A Lot Can Happen In a Year...

A year ago today I was flying home from Minnesota. 

I can't believe it has already been a year and 

I also can't believe how much has

happened in the last year.

If you would have told me a year ago that 

I would be married and living in a different state 

I would have laughed in your face.

I think about my mission every single day and I know 

Heavenly Father sent me where I was needed 

and where I would have experiences and meet people

that would shape me into a better person.

My mission was by far the hardest 18 months of my life

but I am thankful for it everyday.

 I received a blessing during a 

really rough time on my mission

and I remember the blessing saying that 

"I was going through trials to learn 

specific things that would bless my future family"  

I consider Minnesota my personal

 Garden of Gethsemane and Sacred Grove

because it was there that I learned that Jesus Christ lives

 and that the Atonement has personal meaning for my life.