Am I All Grown Up?!

Some times in life you have to grow up. New responsibilities show up, but really responsibilities come and go everyday. College was lots of fun and I've learned a lot about school and life in general but it is now time for me to go back home and live the pre mission life. In a way I feel super sad that I have to leave Orem and my do what you want life but I'm taking this opportunity to show my family how much I've grown in life and in a sense to get to know them better. I feel like it will be a wonderful opportunity for me to really be an example to my little brothers and sister. I will hopefully show them by preparing to go on a mission how the Gospel of Jesus Christ has changed my life and how much better my life is being blessed by following the commandments of God and living righteously. I have to say that I am very excited to move back home and live with my family again before I leave on a two year LDS mission.

When You Get A Feeling To Do Something Do It!!!

When you get a feeling to do something whether it be to go to talk to that random person on the street, someone you know/haven't talked to in forever, or call that special someone just to see how they are doing. You never know who might need to feel your love. I know I do a lot of the times specially when I'm feeling down or depressed or if I'm in a weird mood. Anyways, listening to that special someone's voice, your best friends, or parents can really help cheer you up and put you in a happy mood. For example for me at this time of my life is my extremely gorgeous girlfriend Bryanna. Being with her/talking to her can honestly change my day from bad to good. It's like whenever I'm in a weird mood around her, I only stay in that mood for like 5 minutes then my mood changes cuz just being with her does that. I am the luckiest guy i the whole entire universe to have her in my life! She is the most amazing girlfriend ever! In fact, I am smiling right now as I write this because I'm thinking about her.

Dreams? What Do They Mean?

Waking up this morning was a good one because of a dream that I had. My dream was a two part dream but part one wasn't as meaningful. So I will only talk about part 2. In my dream I walked into a room full of a ton of people. I was dressed in a suit and I had a secretary that would follow me everywhere I walked. I walked into the room full of people and I started to shake everyone's hands. I wanted to shake everyone's hand that was in the room. My secretary for some reason got mad and asked why I wanted to shake everyone's hands. After she asked that I woke up. So there wasn't anymore to that dream. I don't really know what that dream means but I think that it may have something to do with the church. I must say that I love having wonderful dreams like this one. They don't come often so when I have one it's usually a really special dream.

Nail Biting: You Bite Your Nails?!?! Stop It!

Aright, alright.. I know biting my nails isn't good for me and believe me. I'm trying to stop but honestly sometimes I can't help it. My nail biting is caused by many factors in life including stress, fear, confusion, excitement and doubts. Those are usually the huge factors why I bite my nails. I know it's bad and I should stop biting them but sometimes I can't help it. I'm sorry. I'm trying.

What is Love??

One of my most favorite singers/songwriters is Adele. She seems to always write about things that I can relate to in life and for this I really like her. A specific song that she sings is a song called "Make You Feel My Love". A song where she is writing about how she would do anything and everything to make the person she loves feel loved. Fighting for the one you love can be really hard depending on your situation, but what is love? I believe that the meaning of the word love is different for everyone. Love to me is probably one of the best things ever. To me, love is that special feeling you get everything you feel inside you when you see the one you love, kiss, or even hold hands. It is an indescribable feeling that I myself can't even explain. For me, that feeling happens every time I see, touch or even talk to Bry. Some people may think that because I am young I don't know what love is. But they would be surprised. I have been through a lot in my life and in fact I have come up with my own meaning of the word love. Love is that feeling of never wanting to stop caring for, kissing, and being with that person. I love that every time I say those three words "I Love You" I get butterflies as they come out my mouth or as they are being said back by Bry. When it comes to love when you know, you know. Even though, I will leaving for an LDS mission soon and will have to leave the ones I love behind including Bry, I know that I will always remember them in my mind and my heart. I will work hard for them and try to not disappoint them. and will be looking forward seeing them again in two years because love never fades, it only gets stronger with time. I LOVE YOU!

