Changed for the better...

Alright miss Laurie you got me thinking about

this....well I was already thinking about it

but when you got all cheesy on me and added

the wicked line on Facebook it made me really

want to post on the blog.

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It's funny how the Lord plays things out in your life.

When we were told we were going to Georgia

I was not excited....I wasn't totally upset I was

just NOT EXCITED!!!! I figured I had better have

6 months worth of books handy because I would be

bored out of my mind. Well, I couldn't have been more wrong.

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My life really has been changed for the better!!!!

Here I am sobbing like a baby sitting at the computer

doing everything I can to stall leaving Georgia. I have

come into towns and left them saying goodbye to new friends

wondering if I would ever see them again. Wondering if

I would have a reason big enough to go back. Cherishing the

memories I had made with them. Then we go along

our way and find a new life somewhere else.

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I feel like I was sent here to Georgia for a reason....forget

the fact that Travis' work told us to head to the south.

I feel like there was a much greater power at work!!!

My last full week here I spent at Young Womens Camp. The

relationships that I formed with these Young Women

are PRICELESS!!!! Hearing the youth bear their testimonies

was...well....WOW!!! What spiritual giants in such tiny

little bodies. The Young Women in this ward are truly

amazing!!! They have helped to strengthen my

testimony through their example, their friendship and

bearing their own testimonies!!

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I am so sad to be leaving the Young Women, but I

know I will have a lasting friendship with each

and everyone of them!!! I definitely have not just one

but many reasons to come back and visit Georgia. I

will miss your beautiful smiling faces!!! I was sent

here for a reason and now I have to leave for one.

Who knows what my next little adventure will bring.

Know that wherever I end up you are always in my heart and I will

be thinking of Georgia way more than I thought I would ;)

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Although I am far away I am always here for you girls.

I am only a phone call, e-mail or Facebook message away.

I may not have all the answers, but I have 2 good ears for listening.

And I can always point you to one person that knows

exactly what you are going through and knows just

how to comfort you when you need it most. Stay strong in

the Gospel that you may one day find a worthy companion

to take you through the Temple. But, don't be in to much of

a rush to get there ;) Enjoy these years, make the most of them,

and do not make decisions lightly because even the smallest choices

you make now will mold you into the Women you will be in the future!!!

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And don't forget little

Sister Shanequa Shenana Sarah Scary Owens!!!!!