That poet is dead...

“A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called "The Road Less Traveled", describing a journey he took through the woods along a path most travelers never used. The poet found that the road less traveled was peaceful but quite lonely, and he was probably a bit nervous as he went along, because if anything happened on the road less traveled, the other travelers would be on the road more frequently traveled and so couldn't hear him as he cried for help. Sure enough, that poet is dead.” 

-Lemony Snicket

I'm Leaving and Never Coming Back Again

(ok, only for 18 months but still)

I Will Miss

Sleeping In

Good Long Chats with my Sisters

FB Vents with Friends

Cafe Rio

Panda Express

Normal Food in General 

Mi Familia 

Wearing Pants

School

The English Language

My Friends

Sanitary Non-Squat  Toilets, People that Wash their Hands

But When It's the End of My Mission...

I Will Miss 

Having a Set Schedule

Good Long Chats with My Companions

Writing Letters

Fish

Rice

Strange Food in General  

Aking Mga Filipino Sa Pamilya

Pretty Dresses

Studying the Gospel in Such Depth 

My New Friends

All the Funny Moments 

I chose the road lest traveled in hopes some day all will follow. 

Thanksgiving Happiness!

I would maintain that thanks is the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. 

G.K. Chesterton

I Am Grateful For...

My Family 

My Roommates and Friends

 My Neighbor Kids... and Kids in General 

The Temple and the Blessings Found Within 

My Country and Freedom and the
Grand Experience of Discovering Another Culture 

And Most of All, My Savior, Redeemer, and Mediator Jesus Christ.

Silent Gratitude Isn't Much Use To Anyone.

-G.B. Stern

It Came!

I had to wait weeks and weeks to get my mission call, so it's only fair that I made you wait weeks and weeks for a post about it. So here is the official letter (the not so official parentheses were added by none other then myself):

Dear Sister Lyons (Ooo, doesn't that sound so cool!),
You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Philippines Baguio (anyone know how to say that?) Mission. You should report to the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, December 21, 2011. You will prepare to preach the gospel in the Tagalog (I totally mispronounced that when I was reading out loud... I have a lot to learn) language.

Is that so exciting or what? If you are not completely jealous by now, I decided to add some pictures for your benefit.

Come on? How cool is that! I hope that's their public transportation! 

 So pretty!

Yep... them be some rice terraces.

 

80% are Catholic... going back to my roots.

 

I think I will probably have to take a picture by this very cool statue.

Aren't they beautiful?

I am so excited! I can hardly contain it! But one thing I am not excited about...

That's right... the fish. That could be an adventure all on its own.

As they say in Tagalog...Paalam!