this week has been amazing! i don't even know where to begin. lately i have been stressing about finding an internship for fall semester. in the design program i'm in, it is required to do an internship your 3rd semester. i have always wanted to work set design for movies and tv shows, but i never knew how to get started with that. on monday night my ward went up to ogden for family home evening. it was about a 40 minute car ride and i sat next to a guy i'd never talked to before. we started talking about school and somehow the topic of my internship came up and he said he knew someone who worked for the utah film commission. he texted the guy right then and asked if they would be willing to take an intern for set design. the guy said "yes! we would love to!" so the next day i called him and bada bing bada boom, i have an internship! i am so unbelievably excited! it is such a blessing from heavenly father! i definitely notice his hand in my life when i am doing what i am supposed to.
the other thing that happened was that i met a boy from spain who is visiting utah for a month. we were walking around temple square the other night because he wanted to go to a bar and i said no, so somehow we ended up at the temple... anyways, he was asking me tons of questions about the word of wisdom and the "super temple" and i was trying to explain it all in spanish. it was probably one of the most difficult things i have ever done in my life, trying to explain in another language why i hold myself to such high standards and why this gospel is so important to me. it was such an incredible experience and i felt the spirit so strong that night. it got me so excited for my mission. i will hopefully be starting my papers within the next couple months. i can't wait! i can't even imagine having this feeling each day as i help others learn about the gospel. it is the greatest feeling in the world!
i have been so blessed in my life and i am so grateful for the experiences that i am given each and every day that allow me to grow as a person. i love my heavenly father so much and i feel his love for me every day.
~olivia
