An update finally!

I'm sorry but it's been a while since I've updated my blog. It's been a really busy past few weeks! I think that it's not going to be busy but then it always is! Plus I'm sure I've wasted some of my time that could have been spent writing in the blog. My bad! But here's an update to what's been going on in my life!
1. School
So I walked at graduation and my family came for that so it was exciting! It was a stressful time for me though since I was still trying to study for the GRE and getting ready to start a class and trying to help my friend out who was in a car accident, etc. So right now I'm taking one class and this is my last class before I officially graduate! It's actually taken up a lot more time than I thought it would take up. I need to use my time more wisely since I also should be studying for the BOC exam (my certification exam for Athletic training). I'm taking that on June 12th which is the last day of classes I think. So somehow I need to devote a couple hours of my day to studying for that which I have yet to do. The most exciting news with school is that I got accepted to grad school here at BYU for the fall! Yay! I'm so excited, I really am! So what happened is I retook the GRE May 9th (I think) and got a score worse than I had scored before. I actually studied hard for this one! Anyway, I went straight to BYU and talked to the director of the graduate program. I explained my situation and asked if there was any way that they could reconsider my application seeing as I have a pretty high GPA but standardized tests are obviously not my thing. He informed me that he's no longer the director and I should talk to the new director. So I trying stopping by his office, e-mailed him and left him a phone message with no response. So after a few days I called the graduate coordinator in charge of my program, Athletic Training and he said they were already reconsidering the application and the info got passed to the other guy already. So after that weekend I went in and finally got a hold of the director. He told me that they had looked at my application and he talked to my professors and they all said I was a good student and they were going to let me in! I got the official letter a few days later. Needless to say mine and many other peoples' prayers were answered. I really had the faith that I could get into the program and I fought for it and a miracle happen. My new saying is "Faith plus works equals miracles". I know this to be true! I've seen a huge miracle in my life and am so grateful that the Lord answers prayers. I don't know why I had to go through all this but I sure am a stronger person because of it. I'm excited to start a new adventure. Anyway, sorry about the long story!
2. Church- I was just called to be one of the gospel doctrine teachers. I was really worried about this at first but I taught last sunday and got a lot of compliments. I was really surprised! So I guess it won't be too bad after all. Maybe I'll actually enjoy sunday school from now on haha!
3. Work- Well I just got a new position at work which I think I mentioned already. Now I'm the zone coordinator which means I'm responsible for for working with the leadership in the zone, the other teachers, and the branch president to make sure the needs of all the missionaries are met. It's been really busy but I'm starting to get into the swing of things. It's been about a month so it's been good. Anyway, this next month is going to be really busy! We are getting so many missionaries in the next couple of months. In June I will be teaching 10 hours a week to another district just because there aren't enough teachers. Some of us will be working extra hours because of this. So this will make for a really busy July and August. In July we will hit 93 total missionaries which is way more than we've had in a really long time. I don't know how I'm going to be responsible for working with all those missionaries! Anyway, I'm sure things will work out but I'm going to be way busy. But I love my district of missionaries right now and learn a ton from them. They are great missionaries! We just need to help them with their language skills a little more but they are progressing. I'm really excited for what the coming weeks have in store!
Well things are going really well. I need to spend some more time studying and just use my time wisely. I'm trying to find a place to live this fall and getting ready for grad school but I'm excited for the future. I really love my job and I love athletic training and just everything! I learn something new every day. So things are going well and I'm just hoping I'll get a little bit of a break this summer and that I'll be well prepared enough for the BOC!

