Wow. I'm behind. Let's start with today and move backwards.

Truth confirmed: When you don't get what you want, you still get what the Lord wants and needs. I wanted to go to FHE at the Bishop's, however, I missed the ride due to work, and was bummed, but then I found out my cousin was sick, and was able to bring her citrus, chocolate, emergen-c, a storybook, photos, and playing cards. I love spending time with her.

New Friends: Sean, Sean, John, and Scott
Today, I got home by 10 pm and realized I still had not met anyone new. blast. so i fell to my default: scar stories.

this goes back to my freshman year: my roommates and i filmed boys telling us their best scar stories, in order to find dates for the girls' preference dance....years later, still so entertaining! So i knocked on a boys' apartment in the other ward of chatam town, and all 4 boys were lounging in the living room. Bring on the scar stories: stories of men trying to impress women, skateboarding scars, boxcutting scars, and emotional scars. I then proceeded to tell Sean, Sean, John, and Scott that I lived in apartment 20 on the opposite back deck. This is not true. I live in 22. I wasn't even trying to keep them away! I just blurted out that number. Wow. (P.s. just please say their names out loud. joy. poor scott.)

SUNDAY
Truth Confirmed: We all know deep down what we SHOULD be doing, sometimes we just need a a little reminder to jog our memory. text from an investigator from my mission after we caught up for just a few minutes before getting cut off from eachother: "I am going to start going to your church again. There is something there that resonates with me there that is missing in teh church I have been going to. Does that make any sense? Anyway I love you and am so happy to hear your future plans....It's amazing what we can do when we don't fight Heavenly Father. I know a little about that. :)......." Wow. She KNOWS. It is within each of us, to know these basic truths.

also, if we are willing to listen, the Lord can and will teach us sooooooo much. I felt personally tutored during church.

New friend: Scott. New guy in my ward. We both lived in heritage halls in 04/05. Small world. He made a very insightful comment in sunday school.

SATURDAY
Truth confirmed: Sleeping in is a tender mercy.
New Friend: Mark, mel's friend who I went bowling with.
FRIDAY
Truth confirmed: Support is all around me.
New friend: Adam, one of our adopted Noteworthy "mother's" sons that she wants us to hook up with. Precious!