Tonight's scripture findings

This week my sister stayed with me, let me to tell you, I AM WIPED!!! She is still here and will go home tomorrow. I will blog more about our adventure later. But every night we have been reading the scriptures and last night she said "Mindi why do we have to read our scriptures can't we just go to bed?" I replied with an answer that everyone always gives, "Because the prophet asked us to read them everyday so we do." Well going to bed tonight we say our prayers and get her tucked in bed and just as I'm walking out the door she turns to me and says, "Scriptures!!" I then lay down and read her two verses but the one verse that stuck out to me was

1 Nephi 17:3

"And thus we see that the commandments of God must be fulfilled. And if it so be that the children of men keep the commandments of God he doth nourish them, and strengthen them, and provide means whereby they can accomplish the thing which he has commanded them; wherefore, he did provide means for us while we did sojourn in the wilderness." 

What a blessing to know that as long as we keep the commandments, he will keep his end of the deal!! We are so blessed to have this wonderful opportunity to be able to return to him and live with him forever! I love this Church and I know with every fiber of my being that it is true. I know that God lives and that he sent his son to die for my sins. Any wrong doing that I may have done have been taken away. If you have any struggle in your life turn to God, He is the answer forever and always. He is the beginning and the end, He will not leave you hanging without a clue of where you are going. He will give you every opportunity to return to him. HE WANTS YOU HOME! 

Life in the Burg

Up here at BYU-I they have what's called a track system, where you go to school for two semesters and are off for one semester. Out of the three semesters there are spring, fall, and winter. I am on the spring fall track, so I don't go to school during the winter. They do have an option where you can take a few classes while you are off track but, I didn't do that this semester because I owed the school a little bit of money, and by little bit I mean $250.00! Yea, I owed a lot. So I think what I am going to do is to go home during spring and take a few classes online! Work at Great Clips again and make some money where I can then return and continue on with school! I love it up here, I love the life I have created, I love my friends, I love my job and I love the small town feel! I really don't want to go home...I mean I do, but I love it up here so much. I just wish I had a little extra money so that I could go out and do activities!! But we are all struggling college students, I know I'll make it out alive!! haha

What I owe

Growing up I wasn't the prettiest girl, I was the one who did like to wear make-up and when I did it was done poorly. I was the girl that was brushed off to the side, always "friend zoned". To this day, I am still pushed to the side. I have a fun personality and I look pretty I don't get asked on dates and all guys ever want from me is to be friends. Today I have come to a realization that I am okay with that. Yes I want kids and I want a family but the Lord has a plan for me and he knows where I am going and I need to put all of my faith in him. He isn't going to lead me somewhere where I am going to get permanently hurt. Yes he is going to send me through trials and a lot of my trials are going to be self-inflicted, but I know that God is there and that He hears my prayers. He is there on the other side cheering me on, He is there reminding me how beautiful and special I am in his eyes! I may not be something that everyone is looking for but I am someone that God is perfecting for that special someone! God is great and I owe him everything!