An adventure down South???

Well, it's day 21 of being in Utah and it has definitely been an adventure so far. A job hunting adventure that is. I guess I was expecting to gain employment quite easily- I was wrong! But I have had a couple successful interviews lately, so I guess we'll see. So far the main events down in Utah have been meeting a lot of Chris' family, exploring the nearby sights, going to an AMAZING driver dinner/reunion with a bunch of Skagway peeps, a corn maze and then the main event- my baptism!
That's right. I actually made the decision to be baptized last Saturday into the LDS church. I'm sorry if I didn't get the word out to you personally sooner- it was a bit of a whirlwind but an absolutely fantastic experience.

I was not expecting 50 people to show up. Friends from Skagway came, Chris' parents and paternal grandparents were there, and all of his siblings (minus one) and their families attended as well. I was absolutely flattered and grateful for all the love and support I felt that day. I was also not expecting many great gifts and congratulations. The entire service was all about me, which was a bit nerve-wracking but very special at the same time. My friend's Brayden and Jesse gave talks on baptism and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, Chad's mother gave the opening prayer and my good friend from Skagway, Allyson gave the closing prayer. It was a very spiritual experience that I'll remember forever.

The next day Chad's father performed the confirmation and Chris, Jesse, Brayden and Chris' father were in the circle as well. The confirmation was really cool because I recieved the gift of the Holy Spirit and all of these worthy men had hands on my head in order for me to receive this blessing.

For now, I'm still living with Chad's family and job searching. My hope is to get a job SOON! I'm really sick of just sitting around during the day with not much to do. I DID get a small job though that will be both a blessing and a challenge. There's a private girls' school in Layton, about a half hour drive away that has hired me to come in once a week, for only an hour to tutor a girl who is basically failing every class. It is great money, but limited hours and will be a great learning experience for myself in my future teaching career. And of course, I really want to help this girl. The school is for troubled teens and from what I can tell (I've met her once and been told a lot from her teachers), she is a very smart girl, but she just doesn't apply herself. So therefore, the work doesn't get done and she fails. But its not for a lack of intelligence at all, its laziness. So hopefully I can motivate her to succeed and be able to function in the real world soon.

That's all for now!