Jealous Much? Me? Nah..... :/

Woke up today to a phone call from my beautiful girlfriend Bry, she said that our friend Adam and some friends wanted to go on a hike today. I decided to go and it was actually a blast! We then ended up going to eat dinner at Cafe Rio. All I'm going to say is Steak Salad ALL THE WAY!!! After we were done we all split and Bry, a friend and I went back to Bry's to play the game phase 10. Which I lost at... Sad, I know.. Then we all had to leave because Bry had to go to a graduating party for one of her friends in Provo. Anyways... for some odd reason.. I started thinking weird... and let's just say that I didn't get jealous at all... * sarcasm* To be honest, I usually don't really get jealous, but tonight for some reason. I did. Let me explain my relationship with Bry. We are two fun loving, adventure seeking, dorky, funny people. Bryanna Jensen is by far the most amazing girl in the whole entire world and the BEST girlfriend that I've ever had in my whole 19 years of being alive. Almost 20. Our relationship is care free and fun! We are both very loyal to each other or.. at least I think so... haha So for me to be jealous of her going to a party is very weird. I guess the only reason why I would be is cuz I really love this girl and I would hate to lose her and not have her be part of my life anymore. With all truth, she makes my day that much happier, fun and interesting. She encourages me to do good in the world, follow the Lord, and be nice to others. She teaches me leadership skills, caring skills, and people skills. I would like to end by saying that Bryanna Jensen has really blessed my life and I am very grateful to have her in my life.

No secrets, Weakness, Am I Sick?

Secrets don't make friends. Deep secrets are told to the ones you love. If once a deep secret is told real feelings and thoughts come out. You are able to see if the one you told's love is really real. If you see that they don't judge you and in fact they actually care about you more and understand what you went through and know that that's not who you are now. Then you are able to know that they truly do love you with all their heart. I hope this is a case because I wouldn't want to lose the one I love. Next topic, Physical weakness. Physical weakness is something that I don't like to endure. Physical weakness or feeling weakness affects my mood. I don't like the feeling of weakness because it means that I might be getting sick! And I don't like feeling sick. Sick to me means that you can't do things to it's full potential. And I don't need that right now because I happen to have 2 finals this week and need all the energy and wellness to get through them! But if I do get sick then that's okay? I guess.. I'll just deal with it just like everyone else! :(

Trust In The Lord and Everything Works Out

Today I had an interview with the bishop and got my temple recommend. I was fortunate to talk to the Stake President, President Littlefield, who told me that he had sent my mission papers to the First Presidency of the Church. I was very stocked when he said that. My dream of serving the Lord is coming true. My mission papers will be looked at by the apostles of the church today Thursday as they meet in their temple meeting. I have no doubt that the Spirit of the Lord will come down and bless all those men with the right knowledge of where the Lord wants me to go serve. No matter where the Lord sends me I will be more than happy to serve. Bringing ever lasting joy and happiness and eternal life to others will be a huge experience and blessing to me as well as my family. I have never been more stocked for anything in my life. I am so excited to go serve the Lord and bring others to Christ. I have decided to go to the temple as soon as I wake up today. The Lord knows all things. He loves each and one of us and wants us to succeed. As you put your trust in Him everything will fall into place. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Almost Done With College For Two Years!!! :)

As I woke up today and got dressed I knew that my college experience had been coming to an end. I will hopefully be getting my mission call this next week and will not be returning to college for the summer until I get back. As I waited for the bus I decided to be extra nice to everyone and say hello. As I entered the bus I said hello to the driver and asked how she was doing she was extremely nice and asked how I was doing. I was the only one on the bus so I'm glad I said hello and thank you as I walked off. Then I went to my Gospel and World Religions Institute class, and learned a little more about Atheists. Learning about all these other religions has made me appreciate having the gospel in my life more. For there are other's who are not of our faith and don't believe what we believe in. I am so grateful to have the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life for I know that it blesses my life and the lives of those around who I love. I am so excited to serve a full time mission. It's been something I've always wanted to do and it's also something I've worked very hard for. Specially after going through those trials that I did last summer. After finishing up school I took the bus home and came into my apartment and went down to the office to talk to one of the CA's to tell them that I would like to get moved to apartment G322 for the summer, so I can live with some of my friends. After I had an Family Home Evening meeting at the church and stayed a little after to play a little bit of basketball. Then I came home and put my English Portfolio together because tomorrow is the last day of my English class, I thought about how much that class helped me and how much I learned from it. Now I am waiting for my beautiful girlfriend to get back from home so we can hang out and do something! I am very grateful for this wonderful opportunity and blessing that I have received to attend two semesters of college here at Utah Valley University everyone has been nice and great to me and it's been fun but it's now time for me to go serve the Lord.

