Thursday, September 18, 2014

The Nightly World #News Report of the 18th of September 2014

The complete day is not covered.

NBC News @NBCNews

WATCH LIVE: U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testifies at House ISIS hearing nbcnews.to/1mirz5V pic.twitter.com/HukOLZjooe

Egypt Independent @EgyIndependent

Water to be cut off in Giza Friday | Egypt Independent egyptindependent.com//news/water-be…

FRANCE 24 English @France24_en

#BREAKING - Scottish referendum vote will be 'decisive' for Europe, Hollande says f24.my/1svblTS

RT @RT_com

Global crackdown: #ISIS-related mass arrests in US, Europe, Australia (DETAILS) on.rt.com/hruqmb pic.twitter.com/gPeYXoqlNb

The Straits Times @STcom

Father of Italy PM Matteo Renzi investigated for bankruptcy fraud: Report bit.ly/1uKuLI4 pic.twitter.com/crb5aEg3XV

Press TV @PressTV

West #sanctions violate intl. law: #Russia shar.es/1af12w #UkraineCrisis

China Daily USA @ChinaDailyUSA

China refutes US hacking charges ow.ly/BEhri

NBC News @NBCNews

Baby swept away in California flood found alive nbcnews.to/1miu3kF pic.twitter.com/ecU19lfldJ

BBC News (World) @BBCWorld

Chinese online giant Alibaba expected to set IPO share price bbc.in/XLGqKX #BBCGoFigure

Human Rights Watch @hrw

Bulgaria: Border police forced Syrian asylum seekers back to Turkey and beat some of them bit.ly/1BQdiB9 pic.twitter.com/hTGZAzfzXw

Peoples Daily Online @PMLOnline

Adamawa acting governor loses uncle to Boko haram | Peoples Daily Newspaper peoplesdailyng.com/adamawa-acting…

Agence France-Presse @AFP

Last month was world's hottest August on record: US yhoo.it/1uL2uBZ

The Straits Times @STcom

Nigerian arrested for selling wife for human sacrifice: Police bit.ly/1AThBJD

Haaretz.com @haaretzcom

U.K. journalist appears in another Islamic State video dlvr.it/6xh7ps

Guardian World @guardianworld

New Zealand prepares to vote after 'strangest, dirtiest' election campaign gu.com/p/4xy46/tw

CBC News Alerts @CBCAlerts
 
#Pennsylvania newlyweds sentenced to life without parole for killing stranger who answered their #Craigslist ad seeking companionship.

Breaking News @BreakingNews

Upstate NY couple accused of kidnapping 2 Amish girls indicted on federal pornography charges - @NewsChannel9 bit.ly/1qhuSFG
The Daily Star @DailyStarLeb

Israel rights group calls for international Gaza probe bit.ly/1toqqLa

The Daily Star @DailyStarLeb

US: Syrian rebel training may start in 3 months bit.ly/1wsORqn

Bloomberg News @BloombergNews

Breaking Data: U.S. household wealth increased by $1.39 trillion from April in second quarter:
The Star @staronline

UPSR leaks: Two more teachers arrested dlvr.it/6xhHSS
           
The Independent @Independent

China and India sign trade deal coinciding with Xi Jinping's state visit to Delhi ind.pn/1DlJyxB pic.twitter.com/58LagNi20R


Christopher Mims @mims
 
Elon Musk grew up with cousin Lyndon Rive. Now they're realizing a plan to power the world--and your car--with solar. online.wsj.com/articles/the-m…

Press TV @PressTV

#Libya parliament rejects PM's cabinet shar.es/1af1q6 #AlThinni

Times of India @timesofindia

Dalai Lama says border woes must be resolved though talks, not force timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dalai-La…

FRANCE 24 English @France24_en

Five diamond thieves arrested at Hong Kong gem fair f24.my/1rdAK89

Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng

Hollande: Strikes on ISIS in Iraq would begin as soon as targets are identified ara.tv/z3p55

RT America @RT_America

Intelligence director insists he didn’t lie to Congress — but ‘misspoke’ about NSA spying on.rt.com/x6qkwn pic.twitter.com/W5Pf8XRcTm

The Moscow Times @MoscowTimes

Moscow Region Police Probed After Detained Man Found Dead, Battered tmt-go.ru/507380 #news

Dawn.com @dawn_com

Army chief lauds officers’ resolve in #ZarbeAzb | #Pakistan | dawn.com/news/1132761 pic.twitter.com/PyYF4nS2NV

ABC News @ABC

Police say ISIS supporters were planning to behead random people in Australia before raids: abcn.ws/1mhg4eW pic.twitter.com/IV4lldbsZE

TIMEWorld @TIMEWorld

See Scotland decide: The independence referendum in photos ti.me/1uKzM3n Photo: @reuterspictures pic.twitter.com/ldlr8TcDRa
The WorldPost @TheWorldPost

BBC News team attacked in Russia while covering the death of a soldier huff.to/1r2B2OX

Peoples Daily Online @PMLOnline

Niger reopens schools October 10 | Peoples Daily Newspaper peoplesdailyng.com/niger-reopens-…

The Moscow Times @MoscowTimes

Bill to Cut Foreign Stakes in #Russian Media Sends Ripples Through Business World tmt-go.ru/507387 #news

Times of India @timesofindia

Maoists claim government air-dropping bombs in Jharkhand timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maoists-…

48 Hours @48hours

#Texas woman executed for torture, starvation of 9-year-old boy cbsn.ws/1BQ6XFL

Reuters World @ReutersWorld

PHOTOS: Half of China's rivers and lakes are severely polluted. reut.rs/1rfuAo8 pic.twitter.com/LKXieSa21E

Peoples Daily Online @PMLOnline

Soldiers kill 450 insurgents in Borno | Peoples Daily Newspaper peoplesdailyng.com/soldiers-kill-…

Bloomberg Luxury @BloombergLuxury

Chinese art sales rebounded 29% in 2013, to $8.5 billion, but fell short of 2011's record. bloom.bg/1ygpg8G pic.twitter.com/OzGtEc2XQA

msnbc @msnbc

Judge says member of polygamist sect doesn't have to testify in a child labor case because of #HobbyLobby: on.msnbc.com/1rfoggg

Times of India @timesofindia

Senior Tihar jail official held for trying to burn alive daughter-in-law timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Dep…

Times of India @timesofindia

Rajnath Singh raises issue of anti-India radicalisation in Nepal with Koirala timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rajnath-…

Press TV @PressTV

'Millions of #Syrian #kids missing #school' shar.es/1afWOh #SyriaWar pic.twitter.com/R69ITj7Wqh

