In Five Days....

+I will begin my adventure as a full time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

+I will say goodbye to my family, friends, school, social media...basically the world...for 18 months.

+I will start to wear nothing but skirts, flats, sunscreen, and mosquito repellent. #sessy

+I will read nothing but straight up sciptures.

+I will speak nothing but good ol' Espanol.

+I will start making new friends. hopefully quickly.

+I'm going to learn a whole new meaning for the word tired.

+I will eat a whole lot of platanos.

+I will learn how to journal every day, and hopefully stick to it.

+I will learn to serve everyone around me.

+I am going to fall in love with basically everyone in the Dominican Republic.

+I will be the best missionary Santo Domingo has ever seen. (; #swag 

19 Days and Counting

HAHA. See what I did there?

Alright friends I have nineteen days left in good ol' murica. Man, I'm gonna miss this place.

....or am I.....

I'm going to be a full time missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints pretty dang soon. And I'm going to be that missionary in the beautiful country, The Dominican Republic! Off to the Motherland I go. I've been trying to prepare as best I can and it's not as hard as I thought! Letting go of the "world", I mean. So basically, a mission is gonna be cake.

Anyway. Here are some things that enter my mind 215893548 times a day:

+The Lord knows I can do it...so I can do it....I can do it.

+The Lord is only asking 18 months out of my ENTIRE life.

+Do they have Taco Bell in the Dominican Republic?

+I should probably google that.

+Will my mom be okay? Two missionaries out at the same time. oof. 

+Is this the part in my life where I find out who my real friends are?.....I know not all of you are gonna write me...

+Will I brush up on my Spanish fast enough to be a successful missionary?

+...Yes, Kim. Yes you will. A bunch of your companions  and Elders are going to be LEARNING Spanish...

+Man, I REALLY wish I practiced the piano more...ugh. I have a feeling I'm gonna regret that soon.

+Goal in life right now: BE THE BEST MISSIONARY I CAN BE. #swag

+I hope they like me down there...

+I AM SO EXCITED AHHHHHH ((:

^^last picture I took with this stud^^

MISSION CALL.

THE TIME HAS COME, KIDS.

Sunday, February 23, 2014 at 7:15pm

"You are assigned to labor in the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East Mission."

I went insane, to say the least. I honestly and truly did not expect to react the way I did! But I did. Because I'm a nuts-o. 

Anyway.

I cannot even begin to describe to you the incredible feeling I got as I was opening and reading that beautiful, beautiful letter. I was anxious.

excited.

nervous.

nauseous.

gassy.

scared.

hysterical.

animated.

all of it.

I started choking up when I read the first dang sentence! I'm such a woman. But whatevs I knew it was going to happen. I mean. let's be honest. I'm me. And that's okay!

I have been called as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and I could not be more grateful for this opportunity. I leave July 30th to the Dominican Republic Missionary Training Center. I'm not only going to labor in an amazing country filled with amazing people, but this country is where my parents were born and raised. And my grandparents. And my great grandparents. And my aunts, uncles, and cousins. And I have been blessed to have gone and visited there a few times in my life, and to have been raised in a culture-filled household so I've gotten a tiny taste of what to expect, and that makes me OH-so-happy!

The Lord knows you and He knows me and He knows the desires of our hearts and he knows what's best for us better than anyone (woah, run-on sentence). There is a reason why missionaries are called to the specific places they're called to. I know I'm supposed to be an instrument in the Lord's hands in The Dominican Republic for a reason. Whether I end up preaching the gospel to a distant third-cousin or not, I cannot wait to be serving these people. I love them so much already and I haven't even met them yet. I can't wait to be with them. To serve them and love them and bring them to Christ, our Savior.

Oh, and maybe learn a thing or two about my family's culture. Thaaaat would be sweet. (;

thank you all SO very much for all of your love and support! Have a wonderful day!

PS. There's a video of it, but I couldn't get it on here!! If you'd like to see it, go stalk away on facebook.