In the beginning....

I finally turned 21 and had a friend bbq.. Because you only turn 21 once, you can see in my photos the theme was hawiian!! The party was lots of fun and I had a great turn out. Can you say," Aloha?!"

Today is the first day of my blog and it's also the upcoming start of my adventures of being a sister missionary. I've wanted to serve a mission ever since I was a little girl. However; last year when I turned 20 years old, I began to get extremly nervous realizing it was only a year away and began to think maybe a mission isn't the right thing for me. I was scared out of my mind! I didn't think that I could leave my friends or family for a year and a half!!!! This mission fear was something that I dealt with for several months. I felt strongly that I was to go, but wasn't ready to actually move forward and do it. It took courage, patience, faith and a lot of sacrafice to finally make the descion to serve the lord.

So I'm actually doing it... On August the 2nd, 2009 I met with the bishop for the first time to start the wonderful process of filling out my paper work. I had all of my paperwork filled the following day, but since I have to wait on doctor and dentist appoinments it has prolonged the process of handing them in. On August the 11th, 2009 I was able to get my dental examination taken care of.. I passed with flying colors and left the office with several congratualtions, a tooth brush, floss and another appointment to fix a broken tooth! The dentist told me that he wouldn't normally fix my broken tooth because it's just a little crack, but since I'm leaving on a mission and he can't keep an eye on the tooth he recommended me getting it fixed. Although the tooth was a conflict that didn't stop him from sighning off my papers for submitting! Yeah, one more thing to check the mission paper list!!!

This Friday, I meet with the doctor and I have to do the medical examination part. I have to admit that I'm not excited to go do that appointment. They have to find out my blood type therefore, that means that they will be taking blood. YIKES!!!! There are also many other examinations that have to be done that are going to be a little awkard. So wish me luck on my fun time at the doctors office!!!! My next appointment to meet with the bishiop is this Sunday. From that point, I will then meet with the Stake President and after that my mission papers will be sent to the first Presidency and they will choose where I will serve... This is just the beginning of the start of my missionary adventures. So keep in tune with all the fun and exciting times ahead! :)