Something new.

Last week, my Aunt got seriously ill the day she entered the MTC here in Provo. After a difficult six days, she died in the Provo hospital of a rare blood disease that normally reveals itself months prior to this type of outcome. I went to her funeral in California expecting a great experience, and I got one. And I'm going to write about it.

My family and I left for San Diego this last Friday, we arrived safely at our hotel that night. The next morning we all went to the viewing prior to the funeral service, which turned out to be an emotionally packed hour. They talked about my Aunts incredible organizational skills and how they were a major factor to her successful life, many of her accomplishments and how she achieved them. She spent her life in the service of others, always accepting opportunities to serve whenever asked, and always praying when she didn't have the answer for something she wanted to know. She had 11 kids, nine who are married and endowed, and two that are endowed, all of them are very successful people.
At her funeral, a member of the quorum of the 70 came on assignment from the first presidency of the church, and read a letter hand signed by all the first presidency. In a very round about way, we were told that she will be going to heaven, and that we all need to step up our own efforts in life if we want to be able to be with her again.

This impacted me more then I could have imagined, and has made me realize that my version of doing the right thing, is a lot different from gods way of doing the right thing.

I decided to change my blog to something more productive, and instead of what it was used for before, I'm going to use it to document different things I try and do, in order to become a better person.