Leavin' On a Jet Plane

Oh boy, I have to go fly out to Africa soon!! Wow! I still feel like it isn't going to happen even though it is hours away until I start my flights and layovers. Everything I need is in my possession. I'm not stressed, just nervous. Really nervous. I'm no international traveller, but hopefully people understand that and give us some instruction as to what we are supposed to do.
Since I was in Tennessee, I got to fly back to Utah to meet up with a friend so that we could go to Africa together. Coming back to Utah made it so that I could see my sisters and brother-in-law again before I go as well as my friends.
Off to see my friends! I texted Kenzi asking if she was at her apartment, and she figured out real fast why I was asking. It was so fun to see my friends again! Kenzi told me that she was supposed to work later tonight, but she had a feeling that she should come back home. Then shortly after, she got my text!! How cool is that!?! I missed out on seeing Kristi though. :( I got to see the wonderful friends that I have, sent my last snapchat, last instagram, the works.
I gotta say, I have been pretty active with my phone lately, unusually active because I know I won't be using it at all for three months!
Then I was able to eat out with my sisters and my brother-in-law at Malawi's Pizza!!! It was so fun!

Oh, and when I was riding in the shuttle to fly back to Utah, our driver had an awesome rough voice...and he is Russian (his last name proved that). When he was driving, I kept imagining us in a car chase or something because he is really undercover. We even had a guy in the army in our car, and the Russian driver could be a double agent or something! So sweet. Great car chasing scenes were speeding through my head, and then the guy in the army was asleep and slowly falling on me. Not cool. I had my ear buds in listening to music and he wakes up and then starts talking to me as if I could hear him. Well, I could hear him, so I obviously talked to him. But he was breaking social norms by talking to someone with ear buds in, for reals! Anyway, he found out that I went to BYU and mentioned LDS in conversation. And then I wondered what religion he is. I was curious, but couldn't get the courage to ask. He ended up mentioning that he is Baptist...oh boy. Baptist people really do not like LDS people generally speaking. At that point I was scared that I was going to get Bible bashed or possibly physically bashed by this man. Anyway, so with help from the Spirit for courage, I asked if he had ever read the Book of Mormon (which I had one in my backpack). He said that he had looked at parts of it and compared them to the Bible and that they did not agree in many ways. He kept talking about that and seemed like he was getting a bit worked up...so I did not push it. I really haven't had a lot of experiences like that, but it was cool to have one even though it did not turn out amazingly or anything. I know that it helped me along in talking to others in general about religion. Looking back, maybe I could have replied and asked if he would be interested in reading it the whole way through with prayer and through the help of the Spirit. But I guess I did not think quickly enough. I am grateful for that experience. So grateful. Hopefully I will be able to have more experiences of that sort.

T9 word keypad example (in case you forgot)

Right now my sister is helping to change my phone from the iPhone to the Chocolate so that my iPhone stays safe in the US, but so I can still text or call while I am in the airport leaving and coming back to the US. Brings me back to memory lane...I haven't used T9 in FOREVER!!

Well, I can't wait to tell you guys about Africa!!