrament meeting today I have better feelings about the process of change. We had Elder Gibbins come to talk to us, he's a area 70 I think. He gave an awesome talk. Here is what I took away from it.
- There will never be a time in life where everything will make sense and will know what to do.
- Life is tough... Cowboy up!
- Moses doubted- he was called on to deliver. The Lord didn't respond back with a yeah, you're right, you can't do it. Instead He told Moses- Moses go, I will take care of it. I will be with you, I'll take care of you.
- Jeramiah in premortal was foreordained. The Lord also told him- if you go I will take care of you.
- Enoch cried repentance. He was slow of speech. The Lord told him- go forth and do what I have commanded.
- As He was with those 3 great prophets He will be with us.
- As we make changes He will be with us. He tells us to go and He will help us.
- In order to change we have to take action, not just rely on Him.
- Stars won't be perfectly lined up before we make a move.

A Viking First

While watching the CES Fireside about 2 weeks ago I was thinking how cool it was that they were broadcasting from the Conference Center in Salt Lake. It wasn't until they said that they were in fact coming to us from the new BYU-Idaho I Center. How things have changed. 

It was back in 2006 that I was first there. I was by myself living on campus with 5 other girls in a dorm. 3,000+ miles away from home. Having to eat in the school's cafeteria for pretty much every meal. In a ward of all 18 & 19 year olds. Only a couple of feet of snow blanketed the ground that winter only to be surpassed the following winter by 5 feet. Classes never getting cancelled but having to run to class in negative degree weather. 

That new I Center was just a huge hole in the ground when I left that campus in 2008. We had seen pictures of it and had been told what it was going to become. We saw the Manwaring Center start the transformation to be a new and improved cafeteria. 

That campus has a special place in my heart. I would love to go back and see for myself how much things have changed. 

That place gave me my first college degree. It made it possible for me to go down to Provo to finish up the education I had started. I was a Viking before ever becoming a Cougar or a Blue Devil. 

That place gave me some lasting friendships, some good memories and some not-so-good memories and personal growth that could only come from going 3,000+ miles away from home.   

Don't Judge

Being a huge Disney fan and being from Florida one might think that I have seen all things Disney. However, that is not the case. One day in a conversation with Jennifer she became flabbergasted that I had not seen a particular Disney film. So this started the chain of Netflix movies to get me caught up on watching all the "classic" Disney movies. Here is a list of the classics with the ones I've seen crossed off. Like I said- don't judge.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (recently)
Pinocchio (recently)
Fantasia
Dumbo
Bambi (recently)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Cinderella
Alice in Wonderland (recently)
Peter Pan (recently)
Lady and the Tramp
Sleeping Beauty
101 Dalmatians
The Sword in the Stone
Mary Poppins
The Jungle Book
The Aristocats
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Robin Hood
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Rescuers
Pete's Dragon
The Fox and the Hound
The Black Cauldron
The Great Mouse Detective
Oliver and Company
The Little Mermaid
The Rescuers Down Under
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
The Lion King
Pocahontas
Toy Story
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hercules (2010)
Mulan
Tarzan
Fantasia 2000
The Emperor's New Groove
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
Monsters Inc.