Change. . .

So a lot has changed, and will be changing.  as Thomas S. Monson said "The most common thing is change."  That couldn't be truer than true,  but China wasn't a change I was expecting. . .  It will be hard, it will be different, it will be almost no drama,   church will be different (but at least there is a branch)   It will be a "whole new world" It definitely will be an adventure, and a great opportunity even if it is one of the hardest things I will probably ever have to do.  I am just so glad I have my Heavenly Father on my side throughout all of this.  I don't think know I wouldn't be able to make it through with out Him.  I have found so much strength through reading my scriptures and praying.  It has really been a testimony builder, one that will be needed in China.  The branch meets in a hotel, and the two times my dad has been they have just watched videos.  You are only aloud to bring  set of scriptures for yourself, and your not aloud to share the gospel with anyone.  A large majority of my conversations with friends have something to do with religion, and my faith influences my choices everyday.  It will be different to not be in the bubble I call Highland.  even if I cannot come right out and say it, I will try to teach through example.  I really think there is someone there who we need to help in some way or someone who needs to help us.  Why else would best buy hire a guy with a family of 8 knowing they have to pay to move all of us out there when there are other qualified people who could do the job?  Everything happens for a reason, and I can't wait to see what God has in store for us.

I am still having a hard time digesting the fact that I might not have drama for a whole year.  theatre is my life.  If you know me even slightly, it is not hard to figure out.  and from the things I have heard the drama program does not sound very promising.  drama classes cut off at 10th grade.  They do have a drama club, but it doesn't sound very promising.  they do have a "really big theatre"  though (It is about the size of Lone Peaks. . . ).  but who knows I might be a part of something amazing there.

Even though I have a lot of negative feelings about moving to China, and I often voice those, I am excited to have this experience.  It will really help me grow and know who I am.  It will give me a big dose of reality to leave the "bubble".

My dad leaves tomorrow.   The rest of us do not leave until June or July. . .  It still doesn't seem real.  I know I keep saying it but it doesn't seem real when I say my daddy is leaving, or I am moving. . . It just doesn't.  It's like some dream, or a story we invented, but it's not.  It is reality.  Even though my dad and I often disagree on most everything, it doesn't change the fact that I love him, and I am going to miss him.

Change. . .  a word that never had much meaning until now . . .
Wish me luck.  I might just need it.