Well it has really been a busy past couple of weeks. So I'll update you as to the different aspects of my life.
First, school. Well I walked at graduation yesterday! That was really long and kinda boring but it was good! So I have one class to take this spring and then I'm done officially and can get my diploma! Yay! But I am retaking the GRE on the 5th and I HAVE to score better. I really, really want to go to grad school and in order to do that I need a higher score on my GRE. Anyway, the past few weeks were way busy with school and finals and such so it was really tough to study much for the GRE but I did get some studying done. But I still have a lot of studying to do this next week. I can't waste time and I'm really hoping to have more time now that the semester is over and that I only have one class. So I'm not sure how i did in my classes this past semester but hopefully things went well. I'll find out in the coming week.
Second, my calling. Well I got released as R.S. president which was really tough. But it's okay because I really feel like I did my best! I learned so much from so many people and it really was a great semester. I wish I could've done more but it really was a great semester. I loved being R.S. president! So I don't know what I'll be doing next but I'll be happy to serve in whatever calling I get.
Third, work. Well things have changed a little at work. A few weeks ago I was called to be the new zone coordinator. Pretty much this means that I'm in charge of talking to the Branch president every week and meeting with the teachers once a week to make sure the needs of all of the missionaries in the zone are met. It does come with a nice pay raise which is great for me. But it does mean that I'm going to be really busy. I officially started a couple of days ago. But I'm excited to work with all the teachers and all the missionaries. So we'll see how things go! I haven't had a district the past few weeks so I've used the time to sub and to spend more time studying for school and such. But on wednesday I get a new district so I am really excited for that. I'm excited for a new adventure!
Lastly, the rest of life. Well all in all it's been a good past few weeks. My friend Carly got hit by a car and was in the hospital for the past few days so that made for some interesting times. I was at the hospital a lot and didn't get as much studying done as I'd hoped to but that's okay. It's worth it to help out a friend and her family. It really sucks what happened but I know i've learned a lot. I just feel bad for her because she's supposed to be moving to Boston in 3 weeks for P.T. school. But I know that things will work out.
So anyway, life is great. I really need to study hard for the GRE because this'll be my last week of studying. I can't wait for it to be done and I really am praying hard that I'll do well. I just really feel like I need to be going to grad school. I love my major and I've learned so much. I saw some awesome things while I was at Timpview high. I saw a Biceps tear and all kinds of other injuries that I've never seen before. So it was a great experience. Oh yeah and I am planning on taking my Athletic training certification exam the end of June so I need to be studying for that too. Then I should get a break in july and august. Welp it's time to get down and busy studying for the GRE. Wish me luck!!

Well it's been a really busy past couple of weeks. It's been the best couple of weeks for my district. Last night was my last night with them and it was hard. They are all like brothers to me and I'm going to miss them so much. I'd do anything for each of them and I know that they'd do the same for each other as well. Their testimonies amaze me and the change that has been brought about in their lives amazes me too! The gospel is so true and we have such amazing missionaries out there sharing the gospel. Anyway, this past week I found out the I need to retake the GRE in order to get into grad school. So that means that I'm retaking the GRE May 5th and HAVE to score higher to get in. So it's time to get down and study. I know I need to study hard in order to get better. Anyway, things are going well though. I just love the gospel so much! Right now I'm watching general conference and have already learned so much!

It was a really good day today. I got the opportunity to go to the dedication of the Draper, Utah temple. It was so awesome! When we all started singing "The Spirit of God" in the Marriott center the Spirit was so strong! It was just so awesome. No doubt in my mind that that is a temple of the Lord. And it just felt so cool to see us all unified in a cause like this. Other than that this week was just busy with school, work and a lot of games. One thing cook that happened was that I got to evaluate my first broken clavicle. It's funny how calm I was and how nicely we handled the situation. I just love the experience that I've been getting! I really do love athletic training. I'm so glad that I picked this as my career. If only they paid us a lot more! Anyway, I also had the pleasure of dealing with a bloody nose that would not stop bleeding. We finally just had to send him to the doctor because it was so ridiculous. Anyway, that was good experience though. So the final word is that I should be hearing back from grad school sometime this week. I really hope that it's sooner than later! I've just been waiting so long and I just really want to know what I need to be doing with the next step in my life! Well, everything is going well! Life is great!
Oh and one funny thing. So sunday morning my roommate (who is the music council chair) was telling the guy in charge of the program the hymns for sacrament meeting and I asked her if she could change the opening hymn to be "Scatter Sunshine" since one of my friends hates that song and we had just been teasing her about it. Anyway, so my roommate did. I made sure to sit next to my friend during sacrament meeting. She read the program and looked at my other friend and was like "oh my gosh look at the opening hymn." It was so funny! I told her I picked it just for her. Anyway, we sang the song and none of us could stop laughing. I sang it extra loud just for her too! Anyway, it was just so funny! I really couldn't help myself! So it was just really funny.

