General Authorities at the game...

Yes, the people above are most of the general officers that I met while in the President's Loge (yes..loge, not lounge) this last Saturday in the game versus UCLA. President Samuelson invited the BYUSA presidency up and we loved it! Who would've thought that we were going to be able to sit in the box during one of seasons most exciting games. In fact, I actually got a little tired of getting up and down to sing the fight song. Ha ha ha. In all seriousness, between this game and the last game, it was like NIGHT and DAY?! I kept on having to poke myself to see if the whole experience was real. I would like to extend a huge thanks to President Samuelson for allowing us to attend--amazing (NOTE: The General Authorities jump up and down for the fight song, clap, cheer, and I even heard one say "Crimeny Pete"--whatever that means).

This week has been a ball of fun. Saturday morning I went to the MSS Freshman retreat and laughed so hard. A few upperclassmen were asked to cook breaky and also facilitate a game/huge object lesson. The lesson involved blindfolded freshman trying to find the "iron rod" and upperclassmen taunting them along the way. We led people to the wrong path/rod/tree--it was great! I learned so many lessons that I will be able to apply in life and I'm also grateful for the knowledge that I have about the gospel. I loved it. That night I also caught up with a bunch of freshman at a BYUSA Freshman Facebook dance that we sponsored. Without any formal advertising, they had over 1000 kids there. Who does that?

Also, Friday night was a blast. Dinner with Bethany at Guru's and then we went to this raging party at a random Provo house. Remember how that house was big enough to have a soccer field, pool (with pool house), beach volleyball court, tennis court, beach ping-pong table, and another yard for dancing. The hosts had food all over the place and even a soft-serve ice cream machine--really? Following that was "Rock the Block" (speakers galore) and then bedtime.

BYUSA has been treating me pretty well. I'm learning heaps about life and regularly receive requests from students or random people from all across Provo. I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve others; I know that when you think about others more, life just feels better. Jeanessa, the intern, also came out to have lunch with us (and come to the game). Good times. All-in-all, a great week with a lot to love. I'm excited to see my mum pretty soon here and we go to D.C. in two weeks. Oh my word.