Service

I love Wendy Thomas! She has been a great mentor for me in the last couple of months. She is the Auxillary Board Member, which is a very important position to have because they talk to the Counsellors who communicate with the Universal House of Justice. I know. I know. This all is very confusing and that is true. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it too. Back to Wendy though, it is such an honor to be working with he every week. I can't believe that I have an Auxillary Board Member come to my junior youth group every week! 

Wendy has asked me to stay in Reno and become a home front pioneer. That would be what I would do for my year of service after graduation. I would move in Village of the Pines, where I would create a stronger relationship with my junior youth. That seems all nice and all of I hadn't already applied for Haifa. I really want to go to Israel for a year and that was decided long before this was an option. I don't know what to do. There is no wrong decision, but I want to make the best one. I talked to my parents, and they immediately refused me staying in Reno for my year of service. Surprisingly, my dad got pretty upset. 

I'm going to pray to God and ask other friends in what the right decision for me is. I do have a feeling that most will tell me to go to Israel because it is a life changing experience, but here I will be making an impact that would really change the community. My dad keeps on telling me that I need to go to Israel and find a nice boy to marry. I was thinking what the heck! Last year, he was talking about how I'm not allowed to date anyone until I get my doctorates. He is crazy! Then, he told me that I need to get married fast and have a baby, so that they could be grandparents and raise the baby for me as I went to college. All that talk left me speechless. I was having a head time believing that was my father!!