Reuters Top News @Reuters

U.S. Senate to cast final vote on arming Syrian rebels reut.rs/1miEfK8

The Moscow Times @MoscowTimes

Anti-Aircraft Missile Lands Near Chita tmt-go.ru/507391 #news

 @AJEnglish
Video: Violence persists in Ukraine despite truce aje.me/1o6LSPa

 @ReutersUS
Rochester, N.Y., store manager pleads not guilty to aiding Islamic State reut.rs/1mjj3nl

 @WSJworld
South African Central Banker to Quit on.wsj.com/1mhkdju

 @DailyStarLeb
Yemen clashes kill nearly 40 as UN envoy presses rebel talks bit.ly/1wtmIPW

 @australian
Counterterrorism laws pave way for ASIO to use torture, says council bit.ly/1mieSbg #auspol

 @France24_en
Criminalise torture now, Amnesty tells Nigeria f24.my/1reZwEW

 @AlArabiya_Eng
Suicide bombing, shelling kill 14 in #Baghdad english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle…

 @haaretzcom
Jews mount Anti-Semitism Action Plan in Australia even as Islamic State plot uncovered htz.li/iI

 @STcom
Dow, S&P 500 hit records on momentum from Alibaba, Federal Reserve bit.ly/1BR4JpR

 @BBCNewsUS
Figures show 7.3 million people signed up & paid for #Obama's signature healthcare plan - higher than estimated bbc.in/1yiF4ru

 @ChinaDailyUSA
China introduce research funding reporting system. ow.ly/BEMus
RT @UPIPhotos: Pres. Obama holds bilateral meeting with Pres. Poroshenko of Ukraine upi.com/3130728 pic.twitter.com/Auq3dqA73N

 @guardianworld
Russia strengthens its foothold in Kyrgyzstan gu.com/p/4xdyy/tw via @GuardianNewEast pic.twitter.com/c7ODJnaeKQ

 @MarketWatch
Clorox said it is promoting Chief Operating Officer Benno Dorer to CEO: trib.al/0eY8rNg

 @BreakingNews
8 bodies, including those of 3 journalists, found after attack on Ebola education team in Guinea - @Reuters breakingnews.com/t/PoI

 @KenRoth
#Iran has jailed her for 40+ days for the audacity of wanting to watch volleyball with men. trib.al/BW2Xnr3 pic.twitter.com/S4bhbTyFET

 @MARYAMALKHAWAJA
Thank you to all my colleagues, friends, family, and everyone who worked and campaigned for my release #Bahrain

 @France24_en
US housing starts tumble in August f24.my/1rf7VbF

 @MARYAMALKHAWAJA
Today, on the same day of my release, 14 political prisoners were sentenced to life in prison in #Bahrain.

 @TheWorldPost
Ebola healthcare worker missing in Guinea huff.to/1r3npz4

 @MARYAMALKHAWAJA
Before leaving prison, I informed them that I will continue my human rights work. #Bahrain

 @AlArabiya_Eng
Kerry: #Syria’s Assad has violated chemical arms pact by using chlorine gas ara.tv/ys7ne

 @BloombergNews
UN announces emergency Ebola mission, calls for $1 billion effort: bloom.bg/1swLQkW

 @PostWorldNews
Texas governor looks at Mexico and sees trouble on the way. If it’s not kids from Guatemala, it’s the Islamic State. wapo.st/1o6PEIz

 @WSJThinkTank
The U.S. military is fighting Ebola. Check out the DOD's role in global health: on.wsj.com/1qfapkQ by @DrewAltman pic.twitter.com/l3xxqp1NAk

 @guardiannews
Scottish independence: final minutes for voters in Scotland's historic referendum - follow our live coverage gu.com/p/4xk75/tw

 @RT_com
Obama declines to give #Ukraine 'lethal aid' despite Poroshenko's plea on.rt.com/7shd4r pic.twitter.com/7SN57ODciA

 @CBCAlerts
#HomeDepot says #hackers used 'unique, custom-built malware' to put private information at risk for 56 million cards in U.S. and #Canada.

 @TelegraphWorld
France to join US airstrikes against the Islamic State tgr.ph/1swPqvE

 @STcom
Man, 37, arrested over US wildfire that threatens over 2,000 homes in northern California bit.ly/1swPvPG

 @ReutersUS
New evacuations ordered as California wildfire doubles in size: reut.rs/1wJoShn pic.twitter.com/N5rSKUoMEm

 @CBCAlerts
#HomeDepot says security upgrades now done for US stores. #Canada, which already has chip/PIN security, to see more upgrades by early 2015.

 @MarketWatch
Larry Ellison was a college dropout and Oracle's only CEO. Now he's stepping down: trib.al/fOmdaTw
 @AJELive
UN Security Council declares West Africa #Ebola outbreak a "threat to international peace and security" - aje.me/1pkMJv9
Several bodies found by officials in Guinea searching for team missing while trying to raise #Ebola awareness
 @CBCAlerts
U.S. Congress clears the way for U.S. military to train and equip #Syria rebels in fight against ISIS militants.

 @ReutersUS
Police seek shooting suspect at Phoenix's Sky Harbor airport reut.rs/1o79oMb

 @AJEnglish
Kurds call for help to fight ISIL in Syria aje.me/1o79rYr

 @globeandmail
Video: Islamic State releases footage of another British hostage trib.al/mn9ZK3F

 @AP
Reported shooting in Florida could involve multiple fatalities; press conference scheduled for 8 p.m. EST: apne.ws/XOAPDB

 @nytimesworld
‘Happy in Tehran’ Dancers Are Given Suspended Sentences nyti.ms/1o79Vxw

 @msnbc
Baltimore police suspend cop after video shows him beating a man: on.msnbc.com/1rfRyvf (Rachel Woolf/Zuma) pic.twitter.com/zenAzggt6C

 @TheWorldPost
Sierra Leone will shut down for 3 days to slow Ebola's spread huff.to/XOBdC1

 @hrw
Daily Brief – Ukraine asks US for support, but what about #Ukraine's rights abuses? #Bahraini activist freed bit.ly/1sxCZzx

 @PressTV
Polls close in #Scot #independence vote shar.es/1agBY2 #ScotlandDecides

Activist Adam Adli found guilty of sedition dlvr.it/6xtCwX

#Obama condemns Russian 'aggression' shar.es/1agBUK #Putin #Russia #US #Ukraine #Proshenko

EP raps #Israel over illegal settlements shar.es/1agBNX

LIVE RESULTS: Scotland independence vote: Yes 40.8% No 59.2% with 3 results out of 32 bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-1… #indyref


View of Marikina River from the Libis area. Residential area already flooded. |via Isang Zabat #MarioPH pic.twitter.com/MByjFWpVlS
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transfer news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



you'll never guess where i am at!!! Camelback 1st, i came back to the area i was at before, and i love it here!!! super excited to be here. i know i am ment to be here its wonderful i have a lot of recent converts to come help out and love. 











i loved being with sister 

vargas she was amazing.
well here are some 

pictures of some of the 

members who will miss me 

and some other random 

pictures.