Could She Possibly Be The One?!?!

As promised this post will be about my beautiful girlfriend Bryanna Whitney Jensen. A girl from Holladay, Utah tuning 21 years old this year next month. I met her at my young singles ward and at my apartment complex Wolverine Crossing. I will save our first kiss and how we met stories for later. I will will take this time to share some of my feelings with you about her. First things first. She is the most beautiful girl that I have ever laid my eyes on. Seriously. She is the most beautiful and amazing girl ever. She is a blonde hair blue eyes beauty. She is just the nicest girl ever! not only to me but to everyone around her. She makes others feel welcomed and loved. She is a member of my church and I can tell that she has a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She lives the church standards which is a huge thing to me due to past bad experiences with girls not of my faith. Bryanna to me is my ideal girl. She's the ones from my dreams and the one that I want to marry one day. If it's in the Lord's plan of course. To me she is perfect. I love that whenever I'm with her it seems like worries disappear. Feelings of sadness and loneliness disappear. All I do whenever I'm around her is smile. We have never fought because we just get along so well and respect each other's opinions, thoughts  and feelings. I must say I love learning new things about her every day of my life. She is a wonderful example to me and she makes me want to be a better person. She is just so good to me and she is by far the best girlfriend I have ever had! I love how whenever I'm with her all I want to do is just do good and laugh and help others. She has really taught me a lot of serving other and doing service. Her smile makes me smile. If it was up to me we would spend every minute of the day together. At the end of each night I never want to leave her apartment but at the same time I love waking up in the morning thinking that today will be a good day because Bry and I will be together today. Honestly, she is the best thing that has happened to me in my life. I know many others have questioned what love is. But believe it or not, I think I have found it. I love Bryanna Whitney Jensen with all my heart. I want to be with her always, I want to care for her and comfort her when needed. Love is a feeling that I can't really put into words because it's something that I feel deeply in my heart. I know that she is moving back at home in a month but I know we will still be together because I love her and don't ever want to lose her or let her go. I know that as I leave on my mission she will have many wonderful experiences and even though. I always tell her not to wait for me I still want to keep in  communication with her. I think these two years will be a test for us and our relationship. This test will determine if we are meant for each other and if we really love each other as much as we both say we do. If it was up to my in two years when I get back from my mission we would start dating again and possibly even get married. For she has all the qualities that I look for in my future wife. I guess with time and with trust in the Lord we will find out in two years. but with whatever happens.. happens.. But I do know that I wouldn't mind spending the rest of my life with this girl because I truly do love her. I am the luckiest guy on the planet to have her and I see the huge change and blessing that she brings to my life. I am so grateful to have Bryanna in my life, for she has/still is blessing and enriching my life. There is not a day where I don't thank my Heavenly Father for getting the chance to meet her and have her be part of my life. I know that the Lord knows all things and knows why he put Bryanna in my life at the time that he did and I don't question his decisions. I just follow them.

My Day: Failed math test, Arctic Circle, Trampolines, Coconut Drinks and Cuddling...

