10 Months

Ohhh my goodness it's December already. That is insane. Biggest news for me this month: I HAVE MY FLIGHT DEPARTURE DATES FOR CHINA. AHHHHH!! I leave 3 weeks from tomorrow. January 12. 21 days. Oh. My. Freaking. Goodness. I'm freaking out. What if my luggage gets lost? That's mainly my biggest concern. Actually that's like my only concern for some reason. Other than that I'm soooo incredibly excited. But because I've been so focused on China school kinda slacked. But finals are done! YAY. I told my parents that I did well enough on my finals to keep my grades at the grade they were at... So whether you want to look at that in a good or bad way.... I definitely suffered from the "Sophomore Slump" this year. Never taking 17 credits again. It was brutal. haha. 

Okay enough about just me. This last month was Thanksgiving! And Christmastime! Chase has been a little down lately, partly because of the holidays and partly because he's been struggling a bit! But he's been better! He really wants to get to the point where he loves his mission, and I can tell he's almost there. 

If anyone wants to send him a letter for the holidays I'm sure he'd love it! Here's his address:

Elder Chase Dessauer

Nicaragua Managua North Mission

Edificio Discover, 2do Piso

Frente Al Club Terraza, Villa Fontana

Managua, Managua

Nicaragua

Alright so this month!!

He...

baptized Joel, Edixia and Xochilt

celebrated Purisima (Hallochristmapendence Day, according to Chase)

is training Elder Walker

is in a trio companionship

had the ward christmas party

started contacting on buses (he was scared haha)

had a Thanksgiving chicken instead of turkey 

I...

celebrated Thanksgiving with my family

Did my training for China

visited his mom

sent his Christmas package 

went to a bachelorette party

finished finals (YAY.)

celebrated Christmas with my roommates

moved out of my apartment

9 Months

Yeah it's been 9 months. 

I could have had a baby by now Chase has been gone so long. 

But I didn't. obviously.

I'm really getting used to him being gone, time is going super fast and I love it.

He's getting a bit homesick, which I hear is pretty common between 8-10 months time. But he's sticking through it! Here's what happened this month in our lives!

He... 

got stopped by the cops and almost got deported

was made zone leader

moved to a new area, Acome

got a new companion, Elder Garcia

baptized Jose Ramos

baptized Juan, Celeste, and Franklin

started teaching Soxilt

I...

voted

walked in the Nevada Day Parade

my dad won his election!

dressed up as Sandy from Grease

had the fire alarm go off during a movie.. interesting and annoying

had a girls night party with my roommates

Still going strong! Just 15 months left till we're reunited! And for 6 months, from January- June, I will be in China!!! Time's gonna fly. 

 

8 Months

This month went by the fastest of any other month. For sure. I'm completely overwhelmed with how fast time is going. He's already 1/3 done!! Is it weird that I'm kind of sad with how fast it's going? This is only going to happen once in our lives and it's already 1/3 done! But don't get me wrong, I want him home. Really bad. haha. 

 So this month...

He...

sent me an anniversary present 

got Patty to commit to baptism

started reading the New Testament

brought some investigators to General Conference

was almost kissed by a girl (don't worry, he stopped her, lol)

survived a tropical storm... and an earthquake

I...

sent his anniversary present

went to General Conference

went to the General Women's Conference

got called as the RS pianist (YAY)

had my midterms.... ugh. 

had my family come visit!

This month went by super fast, but was super hard for both of us. I'm just having a hard time with school and dealing with all that. 17 credits was the worst choice ever. haha. And he is having a hard time getting good investigators. He didn't have any baptisms this month. But if there's anyone that can handle that without getting sad about it it's him. But still, prayers for his investigators would be appreciated! 

1/3 done.

We can do this. 

3 Years Ago...

SO SORRY for the lack of posting. School has basically taken over my entire life. Not even basically. It literally has. Last night I was studying from 5:00 at night till 3:00 in the morning, with only an hour break for dinner. 

Yep. Thats my life.

ANYWHO. 

The point of this post is to brag about how I have the BEST boyfriend ever. Sorry girls- He's MINE.

Our 3 year anniversary was on September 27th, 2014. 

And that afternoon I got a special delivery!!!

YEAH. 

He sent me my favorite flowers all the way from Nicaragua for our anniversary.

One of the many reasons why I love him.

BUT WAIT I'M NOT DONE

About 3 or 4 days later, I get a package in the mail! And I open it.. And it's a condensed milk box. hahaha. (Way to save the trees babe- lol) And inside is a bunch of Nicaraguan candy and HIS NAMETAG!(: I've been wanting that at asking for one basically ever since he left almost 8 months ago, and he totally surprised me! I was so so so so happy!

So now it hangs on my dreamcatcher in my car so I see it everyday:)<3

So our anniversary was on a Saturday, and I didn't want to be home sad and depressed, but I also didn't want to end up being on a date or out with other guys or anything. So we had a fantastic girls night! We were fortunate enough to be able to get tickets to the General Women's Meeting, then after we went to the Cheesecake Factory (my favorite restaurant, and probably where me and Chase would have gone if he were here!) It was raining the whole time - and I love the rain!! So that made me happy. 

It was perfect.

I absolutely loved the Women's Meeting. Sister Jean A. Steven's talk "Covenant Daughters of God" really hit home for me. She talked about how we need to make and keep our covenants. It really made me realize that making those temple covenants isn't too far away for me. And I really need to start preparing to make those, not even for only me, but for my future family too. I want to be that mother that my kids look up to and can say that I honored those temple covenants, just like Sister Stevens says about her mother. I want to be that example to my children, and in order to be able to honor those covenants I feel like I need to understand them better, and be better prepared to make them. 

"Covenants with God help us to know who we really are. They connect us to Him in a personal way through which we come to feel our value in His sight and our place in His kingdom. In a way we can’t fully comprehend, we are known and loved individually by Him. Think of it—each of us holds such a place in His heart. His desire is that we will choose the path that will bring us home to Him."

I also want to be prepared for Chase when he comes home. He's spending two entire years of his life growing spiritually and becoming closer to our Heavenly Father, and I want to do the same, and I know I haven't been. I've gotten caught up with life and haven't made time for the truly important things. I'm changing though. I want to be prepared for him when he gets home and I want to grow alongside him while he's gone, and I want to be ready to go make temple covenants together. 

"They had an eternal perspective of life’s purpose and of promised blessings that come to those who are faithful to their covenants. All these blessings transcended their short-term sacrifice and separation."

And that's how I spent our anniversary. 

Good friends, good food, good weather, good speakers, good spirit. 

Happy Me

<3