Grad Night with President Eyring

Dear READER,


Graduation is just around the corner. I really hadn't realized how close it really was until Wednesday night when I had Grad Night. All the soon to be graduates got together and had a meeting and refreshments.

Honestly at first I had no desire to go -- one reason is because the word was going around that this was going to be the whole Alumni (we want your money) type of meeting. Its wasn't anything like that. It was actually just what I need.

President Eyring, my stake president (the son of the Apostle President Eyring) talked to us. Everything was really simple and basic. He talked to us one on one and took questions and well it was just amazing.....here are my notes. I know it was for the graduation class of 2012 BUT I hope you can pick out at least one thing that will be helpful for you today.

• Our plan might be a good plan BUT it might not be the Lords plan (How true is that. We sometimes have this great plan and we think we are really going places but than the Lord says, hey Jenessa you actually need to do this, go this way, understand this. Sometimes our plans aren't the best)

• If we write in our Journals regularly -- it will help sharpen our skills in a way that we will be able to see what Gods plan for us is.

• The Lord writes the story and He puts us on paths that are right for us.

• Go Forward with Faith - there are great things in the making for you

• Any disturbance in our seas is for our good

• Focus on having a pure heart and helping other - this was such a bold statement, he said that's what we need to be doing and that's it ----- the Lord will figure out the rest.

• Celebrate the challenges in life. The hardest things are the things that help us grow the most

• Seek spiritual certainty

• Work with people who lift you. You don't want to be around those that are always bringing you down. Also you don't want to be one of those people who is always having to be drug around

• Always be learning! Look for positions where you will always be learning. Seek out the opportunities to learn something new

• Make the right choice in where to work, the place and the people will be prepare for you if you do it with the Lord

• Being stretched in the beginning is a very good thing, because it helps us grow and become better people

• Don't shy away from hard things....we were meant for hard things

• Make sure the gospel is a part of your life not only on Sundays

• HAVE FAITH!!! it's meant to be

• Pray like you never have before - have an open mind

• Everything is part of the plan/path God is writing

• Live by your standards not by those standards around you

• We must come to want what the Lord wants. This sometimes is hard as it might be a different direction than we planned.

• There is no need to fear

• The future is as bright as your faith - this was one of my favorite says because, if we trust the Lord and have faith than we will be happy with the moment. If we are happy with the moment than our future is bright. It makes me think back to my mission - I don't know why but I remember being happy all the time even when it was really hard and because I was enjoying the days it made the next week, month, year seem so bright and fun. I didn't want to leave because I was so happy with the work. Anyways I don't know if that makes sense or not.

• "I will go before your face and my angles will be round about you to bear you up" -- I think this was the one thing I really needed to hear. I actually needed to hear it all BUT this was really powerful to me. See the Lord will go before me, he is making the path and I just need to follow. Even when I'm following he is going to have Angels there with me who will help bear me up. The Lord knows me and he is providing the way.

It was really a great meeting. I was really happy to finally be on the way to graduation (the last few days) but it was a bit sad as I came to realize that this really was the end of my experiences here at school. Mum told me that there will never be another experience like this one.


Yours Truly,


Jenessa