I woke up a little late, therefore, I missed my bus to school. But it's all good. My roommate's fiancee/my friend Kristen let me borrow her parking pass to drive to school. As I was getting ready for the day, I got to hold Kristen's niece! I got to hold a baby! It's been a while since I've held a new born in my arms but it was a very neat experience. Then as I got to school, I remembered that I had a math left.. But.. as I reached into my bag to use my calculator it was not there! I thought I was doomed because we were doing logs.. I started to panic a little... but I decided to stay calm and do a mental prayer. The teacher then walked by me and handed me the test and I got the courage to ask her if she had a calculator that I could borrow cuz I had forgotten mine. She said that hers was a graphing calculator and that she didn't know if I could use it on the test. She then announced to the class if anyone had an extra calculator that I could borrow, to my surprise the girl sitting behind me had one and let me borrow it. My prayer was answer. What a blessing that was! In my next class, my teacher gave back our research papers and it said that I got docked 10 points for my works cited page not being alphabetical order but I doubled checked and I knew it was and so I showed her and she apologized and gave me back those points. what a relief that was! :) After school it got better. I called my beautiful girlfriend Bryanna and asked if she wanted to go eat with me. She agreed to go with me and we went to Arctic Circle. After we were finished we went back to her apartment where we watched some YouTube videos and then went to Family Home Evening at our church. The activity was to make the armor of God out of cardboard boxes. That was way fun. After Bry had to go home and do homework and I had to shoot a video for a stake activity next week. Our video shoot consisted of going around and knocking on people's doors and asking them questions about love and dating the theme of the video is "Dating leads to....." As we got some really funny responses it was time for me to go to my apartment and change because Bry and I and some friends were going to Lowes Xtreme Air Sports. Lowes Xtreme Air Sports is a trampoline warehouse with foam pits and a huge rock wall and you pay for an hour and a half of Xtreme fun! It's a tradition of mine and some friends to go there every Monday night at 10:30. It was a neat experience because I got to meet some of Bry's friends from back at home. I already knew two of them but tonight I got meet Shawn, who has recently gotten home from his mission. I personally think that it is always a neat experience to meet her friends because it makes me get to know Bry better. I will talk about Bry in another post in a little bit. After Lowes we went to Sonic where we both got huge blue coconut drinks. Makenna, Hanna, Caroline, Jordan and Jordan's sister then met up with us there and we all hung out and talked we then saw that it was getting late and drove back home. We then went to Bry's apartment and had I guess what you can call "a late night dinner". We had pulled pork which was delicious! and I learend that apparently it was made with Coca Cola. Who would of known?! I know I didn't know. Anyways.. after that we cuddled on her bed and talked then I came home and just sat in my room. My day went from being okay to being amazing! I know that as I put my trust in the Lord, He will bless my life and the lives of the ones that I love.

Mission Papers and Melchizedek Priesthood Ordination

My stake president interview with President Littlefield was a success!! I must first say what a wonderful man President Littlefield is. Definitely by far one of the best stake president's ever! He's very friendly, loving and conpassionate about the gospel of Jesus Christ. He remembered my name when he saw me and gave me a huge hug! I could really feel the love while being in his office. I told him about the dreams that I had on Monday. Both the one about my mission call and the one where I had all 15 living apostles in my dream. Anyways, the mission papers should be turned in by him tomorrow and He said that I should be getting my mission call next Wednesday! Yay!! :) I can't explain how excited I am to receive that call! :) Next story is about my ordination to the office of an Elder and holding the Melchizedek priesthood which is the highest priesthood anyone can hold. My whole family and friends showed up. Those included as followed: Grandma and Grandpa Jones, Debbie, Derek, Maggie, My dad, My mom, Josh, Camille, Brian, Oscar, Tyler Hacket, Bishop and Sister Castenada. I was ordained in a huge circle by My dad, who gave the prayer, joined by: Bishop Mella, Brother Schamus, Brother Kirkham, Tyler Hacket, Derek, Michael Lund, Grandpa Jones and a member of the high counsel at the Young Single Adult 3rd Stake. It was a very spiritual experience. Where my mom had shared with me and those who were there a spiritual experience. She had made a covenant to our Heavenly Father that if I were to live when I had died as a baby one year old then I would serve him with all my heart and might. I am very grateful to have such amazing family and friends in my life. I will remember them forever and ever. I know feel like a new man.

Im Back!

The year 2012. A new year means a new begging for me. I have moved out of my parent's house and moved into my own apartment located in Orem, Utah. I know attend Utah Valley University where I am currently a Freshman. I am close to finishing up my second semester here at UVU and this will be my last semester of school/college ever for 2 years because I will be going on a LDS mission soon! YAY!!! :) I am currently dating an amazing girl from Holladay, Utah. Bryanna Jensen. I have to say that she is probably the best thing that has ever happened to my life. I love her. My papers go in hopefully today April 15, 2012 after having an interview with my stake president President Littlefield. Oh and I'm also getting ordained to the Melkezedik Priesthood today! My family and friends are coming out to my ward to do that. I promise that I will be blogging more for now on because so much is happening in my life right now and I will love to share it with everyone! :)