A First that I Wasn't Expecting

Well, yesterday, was a first that I wasn't expecting! So, our friends Jarred and Morgan came over.  Before they got to our apartment, Jarred had texted Hannah (my roommate) and asked her to cut her hair.  She has never done it before, and she was super nervous.  She was watching youtube for so long to try and figure out how.  She told them that they needed to bring certain things for her to do it.  They were under the impression that she could just use our kitchen scissors...  She attempted it,  but I was right next to her,  giving her ideas because of things that I have seen Mom do when she was cutting Dad's hair

Then Jarred said "Rachel it seems like you really know what you are doing.  Can you cut my hair?"  I was like uhhhh. haha But Hannah skyped her friend, who is really good at cutting hair, and that lady told me what to do, and I did it.  I was so nervous, but he kept saying that he wanted me to do it.
And he liked it! Apparently I did a good job!

I Love to See the Temple

This past Friday was my last day of work.  Although, I only worked 2 1/2 hours.  I asked to get off at 1:30 so that Mom, Dad and I could go to the temple.  We wanted to go, together, before I go back to school.  I got off work at 1:30, got home at about 2, and we left home by about 2:30.  We got there, and we were the first ones! We were early and the temple workers didn't even have everything ready yet! So we sat in the waiting room and they came to get us when things were ready.  While we were there, it was just us, and then 1 other lady with her 3 or 4 kids.  Dad baptized Mom and then she got out, sat on the stool and they confirmed her, then Dad did the same thing for me.  Then one of the temple workers baptized Dad.
As I was sitting there, watching Mom be baptized, I was trying to really focus on what was really happening.  I watched Mom go under and come back up, and each time that Dad said a new name, it was almost like Mom changed, and looked like a new person.  It was amazing.   She would go from her hair color, to a brunette, and then to a red head.  And from her hair length, to long hair, and back to short, or whatever.
That has never happened to me before.  But it was amazing.  It was such a fun time at the temple, and I'm excited to go back to Rexburg where we have a temple at the top of our hill :)

Through Different Eyes

The other night, I went to the church to get my temple recommend renewed.  One of these interviews with our bishop can take so long.  For us,  it took about 45 minutes.  The bishop talked for a while and then asked the first question.  I answered, and then he talked about it for a while, and then he asked the second one.  And so on and so forth.  But he said a couple things that I thought were so interesting! 

First of all, he talked about how a lot of people think of the Priesthood as this one thing. But really it has 4 parts: 

1. Birthright

2. Keys

3. Authority 

4. I can't remember  :(

But then the thing that I really found interesting was when we were talking about how President Monson is the only one on Earth that holds all the keys of the Priesthood.  But how he only holds the keys given to man.  He talked about how Christ has 3 more keys of the Priesthood that haven't been given to man. 

1. The Key of Creation

2. The Key of Death

3. The Key of Hell 

That's why He had the ability to create the world. That's why He could overcome death.  And that's why He will have the ability to be the judge at the final judgement.  

I thought that it was so interesting! After he said all that, I look up at the picture of the Savior that was behind the bishop, and I saw Him so much different that I had before.  It was so powerful! When I looked at Him this time, and every time since, I don't only see Jesus, but I look into His eyes and I see the ultimately worthy Priesthood holder.  I see a man that can literally save us.  I don't really know how to explain it, but it was powerful.  I truly saw Him through different eyes. And I still see Him like that every time I see a  picture of our Savior.  Try it. At least once.  It is powerful!