Canada, eh?

Well here I am..writing on a blog.
I am going to write about my whole process of the MISSION..:)

When the new age change was announced during General Conference I really thought I was going to go then. It just felt so right, and I was having a hard time on deciding whether or not I should go back to school for the next semester because I kept talking about taking time off to work or travel, lets just say I was getting so restless. So the next semester I was living at home, working a couple jobs, and going to school online. I have to say it was the most unproductive semester of my life. I would just lay in bed for hours basically! So I applied to a different college and decided to move out, try being on my own. I moved an hour away so I came home like every weekend :) During christmas break of 2013, I was kind of warming up to the idea of a mission. It has been in the back of my mind, and finally on Jan. 5th, the day before school started I made my decision. Alma 37: 6-7,  I was reading that during sacrament meeting and it hit me that I should serve a mission. It was on my mind all day, and it would not go away. So I that night I was back at my apartment and I called the bishop and asked to speak to him about this mission stuff, and started my papers that week. Now if you know me I am the most indecisive person in the world.. I think. haha Anyway So I kind of just had to stick to my decision, and that was so hard for me. I had feelings of doubt and inadequacy, and I would call my mom every day telling her how I felt. She told me to stick to that feeling I had when I first decided that I should go. That helped me, and I even talked to some of my friends on missions. One of them wrote the most encouraging letter ever, and that made a huge difference. Also. My meeting with the Stake president helped me feel so much better, he called me a punk! (in the nicest way possible) It was probably one of the most amazing moments in my life to get my mission call. I am not just saying that either. I really wanted to go somewhere chinese speaking, but then again I am a total homebody, so If I left real far away I would probably die a little. Valentines day 2014, I opened that call at 4:02 pm, best valentines day ever. I wanted to not read ahead and be surprised like everyone else. But I am an incredibly fast skimmer/reader, so I opened saw the words and giggled, I was so happy. Toronto Canada. Believe it or not, I have always wanted to go to Toronto Canada. Its a very silly reason. When I was younger, I was obsessed with Mary Kate and Ashley, and I got a chair with all these places to go..(it was a Mary Kate and Ashley chair, yes you read that right.) It said london toronto etc. Since then I have always wanted to go. Ha I also think its really cool that my dad served in Canada..British Columbia. I love my dad so much and I am kind of following in his foot steps a lot, well besides being athletic. (that got passed dow n to my little brother Jake). Anyway back from that random tangent, I am so excited to go to Canada. My step-mom is from there, and we always make fun of how Canadians talk. Well hopefully I end up talking like them, because that would be so cool. Plus I kind of get what I deserve.. :)