JR told me to update my Blog

That really is the reason that I am writing this blog today. I haven't felt like I have had anything to report recently, which is why my blog has remained the same for the past few weeks. But JR told me to update it, even if I write about having nothing to write about. And that isn't exactly true, that I have nothing to write about.

Work has picked up a bit since I last wrote, thank goodness. However I am still excited to get back to Provo. Only 9 weeks left to work. But who's counting?;)

Also, recently I have been considering a decision which could have a big impact on my life. Now before your thoughts go crazy, no I'm not thinking about getting engaged. I figure that mainly my family reads this blog so I will fill you guys in.

2 weeks ago I went to the home ward where Erin Chriswell gave her farewell talk for her mission. That same day in the branch the Sister missionaries spoke in sacrament. At that point I started to wonder if maybe I should serve a mission. It would definitely be a good, worthy thing to do. During relief society it was also mentioned that if you feel the prompting or desire to do something righteous, then go ahead and do it, the Lord isn't going to tell you "no" to something that is good and worthwhile. Thinking about it now I know that they were referring to small acts of good, but necessarily huge commitments like a mission.

I have always said that this would be the summer that I would either decide to get married (if things worked out between Derek and I) or I would decided on a mission. In truth, I never thought I would come to the point where I would need to decide if I was to go on a mission. I thought I would be married already. And really, who can blame me when you look at the examples I have grown up around. But regardless of that, I do now need to choose and make sure that it is the right thing for me in the eyes of the Lord. This isn't something I can make a choice about lightly. And while it seems like it should be an easy choice--shouldn't I want to go and serve the Lord?--there will be consequences both ways. But I know that I need to make the choice for me and then see if it is right. So that is what I plan to do.