So I am long overdue to update things but am happy to share that many good things are happening.
This past Sunday I had my interview with President Hutchison (Branch President of my YSA Branch) for my temple recommend to receive my endowment. I keep taking my recommend out to look at it. And soon I’ll be meeting with President Johnson (my Stake President) for my final interview. It’s hard for me to believe that I’ll be receiving my endowment just SIX WEEKS from today. It feels like it’s only been a couple months since my baptism but it’s been almost 11 months.
My physical fitness has gone through the roof. I started a couch-to-5k program the end of May and now I can actually run!! I completed that program and started a second harder one and I am on the 4th week of the new program. This morning I ran 9 laps around the track at Heardmont Park. That’s 2.23 miles without stopping. When I checked my stopwatch at the end, I had been running for a straight 31 minutes! And a week ago today, I set a new personal best of a 12 minute mile! That big girl who couldn’t even handle a flight of stairs, would not even recognize me. I have come so far. I think my favorite thing is that when I am done running, I completely catch my breath within just a minute or two.
I am down 96 lbs since I started this journey a year and a half ago and am on track to break 100 within the next week or two.
Don’t let anyone tell you that hard things can’t be done… remember “There will be many people who will tell you of things you cannot do, but Heavenly Father believes in you.” That sentence is my rock and my mantra. He believes in me and I know that I have accomplished these things because He is strengthening me as I rise to meet the challenges that lay before me.
I am now only 18 lbs and 6 weeks away from being able to apply for permission to serve a mission. It’s going to happen!
I have a friend who gets home from her mission in 26 days and I am so excited to see her. It’s going to be fun to see the look on her face when she sees me for the first time again because I lost all the weight AFTER she left for her mission!
Just remember when you are STEADFAST IN CHRIST, all things He puts before you are possible!
