Y'all ready for this?

(are you thinking of the song now from my post title?) That was my intention.



That's right y'all, the Mormons are taking over.

{Possibly in a town near you!} On Oct 3rd, there is going to be a Mormon invasion. Hide yo' kids, hide yo' wife.

Ok, ok, that was a bit drastic, but here's the scoop:

We were informed that for about a month, our good ol' city of Phoenix is literally going to be bombarded with tv commercials, billboards, radio commercials, etc during that month, then it'll "chill out" a little. In church we were encouraged to create a profile on mormon.org and then to effectively answer questions anyone might have about our church, and to possibly even invite them to our "profile" on mormon.org, which briefly talks about our life, how we became members of the church, and most importantly, our testimony about our Savior, Jesus Christ.

I have to admit, I was kind of annoyed when I first heard about this. Our church has had a lot of publicity lately because of the "Book of Mormon" play, Mormon church members in the political scene, and etc. A lot of it is negative, but there is surprisingly good that comes from it also. I felt like with this new "awareness" {I guess you could call it} it was like we were advertising our church, even though really, there is no motive behind it, no gimmick, no "pay your clergy" (which we don't do anyway) movement, nada.

As I think about it more, it is actually kinda clever. The church is using modern media to spread the word that Mormons are "normal every day people," and that really they want to show the world that we are indeed Christians, and that we believe Jesus is our Savior; afterall, our church title does bear His name.

I still have mixed feelings, but I do believe that good can come from this. Hopefully if anything, it will help clarify all those random ridiculous things that people think about us.

What do you think?

Depending on what end of the spectrum you are on, I hope you are ready to do some asking, and some explaining...or maybe a little bit of both.

Mormon Diva

New Dress and Grooming standards for LDS women missionaries.

Out with the frumpy sister, in with the religious diva!

{where can I find the clothing catalog, please?}

To be? Or not to be...

Yesterday in church in one of our meetings, the lesson was based on a talk given by a leader by the name of Lynn G. Robbins, entitled, "What Manner of Men and Women Ought Ye to be?"

During that lesson, we talked about things that we are "To Do" and "To Be." The teacher pointed out that it is easy for us to make "To do" lists for ourselves {or my bucket list??} but do we ever make lists for ourselves that are "To be?"

She went on to say that when New Years Resolutions come around for her, instead of writing things that she wants to do, she writes one word that she wants to BE that year. I thought that was pretty neat and clever. It caused me to think about what words I want to be, and what I need to work on.

The difference between a To Do list and a To Be list, is that the BE list is not something you ever scratch off. It's who you are, and who you want to become, something you will work on for your whole life.

Pretty cool, huh? She said it's important to remember that you just need one word at a time, and take it slowly, don't overwhelm yourself with a whole list of words all at one time.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed that like I did. :)

Sunday

Let's be honest, I'm usually pretty dang lazy on Sundays; it's the "day of rest" after all, right? Well, I've decided that I'm a little too lazy on Sundays, especially now that I'm not a student.

After joining the missionaries this week in a discussion with a soon to be member of the LDS church, I've felt prompted and encouraged to make my Sundays more church and Christ centered, rather than just being lazy all day. {although this doesn't mean I'll be cutting Sunday naps...} This will take some time and some major improvements, but I know it'll be a good outcome.

So today to work towards that goal, I watched this clip (below), because I missed it the other week when it was presented live, due to the fact we were already on the road heading home from our trip to Utah.

This message really touched my heart and reminded me of what great church and world leaders I have to look up to.

I encourage you to watch it if you haven't already done so; it is beautiful and uplifting whether you are a member of the LDS church or not.



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Sun to Snow

Today marks the end of our long weekend road trip to Utah. This past weekend we went on our little Mormon pilgrimage to Salt Lake City to watch General Conference. We had tickets to watch it live for Saturday morning and it was a real treat, especially since Wolfgang has never seen the huge conference center.

It was an enjoyable weekend spent catching up with many of my old roommates/ Wolfgang's mission friends whom we have not seen in several years. I miss those girls so much and which I could be around them more often, but I enjoyed the time I had with them. I had every intention of taking pictures, but got caught up in the moment of catching up/laughing/reminiscing in such a short amount of time.

This was also a weekend of blessings. I'll try not to get too wordy {since I've probably already lost your interest in not having any pictures}. Let's just say that we had several "incidences" with our car this weekend, that could have ended up possibly canceling our trip altogether, having a lot of car damage, and costing us a lot of money. Thank the heavens above that we had good Samaritans, talented car gurus, and trusty and honest friends to help us out and make our weekend still happen, worry-free, and very cost efficient.

It was a good weekend, and now it's go time on really convincing people to hire me.

in the beautiful conference center and ready for some conference and inspiration!

An oasis in the desert

Wolfgang and I spent some time at the Mesa temple yesterday.


Not only is it beautiful inside and out, but it is also where my parents were sealed. Thank goodness for them, for this single event was the best decision they could ever make for their future family.

Anytime I have gotten homesick for my family, I just remind myself that I've got them and they've got me FOREVER- we can't get rid of each other ;)