my beautiful companion 

backing me out, on a rainy 

day.

this day was polkadot day 

:)






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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

'Prayer' by Isidro Zapata

I wake up in the middle of
The night my cell blowing up
And of course it is you again and I
Know here we go all over again just
A repeat from the last dozen of times
So I get on my knees and pray for you
Then read the Book been through this
Before I just repeat the cycle
To help you have a break through
Cause everyone knows you need help
Your family is pleaing
For you to stop but you show them no mercy
For when you are going to turn your life around
Oh no
Here we go a-again
Dont know
When it is going to end
Oh no
Where did it begin
So don't go
Maybe way back when
It all started to fall all apart
Let's be honest when it all started
It is not, like it just hit you
Where it all started is when U put the Book down You started to listien to all those lies
Floating around and you went and embrace
Them when they will just destory you
And leave you unable to sleep feeling disgrace
So you stop praying to the great one who
Can change everything you just need to turn
Away from it all pick up the Book again &
Start to ask for forgiveness
You just go the other way so
Oh no
Here we go a-again
Where did it all begin
So don't go
Maybe all the way back
When it all started cause it is just a
Nightmare
Repent, Pray, and read the Book
That will break this spell
I known everyone makes mistakes but
No need to keep it on repeat
Cause your heart will just become
Colder then you become inactive and
Your love is put out
So just do a 360 and see what is really
Out their just pain and their is nothing
Else that is out their just read the Book
Then the Holy Sprit will speak to
Your heart and warm up your cold heart
Turn away as tears cannot stop cause
You know you fell for the lies but it is
Okay the Son will take you back
And show you Love and the people
Of the church will help you too
And welcome you back with Love and Kindness
Then your world will change the Holy Sprit
Will lead you and Gods Love will
Turn everything around so now you
Have a brand New Life because of Gods Love
So their is no need to say
Another word cause of
Gods Great Love and Forgiveness
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

"The Love of God" by Isidro Zapata

In a blink of an eye you will be forgiven and he
will never walk away from you.
Jesus laid down his life to reconcile
you back to the one who truly loves
you forever more.
God is full of love and wants to bless your life
but the world just wants to take your life.
The world promise you love and happiness
but fails with every promise and is just
a lie. It will leave you broken and
all alone with nothing but questions
to life and no real answer's and no
true love just fake images like on
the T.V screen. World tell's you
chase after fame and wealth to
keep you from the truth. Worlds love is just
for a brief moment then it waits to replace
you as fast it can. Builds you up then, it tears you down.
While your life is falling apart the world laughs
and takes pure delight as it watches
your life crumble to the ground.
Cycle just repeats it self and their will be
someone in line to replace you like
you just did to the one before you.
So just known this that true love and being
accepted only comes from above for Jesus
put you first and never in second place.
Jesus does it want you to just read the books
and remember the
verses but to live by them.
First great commandment love God with
All your heart the second one to love your neighbor like yourself
I know it is easy to love or say you love God but a lot harder to
Love your neighbor for you need to put another person first just
Remember in a blink of an eye God will forgive you and never walk away from you and show you true love and will accept you as you are. For the world will judge you before they even get to know you. Just, remember how much Jesus loves you and died for you and he picked those, who were the outcasts of society to turn the world upside down. The Lord did not turn to a powerful popular rich family to show them the golden plates but instead a poor young man Smith to be shown the golden plates and his family were just regular people. So if you feel like you do not belong, Jesus has picked you to do something great and he truly loves you and will bring you someone to love you and forget
What everyone else has to say just remember the verse John 3:16
For Jesus saw your pain and hurt and you were more then worth it for him to give up his life and be beaten beyond any other human being and die a horrible death he did it for he loved you and left us the Holy Ghost to comfort you and give you direction and you will never be alone for Jesus loves you

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'Doors' by Isidro Zapata

Have you ever thought about doors and how much of a big part they play in our everyday lives. In how they protect us from the outside world What is the feeling you get when you hear “Welcome come on in”? For me I feel every humble and happy all at the same time I feel like Neil Armstrong taking man’s first step on the Moon because I am entering into a new area that I have never been before. When you walk through the front door you are entering into someone’s life.
A door, keeps the world outside and all the craziness. It gives you a sense of protection from the outside and you end up being who you really are behind the closed doors and only a few people get to see who you truly are.
Behind every door people are living their lives. Kid’s doing their homework, wife cooking dinner, and the husband helping her out. Or you see a couple sitting down on the couch next to each other watching a movie behind each of these doors life is going on.
A door opens you up to a new world. Each person has a soul that wants to get back to it’s real home and that is up there with our Father in Heaven. The door is just the first step you take when you walk into someone’s life. They let down their protection from the outside world and invite you inn. This is your chance, to tell them the truth and set their souls free from this world. Before you can tell them the truth and set them on their way to the father, you first have to take that first step and walk through that door. That door will let you go into someone’s life and you can see who he or she really is and not who he or she pretends to be.
So, if you really think about it a door is truly important in our daily lives. When we open the door and invite someone in we are inviting them into our lives and we are showing them a part of us not a lot of other people get to see who you really are.

