My farewell is 3 weeks from today, and I leave 3 weeks from this coming Wednesday!! I am so excited and the closer it gets, the more the anticipation is killing me! I want it to come now! But there is still a lot of things I need to do before I leave, so I guess it's okay that I have three weeks to finish up the preparations.
This past week, I had the opportunity to spend 8 days with my Aunt Diane in Maryland! She gave me flights to and from Maryland as a birthday/Christmas/mission present and it was so much fun! We went to D.C., Fort McHenry, New York, the Dutch Market, and a few other fun places. I'm so grateful that I could spend so much time with her before I leave on my mission, and it was a nice distraction from the waiting ;).
The preparation continues. One of my good friends had her farewell today and she did a great job. Afterwards, I asked her for all sorts of tips and advice on pretty much everything that has to do with my farewell. I'm so grateful for all of my friends that have already gone on missions and for the examples they are to me.
So the next thing on my to do list is write my talk. The bishop told me that I can speak on whatever I want, as long as it relates to the atonement (which, when you think about it, you can relate almost anything to the atonement, try it). But he hasn't told me how long my talk should be, so I guess that I'll just plan on speaking for around 15 minutes to be safe. I've already had a lot of thoughts running through my head of what I should talk about, so I think that it shouldn't be too hard to put them all together somehow.
I've also been considering starting a new blog. I was thinking it would be a good idea to make a new one before I leave, so that I can dedicate it solely to the emails that I send home. I'm still thinking about it, but I will let you know!
Have a great week everyone! I'll post again when I get around to it! ;)
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