Another YouTube video I'd like to loop all day

Don't let the Amish-looking beard/name fool you, he's got mad skills!

This is kind of nerdy but.....

The other day I was thinking about  how awesome it is that we have a prophet on the earth today who receives revelation from God for the whole world. God loves us just as much as the people in the scriptures who had prophets to guide them, so He's provided a way for us to know His will for us in this day and age too. Then I thought about how sad it is that so many people don't know that.

And then I remembered an I SYS class I took two years ago and....... I made a flowchart. Haha.

But it makes it easy to understand how reading the Book of Mormon can help anyone know if the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is really Christ's church (and therefore they could know that the current propeht, Thomas S. Monson, is God's spokesperson on the earth today).

Behold my nerdyness...

WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO READ THE BOOK OF MORMON AND ASK GOD IF IT'S TRUE 

(You'll have to click to make it bigger. Sorry, flowcharts are the limit of my computer savvy-ness)

So there you have it. A logical process to help you resolve any doubts you have about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In the end, all you have to do is read the Book of Mormon and ask God if it's true. :) 

For a brief intro about the Book of Mormon, watch this neat video, or just request a free copy.

To learn more about Joseph Smith and the restoration of the true church of Jesus Christ, watch this one:

Or visit this link to read about it.

I don't want summer to end!

 Can I just say that I love my roommates? Seriously, they are all so great. I moved into this apartment at the end of April without knowing any of them and it's been awesome.

Liz and I at the beginning of spring term

Sara and Allison at the beginning of spring term

Even though we've all been in and out this summer for trips and work and school, I feel like we've become close. I have learned so much from each of my roommates; I admire them, I have fun with them, and I love them. :) 

Sara and I :)

The other night Sara and I were talking about how neither of us really should have been here the way things were working out (she had a contract somewhere else I was about to sign for another apartment in the same complex) but somehow we still all ended up here together. 

Ok, not somehow, by divine guidance!

I know that might sound weird, but I've learned and experienced things here that I know I wouldn't have been able to somewhere else. So even though I was about to sign for that other apartment without even looking at it, I decided last minute to stop by and see it. After I did I just didn't feel quite right about it. A few days later I came back to see if there were openings in another complex close by and as I was walking past Paige's boyfriend came outside and said "Hey, are you looking for a spring/summer apartment?! My girlfriend is trying to sell her contract!" 

So I came in, looked around for 30 seconds, felt great, and decided to buy it. That's how I ended up here--because it felt good, even though it was more expensive and looked exactly the same as the other apartment I was going to sign for.

So yeah, maybe it seems weird for me to think that God would care enough about my life to guide me in something so seemingly insignificant, but I really think He did. Isn't it awesome that He loves us enough to even notice or take part in that process?!

Although He doesn't and won't always take part in a decision like that (because that wouldn't really help us to learn how to make smart decisions on our own), I think when it's important He steps in and shines the light in the right direction. This must have been one of those important times then, and I'm so grateful :)