Called to Serve!! :)

I received my mission call on October 22nd,2010 around 12:30pm in the afternoon. I opened it up at 6pm, when I could have my family and friends there to see me open it. :) I have been officially called to serve in the Utah,Odgen mission. :) I'm very excited!! :) I report to the MTC January 26th. :) It finally has sunk in, I'm going to be a full time sister missionary soon!! :) There has been so many moments in my life that have brought me here to this very point today. How grateful I am to receive a mission call from the Lord, through our prophet,President Thomas S. Monson. I know that President Monson is a prophet called of the Lord. I'm so excited to teach people in Odgen about The Gospel of Jesus Christ. As I prepare to go the temple my heart and spirit are full of joy and hope. I know that I can do anything with the Lord's help. Most of all, I know that my Redeemer lives. I know Our Heavenly Father and Our Savior, Jesus Christ love us so much and have so much confidence in us. They know us better then we know ourselves and they are always there for us. I'm so excited to be going to the temple soon. Isn't that what our ultimate goal is? Is to go the temple? When we were younger in Primary, most of us, sang a song titled: I Love to see The Temple. The last line of the first verse says:, "I'll prepare myself while I am young, this is my sacred duty." Truly the goal is the temple. It will bring us happiness, joy and peace into our lives. :) I'm excited to be going to the temple for myself soon and to continue to go back to the temple again and again. :) The temple is a beautiful and sacred place and how grateful I am that I can go to the temple. I have been preparing myself since I was young to go the temple and now I'm ready. I know by going to the temple, I will have a better understanding of the gospel and I hope to see some of my investigators on my mission get baptized and get an opportunity to go to the temple. :) I'm very excited for my mission but the temple is the ultimate goal to help progress forward and be ready for my mission. :)

Love ya all! :)

~ Sister Celinda Molen

Moving forward

I have been so blessed so tremendously lately. My Heavenly Father has blessed with me great friends who have kept me on the path of righteousness. :) About three years ago I felt like I had no hope in my life anymore. I had just gotten out of a serious relationship and it was hard for me to get over. Through the years I have gotten over that relationship and moved on to greater things in life. In fact in these past three years my best friend and I have a closer friendship and I know can tell him almost anything. Also, in the process I became friends with two returned sister missionaries, who right away welcomed me with open arms and these two lovely woman are now two of my best friends and I would do anything for them. I have been blessed to grow closer to my family during this time, especially closer to my mom. My mom is one of my best friends and when she needs to be she is also my Mom and I appreciate that. She has supported me fully especially lately in any decision I make because she knows how she raised me and she trusts me to make the right decision. I have been blessed with hours at work and the fact that I still have a job and I'm truly grateful for that. I have been blessed to see friends of mine get engaged and get married in the temple and how that has blessed there life. In fact one of my best friends is engaged and I'm very happy for her. :) I look back to three years not because I miss it but because I realize I have come so far since then. I'm going to school and working and my future is about to take a lovely twist and turn and I'm so excited for that. :) Life is never certain and we all have our bad days but if we realize that Satan is the one who's trying to bring us down, we don't want him to win, and smiling and laughing and moving forward with Heavenly Father on our side, is how we can combat Satan. Love ya all!! :) Till another day!! :)

~ Celinda Molen