Count Your Blessings.

My goodness! Do I have so much to be grateful for or what?! I have been meaning to post for a while now but school got the best of me. I just got home from spending time with my family back in Utah for Thanksgiving and now I have a few minutes to spare and write down everything amazing. I am sure as I have stated in past posts, these past few months have been one heck of a journey for me. However, in the end I have so much to be grateful for. I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to go to school but not just any school. I am able to go to a university that is so amazing! The teachers, administration, students and everyone are great and the Spirit is present and invited. I am so grateful that I have the funds to be able to afford to go to school and become enlightened with more knowledge and a stronger testimony. I am so grateful for my roommates and all that they have been teaching me throughout the semester, whether it is by their example, actions, or words. I am grateful for the experiences I have been having. They haven't always been the best, but these trials have made me stronger and a better person than I was before. Even though I have lost some close to me along the way, they have brought me closer to my family and Heavenly Father I can't express how grateful I am for my Heavenly Father and all the resources we have to turn to him and grow closer. The power of prayer is real and I know that I am his daughter and he loves me more than I can comprehend. I am so grateful for President Monson and his counselors along with the 12 Apostles and all the church leaders. Their words have helped to guide me and comfort me during my hard times. I am also so very grateful for not only my brother serving a mission, but for all the missionaries serving through out the world. They are blessing and bringing light to so many lives and families and I know they have to mine. I am so grateful to have the word of God within inches of me and that I am able to read it and worship in this country how and where I may. I am so especially grateful for my family, both immediate and extended. They have been so amazing to me and helped me along my way. They have shared their experiences, thoughts, trials and heartaches with me. It is so comforting to know I have them there. I had/have so many things to be grateful for this Thanksgiving and Holiday season and these are just a few of those things. Count your blessings, name them one by one :)