Sarah Terri Hansen

In September my dear friend Sarah opened her mission call to the Baltic mission. On Wednesday she was suppose to enter the MTC, instead she got engaged on Friday! I love this girl more than anything and I am so excited for her!  

 Sarah opening her call

 Our study abroad family, well those that made it to the Hansen's for the opening. Brother (Mark) Hansen, Mama Pam, Gordon, me, Kirsten, Hills Hansen, Blair (Ashley), Rayn, Sarah Terri Hansen, and Steve (Tall Boy)Hansen

And this is the lucky boy that stole her heart! You better be good to her sir, there is a whole group of us that will hunt you down! hahaha

olive garden, lights, + friends

The evening started out with dinner at the Olive Garden in Sugar house, the experience was next to miserable. Our waiter managed to drop all of our checks and cards and instead of coming back to put things back in order, he thought he could figure it out himself. Zack and Chelsey ended up not being charged anything, while Dolph and Adrian were charged upwards of $100. At this point we had been there for nearly 2 hours, 40 minutes of those hours were spent waiting for our cards to come back, this is when we summoned the manager over and he couldn't figure out what had been charged or not charged and whose checks were who and we ended up getting the entire meal for free along with $20 gift certificates all around. Our whole purpose of going up north was to take Rory to the lights on Temple Square for the first time, so we sped over to the lights and meandered about for some time. It was a whole new experience taking someone that new in the church to temple square. I definitely take living so close for granted and it was very enlightening to stop at all of the statues read them, explain the history of the church and who everyone was and their role in the church. I learned a lot about myself that night and a lot about the impact the church has had in my life, and how much I know and don't know about the church. It was a humbling experience indeed.

 Zack, Rory, Dolph, Adrian

 Whitney, Kirsten, Chelsey, Me

 sorry for the picture overload, but I couldn't decide and I love them all.

Brother Fannon

This young man has become one of my dearest friends. When I met him my freshman year at UVU I was terrified of him. haha He was 6'10" and he was the cool kid from New Zealand that played on the basketball team. His attitude about the church was less than ideal (he will tell you the same thing) but over the past 4 years I have seen this young man become someone I consider a friend, confidant and truly incredible convert and member of the church. This summer he started to hang out with us and I noticed a change within him. Before he left for China to play basketball for New Zealand he began making comments about the church and he started coming to church and upon his return we went to the State Fair. As we were driving home he said flat out, I am going to get baptized. Mark your calendars, 5 weeks from today I will be baptized. It may have taken a couple extra a weeks but he was indeed baptized and he is literally a new man. I am incredibly proud of him and I look up to him more than I could ever tell him. He is one strong individual. I was unable to attend the baptism because of ASACC, but he and others told me how great it was, I wish I could have been there with all of my heart. Here are a few pictures from the day.

Dolph and Adrian spoke at the Baptism and Jordan Swarbrick baptized him. I know that Rory has made an incredible decision and commitment and I am thrilled that I have the privilege of knowing him through his whole journey.

DeeDa turns ... eight

that good looking young man on the right got baptized today! He is quite the young chap! I am so proud of him and his decision to be baptized. Love you Davis!