I'm growing up...

Yes, I am growing up and you know it seems like a bitter sweet to me. It is about that time I think about where I am going to be living for the summer and how I am going to move everything over there... All I know is sadly I will not be living in San Diego this summer because I am trying to gain Utah residency. Very sad day fo

r me! I miss my family and my adopted families in my PQ stake. I have truly been blessed with many great leaders and families surrounding me.

However, in college those blessing haven't stopped. I have many great friends and I am making more everyday. My calling this year has really helped me jump out of my comfort zone and meet all of the women in our ward and I have to say it is very fun. I've meet more and have become a lot closer to people this year and I wouldn't change it ever!

Anyways today I was talking with one of the w

omen (okay that just seems really weird to say bec

ause yes we are women, but sorta kinda not really haha) in my ward who has become one of my best friends, Chantel

(but I call her Chan).

We got talking about our friends and especially our guy friends and to be honest I feel like I am

lacking guy friends because they now are not friends they are missionaries. Yes, they still are my friends, but I can't call

them on the phone anytime I am missing one of them. It is a very sad day when the thought comes into my head "I miss Ryan or Alex or Dusty or etc I want to call them...". However, I have been very blessed to be able to write and get wonderful letters from them. This last week I wrote one to Ryan and received one from Alex who I still need to write back.

As we were talking about all of our guy friends who are out we then started talking about how Chan really wants to serve a mission (could be another reason why I love her s

o much) and then it hit me... I could be gone in 10 months or packing my bags at least!

How cool is that! In 6 months I will be open a mission call that says something like "Dear Sister McConnell, You are hearby called to serve for the

Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints you are assigned to labor in the... mission"!!!

OH I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT DAY!!! It is getting more and more exciting as the time goes gets closer and closer to that day. It has been something I have secretly/not so secretly been looking forward too since I was about 14. It blows my mind how I am finally getting to the age where I can serve.

Seeing Ryan open his call was a new experience for me because I never really had watched anyone open their call in person. I remember exactly where I was when he called me and how I was late to lacrosse practice because I wasn't going to miss my best friend opening his call. He has always been such a sweet friend and that was a wonderful spiritual experience for me. I want him to be there when I open my call.

Good thing this whole post was about missions huh? It could be anywhere in thew whole world... CRAZY!!! Haha I can't wait and am so grateful for my friends who are serving right now full time missions! What an example they are for me and others around them.