Education.

School Is actually Enjoyable.

My one complaint is that my teachers..as in EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM....dont believe in traditional multiple choice tests. Instead its.. Memorize EVEYRTHING from chapters 1-3 kind of test.

WTF? I took my first test friday....it had 9 questions but was worth 150 points. ya.. ...the short answer kind of tests. . ... I am told that every test in the program from here on out is like that. ... ps. I think I did well on that particular test, however I know there will be others I wont do so well in.

other than that... Love my program. It is a cohort, therefore the students that are in my classes now, will be in my classes for the next year as we finish the program together. Everyone is nice, and im excited to get to know them. Teachers are all great as well, and interesting to listen to. I am taking Social Policy, Working with Older Adults, Working with Substance Abusers, and a Human Development class.

I find it really neat as I continue to learn that this profession fits my personality. This is where i am supposed to be, even though my educational paths have been confusing and crazy. I dont think I have ever enjoyed school as much as I have in the past few weeks.

I have to volunteer at (2) AA meetings for my substance abuse class, that should be interesting. I also have to volunteer with the activities coordinater at a retirement home, which I have done plenty of, and LOVE.

I am stressing about my internship. It is not until Jan. 2013, however I have no idea where i want to go, or what I want to do. The options are endless. Idealy lately I have been really wanting a job for LDS family services, but like I said that...that could all change tomorrow.

My teachers are such role models. They are all extremely accomplished and have so many stories to tell in the work they pursue and the paths they have been led down. I have chosen the right program, because these people are well known, along with BYU-H's program. I feel blessed to be able to be experiencing this awesome educational oppurtunity.

We are blessed to be here at BYU-H attending a private school at a very cheap tuition rate. The work of the lord is moving foward, and I see it everyday at this school as so many students have come here from other countries to develop skills to return to thier home countries.

The other day my teacher had just gotten back from a school presidency meeting and explained to our that the school is going to be making many changes in the next few years. Here is the scoop: President Monson has asked the school to grow to 5,000 students. Currently we only have 2,000. For fall semester 2011, this year alone about 9,000 students were denied acceptance to the school, and that is the most they have turned down since the school opened. Monson also asked the school to continue its international efforts western. The school will now be bringing over more students from China, and other countries to help the church grow. Initially the point of the school is "Enter to Learn, and Go Forth to Serve" and thats what these international students do. They come to Hawaii for thier education, and are given church callings to learn leadership to go back to thier countries and develop and organize the church. I feel blessed to be here. We are supposed to be here. In about 2-3 years Byu-Hawaii will only be 20% mainland students. Currently, because of economical crisis in other countries, the mainland percentage is more like 45% . It is progressively getting harder and harder to attend this university of great worth.  Now do you people understand how blessed we are to be able to participate in the work of the lord?

"Enter to Learn, and Go Forth to Serve."

Oh and This Man......

President Steven C. Wheelright ... the President of our School.. Is..a Volunteer Service Missionary. Yep.. What a man. He is volunteering his services to our school, to us as students, and to the church. Out of hundreds of qualified applicants for the JOB (payed) ..(.yes his position is an actual payed job normally)- President Hinkley called this man as a missionary of the church to be the President of this University. Wheelright and his wife were serving as missionaries in Idaho when this happened, and the prophet called him and told him they were changing thier mission, and he has been at BYU-H as acting and presiding president ever since. Pretty cool huh? Says alot about the kind of man he is, and makes me even more grateful to be here, because I know that he was called to be here for a reason.

Happy Anniversary (Mom and Dad)

My parents have been married for 29 years.

WOAH!!!.... When i think about my life... in terms of time.. having only experienced 2 years of marriage, 29 years is a freakin long time!

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! As my dad said this morning.. no pun intended... (Ha) "29 glorious years of the purest matrimonial bliss."

Love you so much! :) Wishing you many more years!

My heart is about to EXPLODE

LONG POST WARNING: my feelings on General Conference

Words cannot describe to you how much i needed General Conference this time. I don't think i have ever felt less prepared to watch it, but have gotten SO much from it. I have a lot i need to work on which is usually what I get from general conference, but this time was different. I received the most direct answers to my prayers, our prayers. More direct than i have ever received one before.

This is the first time I am expressing my feelings about this on the blog. its pretty personal, and I'm pretty adamant about it. I just feel So much gratitude, and like it is time to share because my testimony has grown so much from this trial.

I don't want to bore you all so ill give you a short run down, and that is that we have a strong desire to begin our family. My husband is more than ready to become a father, and I am ready to be a mom. We have prayed and fasted, and felt strongly about starting our family at this point in our lives. We have had this desire for almost a year now and we know and have received answers to our prayers that we should begin our family(maybe thats the frustrating part). Constant prayers and pleading with the lord has required all of our patience. My husband is a rock, and understands fully God's plan, but me.. I have tendency to question it. I get so frustrated when i hear my friends are pregnant, or that a 16 year old who lost her virginity for the first time got pregnant on her first try.
The question i seem to always ask is... dun dun dun.. WHY? Heavenly Father, Huston and I are doing things right, we are in school, we work hard, we pray, we keep the commandments, we have an eternal marriage, why are we not blessed with our righteous desire??
 I know that eventually it will happen, but it is just so hard for me to accept that its not NOW (I get this trait from my mother). I know there are women who are infertile and I am the one who is complaining, and i know that 10 months is no time at all in the eternal realm, however it is such a deep desire that it has required ALL of my patience. I am at my last straw.
(I could go on forever)

But then... Robert D. Hales spoke.
Robert D. Hales are you speaking to me personally? I think you are! My insides wanted to fall out and my jaw was dropped. I was not even crying, just in utter disbelief that this man is saying every word I have been waiting to hear. I couldn't put my pen down, or write fast enough. The Lord spoke to me Sunday through Robert D. Hales. And he said...

