Hello Everybody!

Well I hope everyone's day is just going great!

I  have decided to start my mission blog a little early to document the progress I make while I prepare to serve. I have quite the experience to share.

So for Latter Day Voices we get to travel to the local seminaries and sort of get them excited for institute and help them to feel the spirit. It's a sacrifice to be there all day, but it is so worth it. During one of the hours at Mountain Crest High School, my friend Todd Partridge shared the thought that when one prays vocally it unites the body and soul and the prayer is more meaningful to both you and our Father in Heaven.

So yesterday, whilst doing my statics homework, I was really struggling because I had missed the lecture due to the previous day's events at Mountain Crest, and I had been on the same problem for 3 hours. So I decided to retire to my room to ask for help. I didn't just ask though, I decided to vocalize my prayer. Not gonna lie, it felt weird at first, but as I got going I really felt the spirit and it helped me keep my mind on the prayer. I told Heavenly Father that I had missed my lecture to help his young children learn of him and that I really needed his help finishing the homework that was due the next day.

I finished and went back to work. Turns out, I had written one of the loads wrong. I wrote 800 lbs instead of 8000 lbs, an honest mistake, but I probably wouldn't have seen it had I not prayed.

I know that Heavenly Father is there and that he does hear us and answer our prayers. He has helped me more this semester than my pride cares to admit, but I cannot go through life without him and his constant guidance. I now have a greater testimony of prayer. If only I had learned it earlier!