MTC Address

I have only 2 more days until I am a sister missionary!! I am sooo excited! Family have already started coming in and I am so grateful for each of them.

I was emailed my MTC mailing address this morning.  It is:

Sister Megan Marie Birch

MTC Mailbox # 184

MO-INDE 1122

2005 N 900 E

Provo, UT 84604-1793

Jesus Christ lives.  I am eager to learn spanish and to always preach of Christ.

16 DAYS!

WOW!  I cant believe I only have 16 days until I am a sister missionary! I cannot wait!! I am super excited to wear a badge all the time with Christ's name and His church on it.

My last day of work is next friday! I am sooo excited to move on and start a new chapter of my life. 

The Lord continues to bless me daily.  He always has.

He Lives.

Mission Call:

Well, I finally got my mission call about a month ago.....

I'm going to the Missouri Independence Mission spanish speaking!  I report September 15, and I honestly cannot wait!  It's a great feeling to know where the Lord would want you to be, and to have no doubts about it.  President Thomas S. Monson signed my mission call.  He is a prophet of God!  And I will forever testify that revelation is alive and real and will be forever.  

I am soooo excited to be a missionary for My Savior!  How incredible is that!  I cannot wait to serve in Missouri and to speak spanish!  And be able to meet soo many people.  

86 Days until I'm a sister missionary!

Waiting....

My papers have been submitted since friday, and I'm just waiting to get my call in the mail! I should get it on friday and I am soooo excited! Its amazing how fast time is flying by.  I remember when I had over 150 days left to turn my papers in. And now it's just a couple days until I find out where I will be serving!
God lives. I love Him. I cannot wait to be a sister missionary for Him.

Papers are submitted!!!

It has been a while since I have written, and big news has been going on!
Church headquarters changed the amount of time people can turn their mission papers from 90 days before their birthday to 120.  So yes, I turned my papers in today!!! I should know in less than 3 weeks where I will be serving and when I leave.  I cannot wait. I am absolutely soooo excited!!!!!
The church is true.  I will forever testify that God lives. 
Jesus Christ is perfect.  Heavenly Father is perfect.  Heavenly Mother is perfect.  I am part of a perfectly loving family. 

Praise To The Man

My mom and I watched Praise to the Man movie this afternoon.  I loved watching that movie.  It reminded me of why I am really going to serve a mission.  Joseph Smith was and is a Prophet of God.  I know without a doubt what he saw and testified of is true.  I felt the Spirit so strong during the movie.  It made me so much eager and excited to serve a mission.  

In the movie, it recounted Joseph Smith's experience in the grove.  He read from James 1:5- "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.  But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering."  I never realized before, but how often we must turn to the Lord for guidance and direction.  It is said by James that we must ask of God with faith.  I have been praying a lot lately that I will be a great missionary, and that I can bring the gospel and happiness to the people I will serve.  But I found out when I heard this scripture quoted in the movie that it is simply not enough to just ask, but to also act.  I need to also do my part and my best in preparing for a mission, then the Lord will bless me to be a good missionary.  Being an effective missionary is all up to me.  

We have to work for everything in this life.  I think if I didn't have to work for anything that I would not appreciate how beautiful the Earth and the Gospel is.  There would be no need for the Atonement.  There would be no need for the gospel and for coming here to Earth if we couldn't work and progress.  

How truly wonderful the Lord is.  He understands us completely.  He knows us better than we know ourselves.  Why not have complete faith and trust in him when he knows the end from the beginning?  

He lives.

"I had actually seen a light, and in the midst of that light I saw two Personages, and they did in reality speak to me; and though I was hated and persecuted for saying that I had seen a vision, yet it was true; and while they were persecuting me, reviling me, and speaking all manner of evil against me falsely for so saying, I was led to say in my heart: Why persecute me for telling the truth?  I have actually seen a vision and who am I that I can withstand God, or why does the world to think to make me deny what I have actually seen?  For I had seen a vision; I knew it, and I knew that God knew it."  -Joseph Smith History 1:25

64 DAYS.

Come What May

A couple weeks ago was Stake Conference.  It was amazing!  Elder J.W. Marriott of the seventy presided.  The Spirit was so strong and there were many things said that I absolutely loved.

