That is right folks, I am officially able to put MS after my name as well as before it now! Friday I presented and defended my thesis. I was very blessed to have many people in the audience rooting for me and it always helps the presentation go smoothly when you know people want you to succeed. I still have a lot of work to do making revisions, before the end of the semester, but officially I am done! After a little more than 2 years of hard work, it has all payed off.
One of the things I shared during my presentation was a quote by Waite Phillips, "Nothing worthwhile was ever accomplished without the will to start, the enthusiasm to continue and regardless of temporary obstacles the persistence to complete." I love this quote and it has served me well throughout the work of the last couple years. New adventures, here I come!
After I was done defending I went to a reunion for the Tennessee Knoxville Missionaries who served under President Ronald and Sister Marie Godfrey. I love my mission president and his wife! They came to the mission 1.5 months after I arrived.
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| Sister Godfrey, me, President Godfrey |
When I first saw President Godfrey, I instantly knew he was my mission president and if I did whatever he asked of me that things would work out well. At the mission reunion he gave some good advice about how to always be happy: give a little bit of service every day, always have a job to do (some kind of work), always have something to look forward to (be it a good book to read, or a vacation being planned), and love everyone.
It was great to see some of the sisters I served with and around. Liz Broadbent Walker and I spent some time talking while helping to clean up after the reunion, she is great! I wish I had been able to spend more time around her on the mission.
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| Me and Liz Walker |
Saturday night during the priesthood session of conference some of my girlfriends and I had a ladies night. We went to Zupas for dinner, went to a dollar movie, and then had a spa night.
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| Jessie is such a happy person! |
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| Elissa doing her favorite thing, playing with Ashley's hair |
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| Bethany and Jessie lounging and loving ladies' night |
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| Bethany, Jessie, Ashley, Elissa, and me |
Lets hear it for the Ladies!
Great job on your thesis defense! I'm glad I got to go :) It was fun to hear you talk about everything you have been working so hard on the last couple of year.
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