Wait for me Kilie. Do not give up on me. I will bless you. Thy WILL be done.

Robert D. Hales said that it is our duty to Wait upon the Lord, and that everything that happens in this earthly life is for our own experience. But what exactly does it mean to Wait upon the Lord? It means to have hope, to anticipate, and to TRUST him. We can do this by showing Faith, Diligence, and Patience.
He also said to endureth for one night, and that night may seem long and hard, but Joy WILL come in the morning. Too often, we pray and plead with the Lord for patience, yet we want it NOW. Does that make any sense? If we shall wait upon the Lord, we will renew our stregnth.

I know that he said many more amazing and comforting words in his talk, but those were just some of my favorite. I needed to hear every word, and I felt comforted in knowing that my Heavenly Father WILL bless us. He has not forgotten us, he knows our prayers, he knows our hearts and our desires. That is all i truly needed to know, and Elder Hales could not have put that knowledge into my heart in any better way.

I am learning in my D&C class that in order to have true Faith, we need to start with some sort of knowledge base. That is my knowledge base. I can move forward now, in full Faith...knowing that Heavenly Father has heard my/our prayers. He will bless us. He has not forgotten. We just need not give up.

and As my husband and I were talking last about talks we felt really truly made sense to us, Huston said to me..." Kilie, your Heavenly Father loves you SOOO much.  He knows that you have a hard time with him testing your patience. He KNOWS and because he knows he spoke to an apostle on YOUR behalf, to tell the rest of the world that it is going to be ok." - Pretty powerful statement if I do say so myself.

I believe that.

24

Birthday Boy....Huston Levi Farnsworth turned 24!

We celebrated by eating at Outback Steakhouse and shopping A-LOT the weekend before. This boy got spoiled. He loves to play Raquetball so he ordered a raquet he had his eye on forever, and then we just got him some needed items like shoes and some clothes.

 On his actual day, our awesome friends made him a cute sign outside the door, so all the neighbors kept  knocking just to say Happy Birthday! :) He felt pretty special, so thanks Alysha for doing that.

My babe is 24. He thinks he is old. I call it his mid-life crisis, only its happening alot sooner than expected. haha. Actually, both of us are having a hard time accepting and understanding time. It passes by way too quick. It really does feel like just yesterday we were going on our first date.....5 years ago officially this weekend.

Yep.. I was his Birthday date 5 years ago. Little did he know...he was stuck FOREVER.

(Our First Date October 2006)

Anyways.. Happy Birthday Huston. I love you SO much and I am so grateful for your constant love and support. You truly are my other half, and I could not have been as happy as I am today without you in my life. I look forward to eternity with you...It just doesnt seem long enough!

Mission Possible

Yep. I haven't watched any TV since Sunday. Hard to do. Very tempted often.

But... I ...and by I, I mean WE finished all sessions of General Conference. Including Priesthood (Huston) and Relief Society(me) sessions.

My heart is about to explode.

Why?

1. because I feel excited I was able to accomplish this goal and overcome temptations of Satan who makes General Conference seem unimportant. Truly Truly he does. You would not even know how hard it really was just to not watch television. ....I think next G. Conference I should ban Facebook until i have seen every session too. We shall see.. Thats stretching it a little. (note the sarcasm please)

2. because I received more personal revelation than I can even handle. more than ever before.

3. Because tonight in sewing class we learned to sew ruffles and they were so stinking cute.

Anyways... I have a date with Glee, If i do say so myself,

and I vow to watch less TV and spend less time on my computer...eventually. What i am getting at is that ...I will be the "Master of my TIME" ... Ya... the thing about that.. is... it will take time to figure out a balance. I slightly have an addiction to blogging, Facebook, and Pinterest. Ha.

But not overly addicting. I Just want to make a goal to do it LESS. because i could do so much more with my time.. like serve my fellow beings, or I don't know.. something like.. HOMEWORK...or the dishes maybe?

Disney Resort-Aulani (Hawaii)

Recently Disney vacation club opened a Resort out here in Hawaii. Mickey and Minnie and some of the "characters" actually come visit.

We have been wanting to go check it out, because this annoying commercial plays all the time and gets the song stuck in our heads...

Last night.. We finally did. Its AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL and I could live there forever. Luckily its only $474 a night for when we want to stay. Local Resident rates are only %25 percent off. Thats a little much for our liking. But I think we added it to our bucket list anyways just so we can say we did it once! :) ... We are going to start saving I think for our anniversary and stay there for 1 night. ... MAYBE.

Anywho.. if anyone makes it over to Hawaii, and can afford to stay here\

You should!! Its incredible.

General Conference

Unfortuantely... my weekend consists of Work, work, and more work.

Which means I will not get to watch conference while it is on. Huston and I have made a goal to watch it TOGETHER so we can hold each other accountable(mainly me) because it is hard for me to watch it on my own, so therefore my sweet husband is going to wait for me to be able to watch it with him.

The challenge is...When? Sunday we will probably watch a session after I get off work, but because of the power of Satan and a busy school schedule I feel strongly like after Sunday we will have no desire to study the words of our prophets.

Hence.....We have made it a goal to not watch any TV of our choice (right now its Lost, and Modern Family, along with The Office) Until we finish watching ALL of the sessions.

The words of our prophets are IMPORTANT! I hope that Huston and I can commit and accomplish this goal together, and then continuely study the words from the Ensign for the next 6 months.

Why this matters to YOU? ... Blog World... I need you to help hold us ACCOUNTABLE!!!!!!!

I am so excited to get to listen to what these apostles have to say to us! I wish that I was able to be there LIVE. It is such a neat feeling to gather together as saints and listen to our prophets.