So, as you can tell by the title, the heat is steadily increasing over here. It literally feels like your moving around in an oven! The mornings are still pretty good, but by the time I get home in the afternoon I am sweating profusely! I usually just feel like putting my head in the freezer. Mom laughs when I come in, plop down in the armchair in front of the AC and sigh. I'm hoping that this blaring sun will result in a nice tan by the time I get home! :) (With my luck I'll probably still be whiter than everyone else!)
Anyway, I had an interesting experience in my history class this week. We were watching a video about the Soviet Union and what the culture was like back then. Well, unfortunately the movie was filled with nudity. I of course did not like this at all and for a while just occupied myself with surfing the net. But I kept getting this feeling and voice in my head, "Are you just going to sit here and pretend not to watch it? Stand up!" I didn't want to pretend to watch something I shouldn't, and you never know who is watching (if only Heavenly Father). So, I eventually mustered up the courage and finally grabbed my bag and said, "Mr. George, I'm leaving. I don't appreciate this." And I walked out. He didn't really say much. It didn't take long for the whole 28 people in my grade to hear what I did. There is one boy in my class who is extremely aethiest and negative about Mormons. In one of my classes he said (very degradingly) that "Mormons live under a rock". I then calmly asked him why he thinks that. To that he replied, "well, I don't know. your so shielded from everything". I think I said something to the effect of, "I don't know why you would think I live under a rock just for not wanting to fill my mind with nudity" (I knew he was referring to history. It was an interesting day. All I can say is that I'm glad I stood up for what I know is right and I felt good about it.
On Friday and Saturday, mom, dad, and I went to the church to film my audition video for BYU's contemporary company. There wasn't any AC which made me look even better as I was dripping sweat while introducing myself :). Oh well! I feel like I did pretty good and I'm happy with it. (The video is at the end of this post). I'm super glad to have that crossed off my list, although it was fun to do.
I gave my first lesson in Sunday School this week. It went pretty well I think. I could feel the Spirit, so I hope they could. I really enjoy teaching and being able to bear my testimony and experiences to these teenagers. I hope that I will be able to help them with experiences that they may encounter. It's a little tricky with only two very quiet people, but it turned out fine. I'm really enjoying preparing a lesson for Easter too!
That's about it for this week! I love you all so much and hope you have a fantastic week!
1 comment:
Kenz, I tried to watch the videos but I couldn't them to work :(
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