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Monday, September 15, 2014

September 14, 2014

     I had a good first weekend at BYU Idaho. I had plans every night of the week: Family Home Evening on Monday, a Game Night on Tuesday, Institute on Wednesday, a run with a friend on Thursday, Go back to school in Rexburg, (BYU) Idaho on Friday, and Hike Table Rock on Saturday.
     Family Home Evening was okay. We were going to play Water Softball. I never heard of an FHE that was so creative, but it was canceled due to rain. The default activity was of course Volleyball, which I don't think is good for socializing. People are divided, and you can't get to know people because there is a ball flying all over the place. I was able to get to know a girl personally. I went out for dinner with Kesha Richardson. Kesha was taught art by her grandfather. I told her that I took pictures of the Bear Mountain Veneer that morning. I showed her the pictures that I took, and she said that they don't look like acrylic paintings. I was mistaken. I described to her the painting style, which I thought that the stone looked like, and she said that it looked like Oil painting. The machine operator did not like that I was taking pictures of all the veneer that I was impressed by, and I did not like that Kesha did not really appreciate the pictures that I took. She said that they looked gray. I did not take a picture of one gray stone. The stone color did not have the same variety as the first time that I saw the stone, but I got some good pictures. I show fix them up now. A lot were mainly blue and orange, which is cool, because those colors are opposites. It does not seem that the filters on my photo editing apps fix the pictures. I was disappointed because the camera changed the orange to a yellow. I don’t think that I can do anything to fix the colors. I will upload all of them. I hope that you like it.
The young single adult ward in Heber seems very divided. Not many people know each other, so I organized a game night because a sister that I met was new to the ward and did not know many people. The girl was named Rachel Saxton. I thought that she would get along well with Hannah Johansson and Kesha, since they are about the same age, but Hannah did not show up, and Kesha almost didn't. If Kesha had not come, my hope would not have been accomplished. I wanted Kesha to get to know Rachel more. We played Munchkin, the card game; and Mexican Train, the dominoes game. Jeremy won all three games that we played, so he was the game master. Munchkin is a game similar to Dungeons and Dragons, where you grow levels, but there is no official story. Jesse asked me if it was a board game. I have never seen Dungeons and Dragons played, so I didn't know that it had a board. Munchkin did not have a board. The directions were not well written, so it took up forever to get into it. I was pondering writing more simple directions to bless my posterity, a joke from Jesse. I might as well.
     Here are simple Munchkin directions. There to two different type of cards; the quest and treasure. You get three of each in the beginning, but you only draw from the quest cards when you play. These quest card can have monsters that you need to destroyed, which are destroyed by having more strength than it. Strength is given by level and treasure equipped, which you can play on your turn. The card that you can equip are race, armor/weapons, and occupation. You can only have one race and occupation; unless, indicated. Curses can be played too. You need to place them facing down before you curse people. These strengthening cards are to be played before you draw your quest card. The winner is the person to obtain level ten. Levels can be obtained by selling (discarding) cards. A thousand of the currency can raise your level up one. Destroying a monster does too, but only one person in the battle can obtain the level. Elves have an advantage because they can join battles and obtain a level with the person on the quest; therefore, you don't need to destroy a monster alone. You can get others to join you. If you can't destroy the monster, you will die; however, you can flee, if you roll a 5 or 6. If you die, people can get the treasure that you left behind; however, you keep your race and occupation in the next turn, when you are reborn, and I think that you lose the level that you obtained. No one died in the game that we played, so I don't know how to obtain the treasure. I will say that the next player to play can chose, and the next players can take what is left on their turn. Treasure is obtained when you defeat a monster, and many cards are self-explanatory. The winner cannot win by selling treasure to obtain the tenth level. It can be only obtained by destroying a monster or divine intervention. I don't really like this rule, but the person with the lowest level gets all the discarded cards; however, one needs to end a turn with 5 cards usually. I think that I covered everything.
On Wednesday I was able to get Lily Mergist's phone number at institute. I met her last week at institute. I wanted to add her as a friend on Facebook because she is really cool; however, she doesn't have a Facebook. I learned to ask for their number, if they don't have Facebook. I was not really interested in getting her number, but it still shows interest. I wanted to be able to follow her on Facebook and chat with her occasionally. It was awkward because the next day I got my haircut, and Lily was a student at the salon school. She was chatting my ear off during my haircut, saying the most awkward things; plus, the hairstylist was flirting with me.
     The hairstylist was a lot more mature, and we had an interest in running and Latin dancing in common. Her name is Francisca Montes. I laugh a lot as I said before. It was funny because she told me to tell her, when the water got too hot as she washed my hair. I figured that she should know how to regulate that on her own. The water temperature apparently changes without her control. She was flirty, asking me to visit her ward, and about being friends on Facebook, but a mistake that I made is that I did not ask for her phone number with the friend request. I usually invite hair stylists to use their imagination and skill to do whatever they want, and everyone so far has not actually change my hair style. I was ready for a change, and Francis was the only hairstylist that changed my hairstyle. She may have liked the nature of my liberalness, embracing and pushing her skill. She also noted that her friend wondered if I was her brother, so the natural feeling of family was nice. I invited her to run with me and a friend. She wanted to, but she didn't have her stuff. After leaving I realized that I should go back in to get a glass of water or two to get hydrated. I called my friend, and he said that he forgot that he was going to a BYU Football game. I went back anyways to tell her that we can't run with my friend, but we can run together. She was not prepared, but we went to get ice cream instead. We got along well. She is honest and straight forward. She said that she is divorced after an eight year marriage, having two children. One age 6, and the other is aged 7. I am liberal, so I am up for the relationship; although, she is 27. I really like her, so I wanted to see her, dropping by to see her on the way home from work the next day, since it was my last day of work. She was too busy to reply. We have been chatting, but conversation is slow.
     My final days at work were almost emotional. The emotional times came when a coworker/friend started collecting thin pieces of stone as bookmarks for me because I have done that. His name is Urban Warner. The stone is too soft to give as gifts, but saved one in remembrance of him. I got his phone number, so I can keep up with him. Before I came to work, the Mexican people dominated the social life, and he would sit with them. There is a little shed that they eat at. I like hanging out outside, sitting on a big stone. Urban hung outside with me, which is convenient for him because he smokes. There is a feeling where you are going to missing a people that brings you to tears. I was feeling it, but I didn't cry.
     Thursday was the last night that I stayed in Heber City, and I was thinking of running with Kyle, visiting Eve and Ezra to say good bye to Eve. Ezra and Eve came before I knew it as we were eating dinner. Eve had a fun idea to make a fake salad with the thin pieces of stone that Urb saved for me. I was fine with it, since it breaks easily. We had Ezra's helmet as a bowl, and we put weeds, grass, and broke up the stone as the salad croutons; then, we went to share it with our friends; Danica, Katie, Luca, and Lillian. Only Lilly was around to enjoy the salad, and play for a little bit.
     Friday was fun; although, my ride to Rexburg came 3 hours late. Trevor Sweat drove. One thing that was cool is that my grandparents tried to find a relation with him, and they found out that they grew up with his grandparents. The cool part is that Trevor Sweat's grandpa rents my grandparent's farming land. Driving up to school was fun. We got along well.



    The Table Rock Hike is not as beautiful in the Fall as it is in the Spring, but it doesn't matter that much because the trail as so much rocks in it that you need to look down a lot. Cory Hafen posted on Facebook that he is going to hike Table Rock, and I jumped at the opportunity when two of our mutual friends committed to it. Amanda Reaser almost did not come because she had work at 4 pm, but we accommodated for her meeting at 5 in the morning. We arrived at 7 am. Cory had some friends from his ward that came along, but they did not last very long. A girl quit trying to stay up basically right off the bat, and the other two from the ward stayed back too, since they are the second car. A lot of people can't make it up the trail to the top of Table Rock, but we talked, saying that the trail is so rough that it is not worth the effort; unless, the person makes it to the top. That was our perspective. McKell Clayson was the other mutual friend that I had with Cory Hafen. McKell was my FHE sister in the Spring of 2013. The four of us were the core people to complete the hike, and we charged up it, making it to the top by 10:15. We thought that we had a time crunch to get Amanda home on time for work, but we got up to the top to quickly that we chilled out up there for about 40 minutes. I got some good pictures. On the way down we did not talk that much. I think that we were too exhausted, and we already explored the conversation options that we just focused on getting home. On the way home we were so exhausted that poor Cory could not nap with us, since he was driving. He said "The struggle is real" to stay awake. On the way home, I told Cory that I every person from Las Vegas that I met is super cool, since he was from there.


