my turning point

there was a sister in my ward that was going to the temple for the first time and i had been organizing everything so that evan and i could go.

i got evan to free up his evening, got the babysitter...and when we're all ready to leave, evan looks at his temple recommend and it expired at the end of the month. I was thinking mine had a whole year to go, but when i got it out...it was already expired!!!

my heart dropped.

i was so upset.

i got everything else ready, and how could i have forgotten about my recommend??

really!! how could i have??

the one time in months that evan and i could have gone together and i totally blew it.

can't stop getting all frustrated thinking about it.

and almost all of march the temple is closed for cleaning :(

anyway... sunday, at testimony meeting she bored her testimony.

i couldn't but relate so much to her.

i went and talk to her afterwards.

i had the same feeling when i entered the temple for the first time: 

this church is so true!

the temple was my turning point.

after my experience at the temple there is nothing, or no one that can tell me otherwise.

it's not like i ever had doubts... i just knew that i will never have doubts.

i knew that if we ever have any chances of making it back to God's presence it will be by abiding to every principle and ordinance that this church has to offer

i hope not to sound arrogant or overbearing... but there is no other church that has full truth, full authority and power to help us have what God has. Be who He is.

and one of the signs of how i know this, it's because in no other church are there temples.

i love the temple.

i love the opportunity i had on sunday to have an interview with my bishop and later with my stake leader to have my recommend extended to me again.

 i can't wait for the temple to open again so i can go in and feel of His love.

can't wait!

I'm proud

some of my favorite teaching moments happen while i have the kids in the car and we're on our way to places.

carmen and evan were talking about how old they'll be when i am 36- 40 years old.

then evan said: when i am 18 i'll be on my mission.

and carmen she would be on a mission too because now that girls could go on missions at 19 they'll be leaving at the same time.

so evan said: yeah! and mom will be so proud of us!

i started picturing that day, when i'll be sending my first 2 born children on a mission.

imagining the day i'll pick them up at the airport once they're done.

i can't imagine that day.

evan is right! i'll be a proud mama!!

but i see them now when they're 6 and 8... and i'm so proud!

so i told them.

i'm already proud of them.

it made me realize....we might think we have to do a big thing for our heavenly father to be proud of us.

but no!

we just have to do little things, be good in little ways.

he's not waiting for us to do this amazing thing to please him, but in fact he rejoices when little by little we change the world.

when we let our influence for good be felt around us.

so he's proud.

he's already proud

:)

the things one learns at a party

I got to go sing at a party last night at UBC.

I was the performer, but I found myself being the spectator :)

The scene was fascinating!

It's been too long since I was "wild" and single, and went to parties, got to flirt with boys... all that fun stuff, right?  yeah right :) I'm so glad I'm over that! 

Well... as in times before I felt I was the only one girl there who had some sense of decorum. I always feel like I should go and talk to the girls and tell them they're beautiful  that they don't have to show their whole bodies to look beautiful and to be attractive. I mean, these are smart girls, educated girls, young girls, beautiful girls... many of them involved in charity work and community service.... they have a lot to offer.... they just seem to think they have their whole bodies to offer!

I always end up feeling so sad.

If only they could know! 

I bet no one has ever told them about deep beauty, about self worth, about virtue!

I feel so empowered by the knowledge I have of who I am. Of my divine nature.

I love to be a woman!

I think women of the church are the luckiest women on earth to be reminded, to be taught, to feel of our great power and influence.

I hope all women, especially young women, develope the sense of value. Value for who they are.  Value of deep beauty.

Value of virtue.

And I hope this can help!