21 DAYS and COUNTING!

21 Days Left until I report to the Provo, Utah MTC!!!


I have packed and repacked my suitcases about 89.784858699999 times. because I am WAY too EXCITED to serve the Lord and to love the people of Italia with my entire heart and soul!!!!


here is a picture depicting my very high, bubbling over excitement levels...

So yeah.... 

basically i cannot WAIT TO SERVE!!!! 

And I am trying to start now, 

by helping everyone I can around me, 

loving all of those I do even that much more, 

and remembering how much God loves me and my decision to serve him. 

I know that because I am fasting from my personal life to do this, 

he is going to make it worth my while. because that is his forte, really. 

blessing us far beyond our wildest hopes and dreams, 

to a level beyond what we can even begin to think we deserve. 

I LOVE THE LORD

he is kind and just 

and my best friend. 

and I love the Gospel 

and the atonement 

that helps me become better everyday 

and helps me make my dreams 

more than just things I partake of when my head hits the pillow. 

HERE WE GOOOOOO!!!!

What Matters Most.

If you have more than one piercing in each ear, 

Are you not a valued daughter of God?

If you have to work on Sunday's,

Does that make you disobedient?

If you cannot go on a mission because of health or other reasons, or had to go home early, or decided not to go, 

Does that mean your chances of being a missionary are eliminated? 

F-a-l-s-E.

Every member a missionary

Every person a child of God

Everyone has varying circumstances

The gospel does not have a set black and white chart you must follow to be righteous. Yes, there are commandments you Covenanted to keep, but that does not mean God does not love you infinitely still if you do not follow them to the same level of  exactness as your next door neighbor. Molly's life and Molly's plan and Molly's circumstances are much different than yours, so stop comparing yourself. Stop expecting other people to be on the same level you are and stop expecting yourself to be on the same level as everyone else. That is the beauty of the gospel of Jesus Christ-- the fact that we are all on the same path, just at different stages in an endless but rewarding progression. 

So don't look down on those who are not where you are yet. 

Don't look up and wish you could be standing where those ahead of you are now. 

Just kept your eyes focused on the road ahead. 

Keep an eye on your own path, your own steps. 

No one else can determine your worth but you. No one else needs to reassure you of your infinite worth but God. He is the only opinion you need to worry about, and he is utterly constant in his infinite and unchanging love. 

He loves you regardless of where you are at, and that is what matters most, so don't let anything else get in the way of that.

Xoxo,

Sorella Jarnagin 

He Watches Over Us.

He watches out for us. 

I cannot stress this enough. 

Our Heavenly Father watches out for us more than we will ever know, more than we can ever comprehend. 


And tonight, he touched my heart, with my mission call. 

He called me to ITALY ROME where my best friend Kat Puzey is currently serving. Though we will just miss each other, I know with all my heart I am supposed to go to Italy and follow in her footsteps. 

The Lord loves me more than I can express in words, and because of this I feel a little bit better, more confident, about going out and informing other people of his love for them. 


I love the Lord. I love the Gospel. The light of Christ is something I am determined never to lose. 


Never give up, and know you are loved. 


Love,

Sorella Jarnagin

The Best {Phone} Call I Have EVER Received.

"Today we celebrate the gift of victory over every fall we have ever experienced, every sorrow we have ever known." - Jeffrey R. Holland. 



I was feeling quite down and out last night,

just every single thing in my life did not seem to be aligning,

and I honestly just felt disconnected and just plain sad--- like I was wilting. My pages were curling up and my heart was breaking in more ways than one.


So I went to sleep, begrudgingly, and could not fall. Until I read one of my all time favorite scriptures:

"But that ye have patience, and bear with those afflictions, with a firm hope that ye shall one day rest from all your afflictions." ~ALMA 34:41

And my heart was filled with hope. I am okay. My life is really, honestly, wonderful. I am very blessed with good help and good jobs and a great setup all around. So what if I am kinda lonely, so what if I feel hurt by so many? 

I am okay. I will get through. The Lord is always looking out for me. He wants me to have what I want, in the best way possible. I am choosing to be righteous and I am choosing to follow his light. 

have courage and be kind. 

Love, 

Sister Jarnagin xoxo

So It Begins.

I am sitting in my bed

in the attic of my parents' house in Monroe, Utah,

listening to "Hello" by Adele...

trying not to drive myself crazy

wondering where in the world I am going

to serve the Lord's sons and daughters

as a full-time missionary

for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.



I have never felt more free,

more happy,

more calm,

more hopeful,

more open-minded,

more keen to the possibilities

of the future that lays mapped out before me

becoming more and more clear

each day.


I have never felt more love

for the people around me

---strangers and family and friends alike---
than this past week.


And I am praying my call will come tomorrow morning

bright and early

at 6:30 AM.


*Perks of living in a tiny town, you can ask the mail woman

to call you the second it is in her hands so you can personally

come and retrieve it in the bleak morning hours. WIN. *


I am praying it comes.

Because I just want to know where I will be serving

Who I will be serving

So I can start to love them already

more than I already do.


I have never been more grateful, humbled

and excited for anything

in my whole ENTIRE LIFE!!!!


I'm just nineteen

but I feel like I will never be the same.


"The gospel teaches us to be happy, to have faith rather than fear, to find hope and overcome despair, to leave darkness and turn toward the light of the everlasting gospel." - Boyd K. Packer. 

The Choice.

My papers were submitted this past Tuesday.


And oh, boy, is Satan mad.

He's hitting me hard with every tiny thought you could ever imagine.

He is trying to make me feel indefinitely alone

He is begging me to care what others thing and let that hold me back from doing my best

and he is simply trying to make me hate myself!!!

Well,

get thee hence. 


I choose Christ, and I will from this day on. 


And that's a cold hard promise.