     Later that evening McKell and I went out to dinner with Dollie Mae Marble, who is also from Las Vegas, and Jesse Kaupert, since we were all in the same FHE group. We caught up and deepened our friendships. One thing that is special that has to do with our time is that Dollie Mae has some sort of health problems. It is so devastating to her that I have not had the boldness to ask what it is specifically; however, she went to Mexico this summer, going to Tijuana. This town is very poor and dangerous place, for people offered to purchase her the first time that she visited. She felt completely safe going down this time though. The city is known for great medical facilities, and the stem cell research and opportunities there has helped her from bed ridden lifestyle to activity again.
     This first weekend of the semester was good. Jesse organized a game night last night with an old FHE sister name Rachel. We all had friends coming over. Jossy Reyes, Naomi House, and Paige Dexter came. Rachel is lived in and served a mission in Germany, and we played the favorite game of Werewolf. Each game got more enjoyable as we played. The last game was funny because my roommate was the mayor and the lover, and one of the lovers was talking about killing people too easily. We nominated her to be killed, and the mayor joined in the vote against her; although, she was trying to draw attention away from herself. I was poking fun with Naomi basically the entire time because her roles in the beginning were very active and sinister. I was trying to have her killed basically every round.































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Monday, September 8, 2014

monsoon season

hello everyone, beautiful rainy day today in Arizona.

 

We have a miracle! we taught irma this week about the word of wisdom. and it was really good we shared this scripture

mosiah 4:9 Believe in God; believe that he is, and thathe created‍ all things, both in heaven and in earth;believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both inheaven and in earth; believe that man doth notcomprehend‍ all the things which the Lord cancomprehend.  We explained that although we dont know why we shouldnt ingest certain things that are harmful to the body,we should do it out of faith, trusting in God that it is for our benefit.

towards the conclusion of our lesson, she told us if drinking coffee was going to hold her back from getting baptized then she won't get baptized. We committed her to pray for strength so she can resist it and make a promise with God that if she keeps it her son will stop smoking. Her daugther was present and she told us of an expirience she had by making a promise with God, she told us that her baby boy had a lot of health problems and so she promised God that if she stopped drinking coffee, if He can heal him, she knew if she made a tiny sacrifice like that that He will keep  His promise as long as she keeps hers. As soon as she stopped he hasnt had any health problems, and one day she said "oh what will one little cup do" and she drank it and during that time he got sick again and she decided to quit it for good , because she knew that God don't play. it was perfect.

then we came back on saturday and we read the Book of Mormon with her, after reading we followed up with her on her word of wisdom committment and she miraculously told us that she has "not had the craving ever since we have been talking about it, instead i rather drink my herbal tea, although my family makes it and offers me some i just look at it and have no desire to have some. I think it is really intresting how that has happened and i stopped all of a sudden since i haven't been able to stop drinking it since i was a wee lad" ofcoarse all this was in spanish heehee.

we expressed our love for her and how much we wanted what is best for her and that we have been praying for her. She was touched and knew that it was thanks to the prayers offered in faith.

This strengthend our testimony about prayer and that Heavenly Father provides the way for his children to keep His commandments.

 
Sincerely,

Hermana Salas
 

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Sunday, September 7, 2014

September 4, 2014

     There has been no drama this week at work; therefore, I am not going to write about it. I have some adventures to write about, a YSA one and one with Eve. Work was crazy yesterday, and it inspired me to become something that I have been thinking about. My REVIT update is another weak one. I have been focusing more on preparing for my cross country team, running more, experimenting with a new content feed style for the Mormon YSA Blog Spot, and going to Institute.
     My adventures are impressive in my eyes. I befriended a girl in my new YSA Ward on Facebook, and I asked her if I could sit with her at church. Her name is Kesha Richardson, and she was sitting with Hannah Johannson. They are really cool. I asked Kesha how her week was, and she said something about work. I asked about what she does, and she works at a bakery. When that topic came up, Hannah asked if she would like to come over to help bake cupcakes for a marriage occasion. I asked if I can help them bake, and they were down with that. We were having a hard time deciding on a time. I like making things happen because there is always another way, and we figured it out.
     When we met, we were deciding between chocolate or vanilla. I said that we should do vanilla because it is more original than chocolate. Chocolate is too common. Hannah’s father is a retired chef, and he gave Hannah actual vanilla beans for Christmas or her birthday with a lifetime supply of vanilla extract. She probably got a liter of the extract. We first made the frosting, which was a surprisingly simple recipe; a whole thing of cream cheese and a whole thing of butter, a good guess on the amount of powdered sugar, and a teaspoon of vanilla. A machine mixed it up, and it came out glorious. I love it when a food is so dense in nutrition that it goes through a series of flavors. I can't describe the order, but it was great. Do you understand the recipe?
     The batter recipe was cool to. Hannah cut open a vanilla bean for this one, and this recipe was not simple. She put the beans in the batter. It didn't taste like it had a series of tastes. I think that it tasted like normal cake batter.
     One thing that I discovered when I was playing with Eve and Ezra is that I could swing Eve in a circle on a rope swing, and I could let go of the ground. Eve and Ezra enjoy watching fun videos that I find on Facebook, and she wanted to make a fun video. She tried to think of some ideas, but they were lame. I thought that our discovery is pretty cool, so I suggested maybe we can make a video of it. She said that she will be gone all weekend, so I might not see her until next Friday. School for me starts next week, so I figured that I should issue a challenge that I thought of. Since I thought that the video was creative, I wanted to invite my friends and family to join in the fun. I issued the challenge last night, giving them a week like I gave myself the week to make the video. I call it the "Do Something Creative With Your Family Challenge," and I would like to invite you to join us, making creative videos. You have one week, and you should challenge other people too. The video is kind of funny because my head is cut off. I tried to have Ezra hold the camera, but he is only three. We had to set the camera on a swing. The first take of the movie was good, but the sound was too soft, and I was pulling Eve around too slowly.