President Martyn: "I have great experiences when I go to the Lord."

Sister Hall: "Christ gives me comfort, love, aide."

Sister Hansen: "We don't need to be scriptorians, but we do need to know the principals of the Book of Mormon."

President Birch: "The best place to be tutored is in the temple. Regardless of what happens in the world, come what may." 

President Nufer: "Personal worthiness brings strength."

Tara Pumphrey: "2 Nephi 5:27 Live after the manner of happiness!"

Keith Drake: "What I hear, I forget.  What I see, I may remember.  What I do, I know.  The church is not a play or an act, it is a way of life."

President Christensen: "I can know my Heavenly Father best and first in the temple."

President Jensen: "Live a higher life."

Elder Marriott: "Raising my children should be of my most choicest years.  Be good parents, and enjoy the journey. Be a leader who leads with faith. I can only be successful through hard work and of great faith. I can have great faith when I frequently talk with the Lord."  

Stake Conference was an incredible weekend. 

Life is great! Hard, but great!!

I have all my paperwork done for my mission!  The last thing I have to do before I can turn them in is get another shot on Monday.  64 DAYS!!!! Crazy.  I remember when it was over 120.  Time is flying by. 

 

My mom and I turned in our applications for passports today at the post office.  I was asked by a guy working if I was younger than 16!!!!! Come on people! I'm almost 21! But yes, my mom unfortunately had a great laugh along with everyone else in the post office.  It was beyond embarrassing.

The church is true.  I will always testify that Christ lives and that he is Heavenly Father's Son.  I love them very much!  And I can't wait to be a missionary for them.  It means the world they trust me to represent them!!!

I stand proclaimed.  True love is here to stay.

Come Thou Fount

Today at church, I heard the most beautiful song in my entire life. 

The institute choir sang Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. 

I kept closing my eyes,

and I seriously thought the Tabernacle Choir was singing to me. 

It was absolutely amazing!!!

The arrangement of the song was perfect! 

The spirit was so strong-Great meeting.

We got a new ward clerk today, Brother Valentino. 

Him and his wife seem to be very fun

and it will be great to get to know them.

Sometimes we have to stop 
and let go of one dream 
so we can move forward with another.

Life is great.  God lives.  Happiness is ETERNAL.

84 days. 

1st SHOTS...

So: Today I had to get 3 shots!  I walked in the room and I immediately told the nurse that I am not good with shots and that I could not look. haha.  She was dying laughing.  She talked to me the whole time so it really wasn't that bad.  I have to get at least 2 more shots, but it'll be at least a little bit more while.

Tonight for FHE at the single's ward, we played Broom Hockey!!!! It was a ton of fun!  It was kinda weird at first because I was the only girl playing, but it was still fun.  I scored 3 goals, and my team freaked out when I did! haha.  It was pretty funny.

Work is going really good.  Today was the first day they had my computer up and running, so I stayed a little busy with that.  But, I have my own cubicle, computer, and I.D. badge!!!!! haha.  I feel sooo official!

Everything in my life is just falling into place:  Job.  Calling.  Relationships.  EVERYTHING!  God truly does live and he knows me!  It's a wonderful and marvelous thing to know that I am part of his plan and that he has a plan for me!  

[[The truth of Gods love is not 

that he allows bad things to happen,

it is his promise

to be there with us when they do!]]

GOD LIVES.  90 DAYS!!!

Love Comes Softly

I've realized these past few weeks that love comes softly.  I don't want the fairytale that I read about in books or see in almost every movie.  I want my own fairytale; a fairytale where God is the center of everything.  A fairy tale where my future husband is a righteous priesthood holder who loves and adores me.  I always want butterfly kisses, and make dinner for my man.  I want to always be worthy of my husband, and share common goals, values, and love.  I know a perfect marriage isn't possible, but perfect love is.  Love doesn't have to come in a rush or like a giant wave.  For me, love just comes softly.
108 DAYS.         

Mission Countdown

It's no surprise how excited I am to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! I can't wait!!!  Only 111 MORE DAYS until I can turn my papers in, EEEK!! I am praying really hard that I will not go somewhere freezing or that has nasty food! Hopefully Heavenly Father is hearing my plea!