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In 15 minutes LDS

General Conference will start

I love Conference,

it's a balm to my soul

It makes me so happy

and I seriously look forward

to it like a little girl

looks forward to Christmas!

you can stream it

online at lds.org

it is not lost on me

that Satan is using his powers

to try and keep me away.

Last conference I was

so sick that most of

the time I was laying down,

trying to take notes

[my handwriting was so bad

I can barely read them]

I was miserable

This conference I can barely

move my neck

It started on thursday on the right

side of my neck

and moved yesterday morning 

to encompass my whole neck

I just want to take a couple

muscle relaxers and pass out

but I would miss my beloved conference

because nothing Satan can do

can keep me away from conference.

happy conference y'all!

day twenty-seven

i'm thankful for...

our friends

mom is kinda of a private person

and so when mom broke her bone

we didn't make a big deal of it

but little by little

and word of mouth

our friends have lifted us up

and have been so amazing!

and are giving my dad

and i such peace

since we'll be gone friday

through sunday

and leaving my mom

alone with my brothers

is kind of scary

but we know she'll be in good

hands with all our friends near

got the next two days

day twenty-five

i'm thankful for...

my talents

i know i sound so humble

[sarcasm]

but being sick for the past two months

has made many things i usually do

not options

i like to sing

in my room, in the shower,

in the car, at church,

pretty much anywhere

and i've been coughing

and hacking for months

so that doesn't really lend itself

to helping anyone sing

today i had to lead music

in primary

and i sounded like a dying frog

and i was so thankful i had a gift

and sad that i couldn't use it

and even more sad

when i realized i'd only used it

to benefit myself

but i'm going to use it to 

benefit others

so i guess i'm gonna

my ward choir

day twenty-one

i'm thankful for...

the priesthood

and priesthood blessings

in my church

worthy men are able

to hold the priesthood

the bible dictionary defines it as

"mediator between His people and God"

priesthood holders use this power

to bless the lives of others

one of the ways they can

is by giving blessings of healing

it is a blessing with at least two

priesthood holders

and they ask God,

if it would be his will,

to heal the person they are blessing

i've been sick since about

the fifth of october

i've done multiple rounds of

antibiotics, stronger and stronger

each time

and for awhile, i feel better

and then i'm sick again

and worse this time

i finally realized

that i can't do this by myself

or with the help of my doctor alone

i needed my Heavenly Father's help

so with the help of my home teacher,

who is priesthood holder, 

generally not related to you

but also in your congregation,

to help look after your family,

my father gave a priesthood blessing of healing

i have faith
that this blessing will work
and i will get better

day eighteen

i'm thankful for...

my amazing, smart, chill

primary class!

they teach me something new

each and every week!

but i love that

if my week was crazy

and i didn't prepare

the best lesson

they roll with it

and they love playing games

and love having fun

it might help that i bribe them

and that i bring

treats almost every week

day sixteen

i'm thankful for...

photographs

somedays

i find myself forgetting

what my brother looks like

and i hate myself for it

this is why

i am SOO thankful

for photographs

i can see us

all happy together

and it feels

like i get to glimpse

eternity

day fifteen

i'm thankful for..

eternal families

it gives me such piece

to know that i can be with

my family again

that i will see my brother

and my grampa, 

and my great grama and great grampa

my grampa great

and all my other family

i never got to meet

on this earth.

day thirteen

i'm thankful for...

the blessing from my Heavenly Father

we've been cleaning out

our house, like majorly!

and we've decided that

we are just going to give away

things we don't want

and we prayed

that by doing this

that ways would be opened

to things that we needed

day twelve

i'm thankful for...

my many callings

primary teacher [valiant 11]

ward missionary

cub scout den leader

i may not love them all the time

but i'm thankful for them

because they give me something to do

and something to look forward to

and something to be proud of

day four

today i'm thankful for...

sacrament meeting

but specifically fast sunday sacrament meeting

i'm thankful for the

members of the ward

who stand and bear their

testimony, their very special testimony

i love the spirit

that enters the chapel

i love being reminded

that it's okay if i'm not perfect

because we all are working on something

day three

i'm thankful for...

temples

but especially that i have two

less than three hours away

today i get to go to the temple

to do baptisms for the dead

with my brother will

and a group of youth from my ward.

i'm thankful that my family

was sealed for time and all eternity

in the temple.

the one with the day i feel old

yes

that's right

i feel old

not in real life

but in mormon world

okay, maybe in real life too

today we sat in front of this missionary

and by we i mean my favorite kids,

their parents, and my parents

and the babies were mesmerized

and he was playing peak-a-boo

and smiling with them

and just being sweet

and then he bore his testimony

and he was cute

after sacrament meeting

we talked

and...

he's been in the field three days.

THREE DAYS!

holy freaking cow!

i'm older than like 98% of elders

hi, my name is ellie, and i'm feeling old