Well this week was pretty busy. I got a lot done but then I slacked so that didn't help. Anyway, the missionaries made a lot of progress this week but we still need to work on a lot of things. I did have one awesome experience this week. A few weeks ago I committed the missionaries to pray about he Book of Mormon and the church, etc and ask if it was true again even if they've done it before. I assumed they had all done it before. Then I followed up and asked about it and they all said they had good experiences, yada yada but nothing specific. Anyway, this week during weekly interviews I talked to one of the Elders and I just asked him if he'd ever prayed about the BOM and the church. He said Yes. Then I asked him when. He said he did it when I commited them to pray a few weeks ago. I got excited and asked him what happened. He said he prayed about it that night and the whole rest of the week because it felt so good. He said he just felt so good about it and that he knew it was true! It was just such a great experience! I haven't felt that good in a long time. It was like being in the mission again and just knowing that they know it's true. Anyway, I thought this was so awesome! This elder is so humble and just a good kid. He struggles with the language a lot but not too bad. But he's making so much progress especially lately! And this is why my job is so great because I get to see the progress in these young men. I get to see them slowly turn into men! I love it! And I love this gospel! It's so great!

Well this past week wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I managed to find the time to take both of my midterms. I had to sacrifice some things and I had to skip a day at timpview but it's all good. I'm not sure how I did on them but we'll see. This week I need to keep managing my time wisely. Now that I have my tests done I need to get a couple of projects done that are due in a couple of weeks. I don't want to procrastinate things since things are starting to get really busy at the high school. It was a cool week though because I got to evaluate a lot of injuries. I'm thinking this soccer season and softball/baseball season might be a busy one. We'll see though! Elder Ballard spoke to us today and it was way cool! He talked a lot about spiritual promptings and how we need to heed those promptings. So it was way cool to hear from an apostle of the Lord. Anyway, the other day I was remembering the time when I was really sick on my misison. I remember waking up at like 3am with this terrible pain throughout my whole body. I felt as if every bone in my body was going to break and that my head was going to explode due to intense pressure. I also couldn't see and was shaking and had an extremely high fever. It was crazy! I'll just never forget the feeling that I had that I was going to die! To me it was very clear that I was going to die and I yelled at my companion and told her I needed help. She asked me what she could do for me. I told her that I was going to die unless I got a blessing right then. So she managed to get the branch president to come and give me a blessing. After that I felt better but was still in pain. I remember knowing that I was going to be okay after that. Although I felt the effects of the Dengue fever for more than a month after that I knew things were going to be okay. I have such amazing faith in the power of priesthood blessings and in prayer. I don't know why I was thinking of this. I haven't really shared much about this incident but it keeps coming to my mind lately. Anyway, I've been trying to read the book, "the infinite atonement" lately so I'm gonna try to read some of that before I go to bed. This daylight savings is killing me!!

Well this week wasn't too bad. My 2 midterms both got pushed to this upcoming week so I was pretty lazy this week. It was bad. I'm just starting to feel a little burnt out and ready for school to end. I know it's bad since we're only halfway through the semester. Needless to say this is going to be a really busy week. I have those 2 midterms and also the missionaries will be starting on lesson 1 in Tagalog on thurs. so that always makes for some busy times. I'm excited because I'm going to change up the way we do planning and co teacher meeting and such. I really feel this will help things a lot. I'm beating myself up for not doing it sooner. Elder Ballard is speaking at our stake conference this coming weekend so I'm really really excited for that!
This past week I've been thinking a lot about the Atonement. I've been studying some about it but need more material to study. But it just amazes me. And I know that it happened and that it was a very personal thing! I know that our Savior knows how to help each and ever single one of us! There's no doubt in my mind that He knows what we go through. Sometimes I lack the patience but not necessarily the faith. I have to keep reminding myself that the Lord has His own timetable for us that is much better than what we can do for ourselves. I know that He can help us with our pain and everything. I also believe so much in miracles. I was thinking back to the many miracles that I saw on my mission and most of them happened through prayer and through faith but they happened. Some of them I didn't do anything to help occur. I'll never forget the many times I was sick or struggles and had a blessing or prayed in faith and a miracle happened. It's just so amazing to me. Our Heavenly Father lives and He is so real. I am so grateful to be part of the true church that has the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I love Him so much and I love this church! Anyway, this week I need to use my time a lot more wisely and need to study and take these 2 midterms! Ahhh.....