Today I went to my little ward where I taught primary, played the piano for singing time, played the piano for the musical number in sacrament meeting and lead the music, and gave a talk. I spoke on being prepared to meet Christ. I was so grateful to speak in church and to have this specific topic. I learned so much by preparing for it and my own personal testimony grew. We never know when the time will come that we will be taken from this earthly life and we must be ready at all times. Sometimes it scares me, but when I realize that as long as I’m living righteously I have no need to fear the wonderful moment I am reunited with my heavenly father. My main point was to try and work on yourself little by little to better yourself each day. It is overwhelming to think about how many things I need to fix. Which is why we need to take it one step at a time. Fix one problem and work on another. It’s like the story my BYU teacher once told me….Imagine you open a door to a hallway and there is a huge monster in your way. You know there is an amazing reward at the end of the hallway and you know you’ll do anything to get to it. So you fight the monster with courage. Sometimes you get knocked down. But eventually you beat the monster and it leaves. Then you see that there are 2 monsters behind it that are smaller. You fight them until they leave and you see there are 4 smaller monsters behind the 2. You see, there are always more things we can work on but we know that we can beat through each of these bad habits or past sins by moving forward and letting go of these burdens that hinder our progression. The most important thing to remember is that we are never alone in our fight. Christ, our redeemer, is there with us fighting each of out little monsters helping us to return to him and our Heavenly Father. I’m so grateful for Jesus Christ who helps me every single day as I try to be better and kinder and reach for that reward at the end of the hallway.

It was a busy day, but I absolutely loved every minute of it. The members here are so amazing. They are so strong and such good examples. Every Sunday my testimony grows from these strong, wonderful people. I love the kids I teach. Here are a couple pictures of them:

After church my friend Megan and I went to the Imperial War Museum. Gosh, this was a very solemn experience. They have a Holocaust exhibit that just tarred at my heart. So many awful things happened. I must admit I did shed a couple of tears while reading some of the stories and seeing some of the pictures. It amazes me to see what God’s children have done to one another. It is awful. I can’t imagine how Heavenly Father must feel when these awful things are happening to His children by His children. Even though the experience in the museum was not too pleasant I am glad I went. They also have life-size (and life smelling) trenches under the museum you can go through to get a sense of how it was. It stunk so bad I couldn’t breathe. Yuck.