Senior Kirtland Trip 2012

 a light shall break forth among them that sit in darkness, and it shall be the fullness of my gospel

The senior trip was amazing. I got so close to the girls but also became good friends with a few of the boys. There are so many wild stories I could tell but they would take years to explain. My favorite part of the trip was the School of the Prophets. That room is so powerful and the spirit is so strong. I pretty much bawled the whole time in there, Christ appeared in there that exact small little room. And I was in there. It was pretty amazing. I wish everyone could feel what I felt this weekend, I want everyone to share in the blessings of this gospel. The Kirtland Temple is such a beautiful place but they don't have the spirit there, and that is such a shame. The Community of Christ is so close to knowing the truth but yet they don't fully accept it. What a huge shame. The car ride was long and we got no sleep but we all got so much closer. We all felt the spirit together. Me, Andrea and Whitney got even closer on our way back from Elmira to Owego, I love those girls and I know they love me back, I think I'm going to really need their friendships this year. I can see my school friends all going their own way, we are all very busy and I think I just don't feel as connected anymore. I get so angry when they don't understand how great the gospel is. I wish they would take me more seriously when I tell them of the amazing truths of this gospel. The quote above was in the room where we had testimony meeting...so of course I read it like 50 billion times and memorized it. It's very true and it is very encouraging I feel. It gives me hope for the future and for whenever things get hard. I will never forget this weekend and the spirit I felt and I won't forget the great testimonies given by all of my friends. I love hearing friends testimonies because you know these people so well but yet you are always happily surprised when you hear how strong they are in the gospel. I love this church and I love how I will probably be friends with these people forever.

Here are some of the funny quotes from this weekend:

"you have eight pillows you can make a bed with that" Dalton


"mom I don't wanna die" -Cassie


"I am a camel" Whitney


"I know my sandwich tastes betta than this" Sister Dauphin


"da da da BOOM" Dalton
(talking about me running over kids)


"ruffagans" sister gifford


"sleep tight don't let the bed bugs bite" "pop goes the weasel" sister giffords
"about how we all have dated and kissed him" Dalton


"ride you like a donkey" Dalton


"they made out and like grounded" Whitney


"brother brown is calling sister black!" -not sure

Here are some of the picture from this weekend: