8/26 i love missionaries

today, i had the blessing to spend my entire evening with my church's missionaries.

for dinner, my ma, pa, and i took the Elders (male mishes) out to good ol' Golden Corral. it's always so fun to learn all about missionaries and hear them talk about the gospel and utah and temples. it's even funner to here them sing modern pop songs hahah. the entire dinner, songs were playing, and the Elders were talking about how much they missed music. they continued talking and singing, constantly mentioning the tender mercies of the Lord. (it's amazing how everything always comes back to our Heavenly Father!) 

unfortunately, I had to leave dinner a bit early to meet the Sister missionaries and pick them up to go to some appointments. most prominent in my thoughts this evening is a visit with an inactive family. this visit reminded me of my own family. i know that my church is God's true church--i have no doubt in my mind--and i want my entire family to feel the blessings of being a part of it. although we are all baptized into the church and sealed as a family, i want my brothers and sister to raise their families in the church and be able to be with THEIR children for all eternity. i surely want to raise my children in this gospel and be with them and my eternal companion for forever. 

this evening continues to support my desire to go on a mission. i am so very blessed to be a part of this gospel and have a testimony of it. i want to share this gospel with people everywhere. i want to help families be together forever. i want people to know that they are loved--so very loved--by our kind and gracious Heavenly Father and savior Jesus Christ. although my future is still a bit shady, i know that this gospel will help me light it up. no matter what, i will go on a mission. i know it is something that i need to do. it is something that i WANT to do. i have no doubt in my mind that a mission is not for me. i am so so so very excited. 

8/25 last first day

my ootd 

(picture taken by my mommy who does not understand bad angles)

my breakfast because my mom loves me 

(okay she only loves me enough to make me the waffle but hey thats a lot)

now about my day:

it was no bueno

as always, first days consist of reading boring syllabi and scouting out who you are going to talk to for the rest of the semester in a particular class. it was not fun. what made my day worse was when i finally felt and realized the consequences of my decision to drop a two-part class  in exchange for an internship at the hospital doing what i wanna do. these consequences include not having lunch with my friends next semester and not being able to leave with them and endure traffic like we usually do, but most frightening and saddening to me is the fact that i will be having one less class with them.  this one less class is not just one less class though, dear friends. to me, it is one more thing that will separate us as we all embark on our inevitably separate journeys at the end of this year. as much as i would like to say that i am no longer upset about this particular decision of mine, i cannot. as my wise ma said i have to live with my decision, and i know that. i truly do. it's just hard for me to focus on my internship when it hasn't actually started and the only thing i have to do instead is to go home and take nap. and no no no i'm not taking my naps for granted, no siree!! i enjoy them a lot actually. not to mention i don't have to endure traffic (although it was fun to endure). now i'm just waiting for my internship to start (hopefully ill start next tuesday!!). i'm hoping and praying that i will make the most out of it and actually be able to enjoy it. i prayed hard about this decision in the first place (like always) and i  have faith that Heavenly Father will see me through it. He will give me comfort and all the things i need to accept this decision.

writing this blog post and feeling the Spirit, i am finally FINALLY getting excited for my senior year.
cheers to me and a frightening yet exciting and especially nerve-wracking decision-making year!

me

hello! my name is cassey 

and this is me

(i dont look this moody in real life all the time i promise)

(north carolina is beautiful)

fun facts!!! (not really but facts nonetheless)

• i am seventeen
• i am Hmong (an Asian minority type)
• i am LDS--more commonly known as Mormon
• i only have one mom (Mormon joke har har hardy har har)
• i have a dog named Cocco
• i am the youngest of five children
• i attended Governor's School West this summer and had the time of my life
• i like me i think

finally, i started this blog for many reasons

• i wanted to track my senior year of high school (which starts tomorrow or rather IN A FEW HOURS)
• i wanted to do this for my personal progress
• this summer i learned that if we don't do things while we're teenagers and in puberty, the harder it will be to implement them as fully-developed adults (this is biologically proven!!)
• i love blogs
• i want to be more committed and i think this might help
• and maybe even more i'm not sure

ok i have to go now because i have to be awake in abour five and a half hours for seminary YIKES and then the last first day of high school EVEN MORE YIKES!! 

good night friends