Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Winter and Spring Semester




There were many things that happened this Spring Semester. I always heard people talk about how there is a bigger opposition when you try to do what is right. I have to say that now I do understand very well what they meant.
Since I came back from my mission in Arizona, life was very complicated and I was trying to adjust to my new way of life. Little by little I was able to learn and to apply everything that I had learn in the mission field but during winter semester of 2009 things started to change (for the better) I was able to room with 3 amazing people who thought me how to have fun, to work hard and to live the gospel of Jesus Christ. Becca, she is a returned missionary, she was/is a crazy girl that spoke her mind (all the time) but with such a strong testimony of God and I just admired her for how good she is and how she always had fun. Cassie, she was one of my mission companions, she had a big change since we were companions and when I used to go to her Sunday School clall, I was so inspired by all the knoledge that she had but mostly how she really applied what she was teaching. Karisa, she is the daughter of the owners of the house in which i live. She is always so sweet and she humbles me when I am very frustrated and mad and do and say things that i really don't mean to, but she makes me open my eyes and see how things really are. Now by living with them, my life started to change and I made the goal to be like them. to follow their example because I saw the light that they have and I wanted that. So Winter Semester was a preparation for what was to come the following semester.
Spring semester came. All of my roomates moved away, Becky got married. Cassie graduated and moved back to Logan. Karisa is getting ready to go on her mission so she moved back to her parents house, but we kept haging out almost every single day. I was the only one out of the 4 of us who stayed in the house. But I was blessed by having another amazing roomate. Meghan. She is only 19 years old, but I think she's more mature than me, I really love her and I am so sure that we were meant to be roomates (the only two roomates). After striving to become who I always wanted to become, thigns started to get more complicated. I committed myself to go to the temple every Saturday, and I did achieve it. There were some weeks that I went more than Once. I was called to teach Sunday School. It was a bit strech for me because as all of you know my English still not the best, but all the brothers and sisters who attended my class were able to understand me. (which was a really good thing ) I tried to be mroe sincere in my prayers and read my scriptures more often. I was able to accomplish most of all of those things, but adversity was not happy that I felt so good with myself and with others. I started to have some personal issues that really desconcentrated me from my classes and almost at the end of the semester in the week where things were at the top of all my problems, I sprained my ankle. I wasn't able to walk because the pain was so severe. I was so frustrated because I couldn't do anything by myself. I remember going to bed and Meghan helping me get adjusted in bed and I couldn't stop my tears from rolling down my cheeks and just thinking how fortunate I was by having Meghan helping me out. Karisa and Meghan showed me how they really cared about me because they were there to help me. I had a lot of friends helping me and this experience was a huge eye opening for me because I realized that I had more, and true friends than what I thought. I guess until something really happenes to us is when we see all the blessings that we have.
For me, my friends are the ones who have always helped me keep going in life. Sometimes I feel bad because I am not greatful for them and maybe I don't show the gratitude I feel to have them.
The Spring semester is over now and I was able to survie. I feel happy and I know taht all the trials that we have are for our own good, eventhough when we are in the storm we think we'll never get out of it, but God always send angels to help us out, and he never leave us alone. He showed it to me, because I felt his love through my angels which are my friends.