Amazing Weekend!

This past weekend was by far a weekend I will never forget. I was blessed with the chance to spend time with my little brother and other family that I have missed. I felt the spirit exceedingly strong this weekend, as I was humbled to the realization that my plan is not the Lord's plan. As I premeditated plans I desired to occur each day, it seemed as if nothing was working in my favor and frustration consumed me. However, as my plans failed, greater opportunities arose where which incredible incidents would have never been experienced.

We were blessed to meet some great new people whom we would have never met if our plans worked out the way we desired them to and as a result blessing us with the amazing opportunity to visit my little brother before we left. I'm so thankful for the Lord's patience with me and this weekend was evidently the answer to my prayers. I have doubted whether I should move away from my family in order to go to Utah for school. I had prayed and fasted about this decision and yet I had done everything I could to try and talk myself out of leaving my home, but this weekend was just what I needed to know that everything would be okay. It seems like this week at school was so much easier and everything seems to be falling into place as doors and windows keep opening for classes, work and housing in Utah. As someone who likes to plan things and what, when, and how everything will happen, it has been a humbling experience for me to just let things happen. Even though these situations have been just a small spec of color in within the big picture, I am still grateful for the opportunities and experiences Dwina and I had this weekend.

Thought of the Day: Don’t put limitations on God. He will provide no matter how impossible it may seem. It the Lord wants it to happen it will. “The lessons we learn from patience will cultivate our character, lift our lives, and heighten our happiness. Patience is the ability to put our desire on hold for a time- is a precious and rare virtue. We want what we want, and we want it now. Therefore, the very idea of patience may seem unpleasant and, at times, bitter. Nevertheless, without patience, we cannot please God; we cannot become perfect. Indeed, patience is a purifying process that refines understanding, deepens happiness, focuses action, and offers hope for peace.”- Dieter F Uchtdorf