     Work has not been difficult this week, which was nice. Yesterday was a day that blew my mind. I was palletizing the stone, coming off the line, and the last stone that we were working with looked like they were acrylic paintings. I was palletizing acrylic paintings, but it was stone. The colors were amazing. Every color was coming off the line with beautiful designs. I imagined that God painted the Bear Mountains, since that is the name of the stone. I was saving the scraps with all the different colors; yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, light blue. My coworker saw that I had a big stash, and he threw it all away. This stone inspired me to do something that I was thinking to do this past week.
     I have been thinking about how to reduce the waste of the company and be more profitable, since the waste goes into a pile after we cut off the veneer of the stone. I was thinking about making clay out of the silt and other products out of the scrap. I spoke to my general manager, and he said that the silt is basically worthless. Silt is stone fragments more than half the size of sand but more than double the size of clay. I don't think that we have the technology yet to grind silt into clay. I already looked it up. I was thinking of organising a salvaging crew to make additional products for Delta Stone Product, but my general manager said that business is a balancing act of time and resources to be profitable.
     I thought to myself one week that modern art is so terrible nowadays that the veneer looks more impressive. I was thinking of buying a big sheet of veneer and hanging it on my wall as art. I figured that I could make art out of the scraps. The Bear Mountain stone looks amazing. My coworker suggested that I get it polished at the small shop, so the image can be preserved. I started working on making myself art after I was enchanted by the Bear Mountain veneer. I took a picture of what I found, but it is nothing compared to the natural veneer off the machine. You can get a hint of the bright colors.
     Working on designing my cousin's house on REVIT, I was pointed out some things by my cousin that I didn't understand in the floor plan. The floor plans has a hall type area next to the master bedroom. I thought that it was a hall, leading to a deck or outside. The floor plans of the house is shaped kind of like a 'V,' and there is pool/fountain type area in between. That hall is actually a closet, making the master bedroom a little more private than I initially thought. Since that hall is a closet, it means that it is part of the 250 square feet. This is a first decision to reduce the square footage of the house, and it made a big difference. It changed the scale of the house, and now the approximate square footage is 5200 feet compared to 10000. I now need to completely change the house, which might take a while.
     I am preparing for the cross country season in advance. The team wants a good fellowship, so I am organising some team bonding activities. On the first weekend we will make team shirts. On the second week we will try to run up Table Rock. On the third week we will make shirts for the runners that completed the goal of jogging up the 7 mile trail. Fourth week: We will have a picnic at the haunted swing. I don't think that I should plan the entire season because I don't even know my team yet, and I should take into account the team members' personalities. I still need to design a shirt for the Table Rock event. I have a simple idea. I am thinking of making it a panoramic image with the saying "Would you dare run up Table Rock? I did and did it."
     I have been getting more miles of running in. I like the Heber Valley. I have been telling people that I love the valley better than living next to the beach. I have hills to run to in all directions, and there is no place not to explore. I love running hills and the challenge. I found a trail early this week, and it forked into three trails. I ran to the bank today, and I was talking to Jesse Kaupert about getting back to school. I told him that I was at the bank deciding which way to run next. I said to him "Maybe I will just run to the nearest hills," and I did that. I ran to the hill, and there were two houses in my way. I went to a neighbor, and I asked how to get up to a trail pronounced in the hill. He was nice, and he told me that it was private property. There was a way to get on the hill, and I only had to run a few more blocks. I made it up to the trails, and I took a picture. When I was heading back, I saw another trail that I could run, and I thought why not. Not long into it, I ran into a leg of a deer, which looks like it was eaten. I have never seen such a scene before in all my years of running. I was a little apprehensive about continuing, so I ran home.



     The way that I am exploring serving people at the Mormon YSA Blog Spot has changed a lot this past week. I used to share about 5 posts in the morning, and some in the evening; then, I changed to sharing blog posts every hour in the day and pictures every hour on the half hour. I am currently exploring, sharing blog articles throughout the entire day, so I can serve more people around the world; plus, I am not bombarding my followers through out the day. I now have slowed down my feed to sharing something about every hour of the day, but, since it is every hour of the day rather than just the day, I share the same amount of content letting me expand my service too. I use to share 5 articles in the morning to give my followers a variety of articles to choose from, but I figured expanding my service is more important.
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Thursday, September 4, 2014

August 31, 2014

     It's nice to be caught up in my journal. At this moment in my life, I am living with my grandparents, working a summer job. I am not going to write about my summer job today, but I will write about my grandparents. I also plan to write about my new YSA Ward in Heber City, Utah.  My first couple weeks here at Heber was a little depressing. I was playing with my first cousins once removed a lot for those couple weeks, and I missed interactions with real friends. My first week at the Heber City YSA Ward was this past week.
     The son of my grandparents' bishop drove me to church. I knew where it was, and it is only a few blocks away. He insisted on driving me though. He is pretty cool, but I don't know his name. He was sick last Sunday. As I sat with him, a girl sat with us, and I spoke with her a little before Sacrament; however after Sacrament, I have not seen them again. When I went to ward prayer Sunday night, I met the regulars.
     Ward prayer is a tradition that I have found is in very tight wards. It's a more social activity. We hang out after dinner, have a spiritual thought and a prayer, and hang out again. The first person that I met was Beth Egnew, who is the girl that I went on a date with last night. Our conversation didn't last long the first time that we met for an odd reason. The Elder's Quorum President is a Hicken. His name is Collin. I assume that he is part of the Elder's Quorum Presidency because he led the priesthood lesson on Sunday. After the spiritual thought and prayer, I wanted to meet Collin to know how I am related to him. I told him that I am from the lineage the John Henry the son of Patriarch Thomas Hicken. Patriarch Thomas Hicken is from England, and he is my grandpa's great grandpa. Collin did not know what son that he was from of Patriarch Thomas Hicken. At Family Home Evening Collin told me that he is from Addison's lineage. Addison is the son of Thomas Hicken, who is the son of Patriarch Thomas Hicken. Collin is about the same distance of a cousin as Nicholas Hicken. I thought that I wrote about him, but I could not find information about him, when I was searching my journal.
     Nicholas contacted me last semester because he wanted to get to know the other Hickens at BYU Idaho. We hung out a few times. He was jealous that I went on a mission to Jamaica. Nick loves Jamaica. He really admires Bob Marley. He likens Bob Marley with Buddha, Confucius, and Mohammed as someone given to a nation to look to as a religious leaders. I know that the Jamaican people look to him as a prophet. Nick told a story about him, saying that the high class people didn't like that Bob Marley would invite people from all walks of life to visit his house.
     Family Home Evening was cool, but I didn't want to play any of the activities because I already took a shower, and I need to get home early to get my sleep for work. I got to know a sister more. Her name is Hannah Payne. She is very beautiful, and she always hangs out with her sister in law. Her sister in law is studying to be an editor, so we talked about writing. A guy that I believe is named Chris hung out with us at dinner. We had a good group of people at our table. Later I asked Chris, if he heard whether Hannah was dating anyone. It turns out that she is engaged. I seem to have bad luck because a lot of people that I ask out are dating, engaged, or married.
One coincidence that happened in my new ward is that my friend from BYU Idaho attends the ward. His name is Trevor Sweat. We met my first semester at school, and we use to study in the quiet floor of the library together. We would just sit next to each other. I couldn't deal with the quiet floor because it was easy to fall asleep and the Internet was always bad. I don't like him everything relies on the Internet at school. My grandparents were worried about me getting a ride to school, and Trevor will be able to do that. I saw that he is a runner on Facebook, so I am thinking of asking him if he would like to join my cross country team. I feel like I need to be Mormon, and abridge, plainly explaining the coincidence; that is, God will provide for your needs; be it friends or even a ride to school.


