Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, or end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.

-Gilda Radner

Saturday, January 4, 2014

2013 Evaluation

I found this and decided to answer it.

1. What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before? Come home from a mission. Ride a horse. Family History work.
 2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Yes and Yes

 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? My dear friend Dani had beautiful baby Leah!!!!


4. Did anyone close to you die? Thankfully no

 5. What countries did you visit? Argentina and Mexico

 6. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013? Self Confidence

 7. What dates from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? April 24- I was released as a missionary. Saddest day of my life.

 8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Returning with Honor from a full time mission and Completing the WSU Piano Proficiency Exam.

 9. What was your biggest failure? There are too many to count.

 10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Just Lice in Argentina haha

 11. What was the best thing you bought? Plane ticket to Mexico

 12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Caitlin Rose Leger- She’s a missionary!!
 13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Breanna's Ex Boyfriend.

 14. Where did most of your money go? Definitely to clothes. I had to buy a whole new wardrobe! And School.

 15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Mexico, friends coming home from missions, baptisms, Jersey Boys, Audra McDonald, Disneyland.

  16. What song will always remind you of 2013? “Us” by Regina Spektor

 17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

a) happier or sadder? sadder

b) thinner or fatter? fatter

c) richer or poorer? poorer

 18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Budgeting, Genealogy

 19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Worrying about the Future

 20. How did you spend Christmas?  With my Family!!!!!

 21. Did you fall in love in 2013? Only with Missionary Work haha

 22. What was your favorite TV program? Psych

 23. Do you hate (dislike) anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? Nope.

 24. What was the best book you read?  The Book Thief

 25. What was your greatest musical discovery? Felix Mendelssohn arts songs. Also the Indie Genre. I didn’t like it before the mission but now I love it!   

 26. What did you want and get?   A lot of job opportunities, good grades in school.

 27. What did you want and not get?   A 4.0

28. What was your favorite film of this year? Saving Mr. Banks.
 29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? Started school again. Went to dinner with my friends. Turned 23.

 30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? More work on regaining my vocal abilities. 

 31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013? I am obsessed with clothes now!

  32. What kept you sane? Prayer, the Temple, and my friends.

 33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?   No idea.

 34. What political issue stirred you the most? Argentina refusing to exchange pesos to dollars. It really screwed me over.

 35. Who did you miss? My Argentine Family. So Much.

 36. Who was the best new person you met?  Caitlin’s Boyfriend Jackson. He became a dear friend of mine really quickly!

 37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013.  Being a missionary is way easier than being a real adult. I was also reminded that God's plan for us is better than our own plan.

38. What are you looking forward to in 2014? Being in Sound of Music, doing my Jr. Recital, applying for grad school, and possibly going to Disneyland with my Mexicans. Making new friends while my best friends are not nearby.
39.  What else? I really just want to survive school is all.

Friday, September 13, 2013

An Evening With Audra




Best Night of My Life.

I got to freaking go to an Audra McDonald concert at Weber State last week! She is one of my most favorite Broadway stars ever!!! I love how she sings both opera and musical theatre. She studied classically at Julliard but uses that technique on Broadway. She is so amazing! She sang this song at the concert and I am pretty sure that every audience member shed a tear. So good.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Bringing the Blog Back!

Well, after coming home from my mission, I felt like I didn't want to blog anymore. I was just too overwhelmed with real life. Plus, I realized that blogs aren't really read anymore. But after looking at my blog's 5 year history, I decided to keep blogging. It's fun to see what my life has turned into since I started. It's way different- that's for sure! So I'm going to keep my blog. It's really just for me, so I probably won't write anything interesting, but you're still welcome to read it!

Monday, May 13, 2013

Home Again

Probably the weirdest day of my life.






 We stopped by Cafe Rio on the way home because I had been missing it!
 Enjoying my last few moments as a set apart missionary.
Taking off my nametag that night KILLED me! I have never heard myself cry so hard. It was almost scaring me, and scaring my family I'm sure! I was just sobbing like someone had killed my whole family. My heart felt absolutely broken. There are so many people I left in Argentina that I'll never see again here on earth, and so many amazing experiences and miracles that will never be repeated. I am so happy and grateful that I chose to go on a mission. Thankfully, life has gotten better since that first day home of pain, loneliness, and uncertainty. I am happy to be home again with my family!

Sunday, May 5, 2013

On the Way Home

On the way home we stopped in Buenos Aires to go to a temple session. The Buenos Aires Temple is GORGEOUS!!!!! I was so happy to be able to go. The best part was that my third companion, Hermana Cruz, who is from Buenos Aires, came to surprise me with a gift and went to the session with me. It was so awesome!
 
 



 The MTC in Buenos Aires is right next to the temple.




 
At the end of the session, I found myself, again, like the last session before my mission,  in the Celestial Room, asking Heavenly Father for the strength to leave my family and everything that I love. However, this time was worse as I know that I won't be back soon. I am so grateful for all of the miracles I saw and people I met who have truly changed my life.
 
Such an amazing way to end my experience in Argentina!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Monday, April 29, 2013

Last email as a Missionary: April 15, 2013

This is it. Where did this time go?! I seriously have no idea! I never want it to end!

Everyone is asking me how I feel. This is how I feel:

Grateful
-Grateful to have recieved the prompting to serve a mission.
-Grateful that I obeyed that prompting
-Grateful for being called to serve in the Argentina, Neuquén Mission
-Grateful for the many challenges I faced
-Grateful for the support I´ve had 
-Grateful for my companions
-Grateful for the thousands of miracles I´ve seen
-Grateful for everything I´ve learned
-Grateful for being allowed to represent Jesus Christ and devote 1.5. years to His work.

Love
-Love for Argentina
-Love for my companions, converts, investigators, wards, mission president, and every single person I met
-Love for missionary work!
-Love for my Heavenly Father
-Love for the Gospel
-Love for My Savior

¨How great reason we have to rejoice, for could we have supposed when we started...that God would have granted unto us such great blessings?
And this is the blessing which hath been bestowed upon us, that we have been made instruments in the hands of God to bring about this great work...  
My joy is full, yeah my heart is brim with joy, and I will rejoice in my God.¨  Alma 26

I love you all!

Hermana Sandorf
Misionera de la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Ultimos Dias