Hope and Faith

"God doesn't care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are and, with His help, where you are willing to go. Faith is for the future." -Elder Holland

"Hope comes of faith, for without faith, there is no hope. In like manner faith comes of hope, for faith is the substance of things hoped for. Hope is critical to both faith and charity. When disobedience, disappointment, and procrastination erode faith, hope is there to uphold our faith." -Elder Uchtdorf

Goodbye to Good Friends.

This past weekend I went down to Saint George for one of my best friend's, John Challis, mission farewell! It was a blast and it was great seeing him and his family from the last time I went down to St. George, earlier this summer, with Mikey. At 8 in the morning, Nicole and I drove down... I was soo tired from my family reunion that I had her drive on the way down, intending to take a turn, driving back to Draper. We also met up with our friends Mikey, DeLaney, Alex and Seth... it was great seeing some familiar faces from BYU! John's talk went really well and afterwards we went to John's house for some visiting and food! Unlucky for me, I caught a 24 hour stomach flu on the way back so I had Nicole drive again, which I felt soo bad for. Other than that it was such a great trip! Soo... Good luck to John down in Ecuador! I know he'll be such a great missionary and I can't wait to see him and all my other guy friends in 2 yrs... wow, what a long time! :(