Last night the youth had a fireside with Elaine S. Dalton(Young Womans president over the entire church) speaking. Both her and her husband spoke. It was so amazing! They were here to celebrate the 50 years the church has been in Denton. We were so lucky they came to speak to us. This fireside was such a tender mercy. In the world today, it is so hard to feel special when everyone around you is doing things that you don't. Its easy to wonder what you're doing wrong, but as we gathered together last night, I realized I am doing things right. Even though the right thing is hard to do it is so worth doing. She said so much, I wish I could remember it all! One of the things she talked about was making sure you never do anything to be unworthy to have the spirit with you. She said you should say to yourself, when put into any situation that would compromise your worthiness, "I cannot do what you say, for I was born to be a queen." Wow. At that moment I felt like I could take on any challenge thrown at me. She also talked a lot about how we were the chosen generation, saved to be on the earth at this time. We are the ones that Peter talked about. She encourged us to read the Book of Mormon. She said it was for us, that it was reading like the newspaper, and we needed to have the strength it provides. She is just a beautiful, sweet woman who speaks with such power. After the actual fireside, she stood and we all lined up to meet her. She stood for so long, but was such a trooper. When I went up to meet her I just thanked her and told her she was an answer to so many prayers. She smiled, and said that she thinks that we planned virtue for our day, it is for us, and that she would be seeing us again. Wow. Talking about virtue made me realize that the man I am suppost to marry is worth waiting for. I might not go on all that many dates or have a steady boyfriend, but when I meet my bestfriend and he takes me to the temple none of that will matter. So even when I see the other couples or feel like I'm ugly, I can just remember that none of that will matter, the man I'm going to marry is well worth waiting for. I'll wait as long as I have to. It was quite an awesome experience♥