    I mentioned yesterday that I had a date in the evening, and I went out with Beth Egnew. We actually got talking this time. It was a long date. I usually don't have such a long evening with my dates. I picked her up at 3:30. We went to the Swiss Days event in Midway; had dinner; and watched A Midsummer's Night Dream, the Shakespeare play. It was fun, driving to her house, because I was told to turn at Hicken Lane. As I was driving on that lane, I crossed Hicken Court. I had to take a picture of that. Aunt Audrey lives in Midway, and we had a hard time finding their parking lot because Wayne said that it was easy. I mainly looked for 5 dollar parking on Main Street. I drove into 3 parking lots before finding the family lot. We didn't have much time to explore, since we planned to go to a choir concert at 5. The choir was great, but it was not very Swiss. They didn't wear any cultural outfits nor did they sing any Swiss songs. We got a Swiss tacos for dinner. Beth only took a few bites and threw it away. These tacos were huge. I saved mine because I couldn't finish mine either. It was like a normal taco with beans, cheese, and salad; but it was served on fry bread. After dinner we went to see A Midsummer's Night Dream. The Timpanogos Valley Theater is run well. I have not enjoyed many Shakespeare's plays, but this one was fun. I liked the creativity of the immortal fairies that has two modes: one where human can see them, and one where the fairies can only see each other. I like it when good creativity becomes an instant classic. I think that we are missing creativity now a days. A lot of productions are the same old story told over and over. I think that companies are afraid of the risk that comes from creating something completely original.
      I have opinions about media that was discouraging to my movie loving roommate. I think that there is a template where some man-made catastrophe arises and everyone needs to unite to solve the problem. So many movies follow that template. I also don't like when producers are not original enough to create their own story. They do Romeo and Juliet or some other story that is put in different settings. I saw another common story line that is not original. A top secret or government organization falls apart, but somehow a person save the world from a radical person. These are my observations for the lack of creativity in media.
     When I came home, I told my grandparents how the date went. I already told you, so I won't get into that again. My grandmother was surprised that Eve and Ezra did not even mention my name that evening. This is not another journal entry about Eve and Ezra. At this moment they are both looking at the deals that they can get from the local grocery stores with coupons in the newspaper. They are healthy and normal person. My grandfather is 87 years old, and I remember that because he is the same age as the King of Thailand. In the year 2007, I went to Thailand as a graduation present with my mother and a family friend, and the country had yellow shirts designated to be worn each Monday for the entire year. I do love Thailand, and I still wear the Thai yellow shirt that I got today. My grandfather is named Glen Irwin Hicken, and he is the son of Irwin Todd Hicken, who is the son of John Robert Hicken, who I mentioned before. Glen most days of the week serves his community by mowing lawns. I don't know all who he serves. He also is knowledgeable with mechanical contraptions. We visited Wayne his brother yesterday, and he replaced a radiator in a lawn mower. He also helped another brother bale hay. I think that his name is Wayne too. One thing that is funny about my grandfather is that he believes that it should be basic knowledge to know the directions of North, South, East, and West. This would make sense for Utah natives. He says that he knows those directions at all times, and he has pointed out that it is basic knowledge that I should have a few times. College Football started this week, and he enjoys watching Utah's college teams. I believe that they are both BYU fans; although, there are members of the family who are University of Utah fans like my brother and uncle Allen. My grandparents are active members in the senior community, enjoying great friendships there not without football. Grandpa and grandma both have the same amount of patience with Eve and Ezra, which does have limits; although, they love them tremendously. My grandmother was named Carroll Lee Hicken, and she feels that the contention that they bring to the dinner table upsets her soul deeply physically more than spiritually. I believe that grandma has leadership in the senior center. She cooks still enjoying good sight mostly and health. Her walk is not perfect. Grandpa has a solid healthy walk. I am a runner, and I have developed a odd habit of observe the running and walking form of people. Grandpa fell this past week, trying to kick their cat out of the garage, but surprisingly he recovered in just a couple days. I think that he said that his knee hurt, and he would lose balance if he walked normally. He could only walk safely for the first day of the fall by keeping his leg straight. Tiger is their long living cat. She doesn't get much love from my grandparents, but we do feed her. She looks very unkept and dirty with flies following her everywhere, and her whiskers are mangled. My grandparents are good about their responsibility to visit in the homes of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which we call visiting and home teaching. They always inform me of the time that I need to watch Eve and Ezra, when they go. When I first arrived, I had a hard time rounding up Eve and Ezra, getting them home before it is dark, and my grandparents would drive around, looking for us. Much of their time is left lounging around at home. They enjoy classic music played from the television, and they relax with a nap or reading. They also watch Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune most every day. They don't eat much, and they were feeding me a small amount of food. Grandpa makes me breakfast most mornings. One morning he made me cream of wheat, and I ate the whole pot of cereal. I usually eat a little more than half of the pot of cereal. I was worried that I was not getting enough calories for my lifestyle In Heber, but after showing them that I eat more food, we have been more comfortable making sure that I eat enough. I talk well with my grandparents at the dinner table; although, grandpa is hard of hearing. It is not that bad. I often open up to my grandmother because she can hear well, and we have good discussions about my concerns. I think it is funny that most everyone here acts like they know everyone. When I talk about someone, they always ask for their last name. I think that my grandparents quit asking me for people's last names because they don't know everyone. They have failed to find a relation with everyone that I have spoken about, but other people do it in Heber too.
     About girls eating just a few bites of an expensive meal, my father said that is common, and my grandma said girls don't want to look like they eat a lot. I was chatting with a friend this week, and she said that she was trying to figure out dating. I thought that was odd because girls have so much experience. Boys are left behind usually. I told her about my date, saying "I think that guys don't care how much you eat. It is a sign of health to have good eating habits. Guys don't think about losing weight. They usually think of trying to gain weight. Girls should not worry. Just be healthy." She said. "True. Your the first guy that I ever heard saying that."
     The oddness of figuring out how to date for her as a beautiful girl came out, when I asked if she had a date recently. She said that she had not dated in more than two years, but she has a Skype date in December. She has already said that there are no good guys around to date, and she is waiting, which I understand. She is young, and she can choose. A Skype date a few months from now sounded suspicious. If the guy was really interested, he would want to Skype this weekend or this very night. She said that she never met him, but a couple of her cousins knows him; furthermore, he lives 5 hours away. I said that you should expect him to visit you as soon as possible even if it is 5 hours away. (Random Fact) Did you know that Joseph Fielding Smith rode his bike more than 100 miles each weekend to see his girlfriend? This guy is a loser. It turned out that they talk a little more than an hour each day. I have ran into a girl that had an abusive long distance relationship, and this is definitely one of them. Thankfully it was not for months like the girl that I counseled with. It has only been 4 days for my friend. I don't even know how they met, and I don't even want to know because he is a evil guy. My friend said that he already said that he wanted to marry her. She somehow was committed to him; although she was suspicious. She showed me the pictures that he gave her of him. He straight up looked creepy. I should post the pictures, so girls can see the hints. She also said that he would ignore her, when she asked for pictures. I bet that these are not even pictures of the guy that she is talking to. I had a suspicion that he was very controlling, and she said that he said that he really liked her, when she was trying to end the messed up long distance relationship, making her keep on with the relationship. At first I was telling her to make him visit you as soon as possible or end it, but when she opened up with everything, I encouraged her just to quit talking to him. I said that "Girls already have enough sorrow" to deal with this type of relationship. She was unsure about dating. She was grateful, saying "Thank you for opening my eyes." Everyone needs to be careful about long distance relationships. I encouraged her to date only local people. Make sure that he would do anything to be with you. I am a sisters' keeper. Having the courage to end these relationships are hard. The other girl that I mentioned didn't have the self-esteem to. I hope that I save another girl by opening up about this. I do love you, if you wonder whether your relationship is healthy, questioning dating like my friend. Email me at alexnhicken@gmail.com, and we can figure this out.
They don't even look like the same person... 

