Flashback.

So there's this thing on Facebook where it shows you statuses that you posted exactly a year or two years ago.  It's really funny to be reminded of stupid stuff you said or just to get a glimpse of your past.
Last night, mine reminded me of a status I posted this time last year counting down to my Europe trip.  I had just graduated high school and had an amazing summer away from home working and meeting all new people down in SoCal. There I was at BYU-Idaho for my very first college experience with a close group of students about to travel Europe together.  It was such an amazing and exciting time in my life that I will never forget.
I had the most wonderful trip and learned so much about history, people, cultures, and especially about Heavenly Father's Plan for His children.  I know that the historic events that happened between the death of Jesus Christ and the Restoration of His church through Joseph Smith were directed by the hand of God so that the gospel of Jesus Christ could be restored to the earth.  I have a strong testimony of this truth, which has strengthened my testimony of Jesus Christ.  Not a bad way to start college, huh?

In the past year my life has changed so much.  I've realized the things that are really important in life and have grown so much personally.  Example: I set a goal a year ago to do whatever it takes to get myself in to BYU and here I am in Provo having the time of my life! My love for my Savior has also grown and I really see the way that good choices and obedience lead to true happiness in this life. My faith has been tested in many ways, but I've learned to lean on a loving Heavenly Father through it all and I know that everything will be okay because His plan is the best thing for me.  Staying close to God and understanding His love for me gives me hope during my hardest times and I am so grateful for that.  And I know that the people put in our lives are no coincidence and I have been so blessed to have an amazing family and friends and to meet great people along the way.
As a sophomore (but credit-wise, a junior) in college, I feel that I have grown up a lot in the past year and I may be more adult-ish than I was a year ago.  Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely only 19 and definitely still maybe 14 at heart.  But I'm at a great place in my life and I am so grateful for everything and everyone that has brought me to this point. I hope that everyone can find this peace through the unconditional love and the atonement of Jesus Christ.  I feel so humbled and blessed!