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Prozen (Okay, that was a lame one...)

Anna: "Do you want to build a snowman?"
Elder Lopez: "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"


Now before I start, I just want to say that I've never actually seen Frozen. It came out after I left to do the Lord's errand. So seeing as I'll probably get my fair share of grief teaching about a movie I've never seen, me, being the Awesome!ly humble Elder that I am, thought I would open with that disclaimer. "Just get on with it..."
C'mon people... It's been almost a year since
this movie came out... Let it go!
Let IT go!!!

So Frozen! Oh what can I say about it... "Nothing. You just said so yourself, you haven't even seen it. I'm surprised you even know it exists. Do you even know what it's about?" I thought you'd never ask. Here's Elder Lopez's summary of a movie he's never seen according to what he's heard/seen in pictures. "That's a REALLY long name..." The trademark is pending.

From what I know, Frozen follows two sisters named Anna and Elsa. Now, for reasons I don't really know, Elsa has these really cool ice powers kind of like Frozone from 'The Incredibles' but for one reason or another, it's a secret cause I guess cool ice powers are shunned upon when you're a princess. Oh yeah, she's a princess by the way. 

So Anna and Elsa have a pretty *icy* relationship. Anna looks up to Elsa but Elsa isn't very what you call fond of her younger sister. There's also something about building a snowman. Anyway, something happens and Anna reveals that Elsa has these really cool ice powers during her coronation. She's all embarrassed and whatnot so she runs away. 

So it's up to Anna and a guy who really likes reindeer, his name is Steven right? He looks like a Steven. Oh sorry I meant Kristoff, that's his name. His reindeer's name is Sven. Anyway, he likes reindeer cause they're better than people for whatever reason.They team up to find Elsa cause she's like freezing the kingdom with her cool ice powers. "Why do you keep describing it that way?" What? Cool ice powers? Are you kidding? Reader, It's Cool. Ice. Powers. "Fair enough." So shenanigans happen, they meet trolls and an odd snowman named Olaf and they finally make it to Elsa's ice kingdom. The two sisters have a rough relationship like I said, and angry sister stuff happens, (like it occasionally does) and Elsa accidentally curses Anna to freeze if she isn't shown an act of true love. (Which doesn't happen as often) 

The gang go back to the the kingdom of Arendelle to find Anna's love interest who has the snazzy name of Hans... Gruber...? "Wrong movie" (Who I might add decided they're gonna marry each other the moment they met each other) After explaining all the crazy shenanigans that just transpired and stating that true love's kiss is enough to melt the ice and break the curse (which in Disney movies, it usually is) Hans for whatever reason, decides not to, (Which in Disney movies, doesn't happen very often) and Anna is doomed to freeze to death. (Okay now this part gets really shaky.) I think Elsa comes cause she's all sad and Hans being the royal meathead that he is, tries attacking her and Anna sacrifices herself to save Elsa, causing that spark of love between the two siblings which breaks the curse. Happy things happen and everything gets wrapped up in a nice cold little bow where the sisters love each other and Elsa gets to keep her cool ice powers.

How'd I do? "You're gonna get A LOT of people upset..." Probably, but it's okay cause we're gonna talk about raising expectations. 
So as I may have mentioned multiple times, I've never seen Frozen but there is so much stuff about it everywhere that I may have well watched it.
Oh I get it, Frozen "On Ice"
Ha... Ha... Disney...
"Whoa. someone'e bitter..."
Knowing what I know now, will I still watch it? Probably. I mean, just cause all the ads and memes people have made about it have bothered me to no end, it could still be a fantastic movie and I'm expecting great things cause people have given it the highest praise. So where does that put us? "In a post you don't know much about?" Well, I know half about what I'm talking about... "Fair enough." We all have expectations for things. Whether it's for ourselves or others or the Chinese restaurant that looks really sketchy but it still could be good. You know who you are...

Expectations are something that can make or break someone. Especially when you start comparing yourself to others. In Preach my Gospel, which is pretty much a how to when it comes to teaching missionaries how to mission. (It's even in PDF format!) There's a section called, "A Successful Missionary." In this little gem, we read, 
"Avoid comparing yourself to other[s] and measuring the outward results of your efforts against theirs. Remember that people have agency to choose..."
We are all expected to be the best we can be, but when others are being the best better than you are, it kinda stinks right? "I bet you feel that way a lot when it comes to your grammar huh?" Not important... When we feel that way, we always have to remember that we are all different and that are success is correlated to the most we can possibly do. At the end of the day, we'll be judged after all we can do. Now you expected a usual Elder Lopez blog where I more or less know what I'm talking about right? "Honestly, at this point, I don't expect much..." But what you got was a bogus summary that is going to send legions of die-hard fans to seek me out and destroy me, maybe freeze me to death, depending on how hardcore fan they are. Maybe make some Elder Lopez icecub- "Focus..." Right.

Okay, the caption on this one has
NOTHING to do with the picture...
It's all about high expectations! You expect the best blog so you come here! (That was a joke, and probably not a very funny one.) God expects your best, to give up everything for Him, which is next to impossible or really really hard, but we do it anyway and why? Cause He loves us and we love Him. Yes, we love Him. Don't ever give yourself such low expectations that people don't expect anything from you cause trust me on this one, it's a bad road. It's one that leads to lack of self-worth and many a day doing nothing and expecting something to happen. Having high expectations forces you to try harder and harder, to meet said expectations and it too is hard and sometimes, VERY annoying, but it forces us to grow and who doesn't like growth? Farmers sure do. A very wise missionary once said,
"There's no growth in the comfort zone, and no comfort in the growth zone."
So grow people! And stop posting and flooding my news-feed with frozen paraphernalia, I get it, I'll watch it... 
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