THE GOOD LIFE

so i have a problem. ever since i've been home i've been real tired but can't seem to ever fall asleep, and when i do it's only for 6 hours. maybe it's the thought that molly won't be waiting for me in bed, maybe knowing i won't have her body next to mine i'm not really sure yet, but since i'm wide awake i thought i'd sneak in and make a post. i've just returned back from the most amazing two weeks of my life known as the church history tour. i went with my cousin molly and roomed with two beautiful girls elina and marinne from my dance team. knowing my luck, my camera broke within the first week so andrew whiting has all the good pictures but i'll share what i have.

this is a picture of me and blair palmer. we were at niagara falls. i have mixed feelings about canada because it was different, but not exciting enough for me.

this is a picture of my new best friend andrew whiting, after playing an intense game of ddr in our canadian hotel. within two seconds after we shot this picture a mob of asians came into the hotel so we had to scram before they asks to play us in ddr.

this is a picture of me and chase comrey. this kid is my hero. his been living on his own since he was 16, working to support himself, and is now paying for his mission his about to serve in the phillipines! can you picture a white, 6' 2'' red head, speaking tologan wearing a skirt? we joke about it all the time, but i know he'll be great. he has the biggest heart and the sweetest spirit.

one of my favorite spots was the scared grove. it was a little early in the week, but it made me reflect and think and put me in the mind set i needed for this trip. i grew a stronger relationship with my heavenly father that day. i love him and can't for the day i get to return to him.

my other favorite spot was the sasquehana river ( don't judge my spelling ) i loved the peace that you feel there and the overwhelming feeling of the priesthood and how important it is. i can't wait to find my worthy priesthood holder, who equally loves this gospel as much as i do.
oh and that's molly picking our rocks from the river.

this is a picture of the bird i stepped on to take a picture after walking 5 miles just to go to nasty wendy's. we really got lost and got bored so decided to take pictures, and that's what we got was a dead bird. i repented after don't worry.

this is a picture of me and oliver waite on the boat ride to see the statue of liberty which totally doesn't do it justice. so i suggest going on the boring 3 hour boat ride, i forget what it's called but you get much closer and it's worth it.

this next picture actually has a funny story to it, or at least everyone who was there thought it was. so this girl ari say's "hey i know this really good pizza place in soho we should all go" so we're all really excited to eat actual real food. so we decided we'd take the subway, knowing known of us knew how to read subway maps. so once we got in we stood in a circle asking everyone if they knew about this place and where we needed to go. so we walk down to this train that says bronx. i had a feeling it wasn't the right subway and so was andrew so he asked another person if this was the right subway while we're inside it and he says no. so we're all running to get out and tyler barely makes it through, leaving me stuck, wedge inbetween the doors. molly screams and first reaction was to pull my head out, saving me. we all had a good laugh for about 10 minutes. 5 minutes later we were all angry because we never found the place, and had no idea where to go and how to get there. not the best experience but still fun! that's just one of my many embarrassing stories.

this is my philli picture. i wasn't pleased with the city, being that it took me and molly 2 hours just to get a philli cheese steak which didn't make us very happy, but big boy cheered us up. mike ( notice my strung out shirt :) )

d.c. i don't even know how to express my love for that city. it was beautiful, both times i've been and i've loved my experience there. it was a little rainy that night but we all layed on the abraham lincoln monument steps for a good half hour just enjoying ourselves. definately a highlight of the trip. glad i got to see ryan and the kid, missed crystal.

this is a picture of me and the beautiful ari lorewald near joseph's grave. i'm so glad i got to meet her. we found out we actually share alot of things in common. we had so much fun hanging out together. we both grew a love for andrew, we stocked him for a couple days and then he got really sick of us but i've never laughed harder then with her and him. to him helping well doing our laundry to sitting on the bus doing the whoopie cushion getting his roommates to actually believe he had bad gas. it's a blessing i met her.

but my ultimate, favorite site was carthage jail. i've never been so touched and so reassured that Joseph knew that going to carthage his life would be taken from him, but went and left emma, his faithful wife to stand up for what he knew to be true. he brought the gospel back to this earth and i am eternally grateful for him. as i was walking around trying to contain myself i came across this statue

"i knew it, and i knew god knew it, and i could not deny it" those words had never hit me so hard. i felt my knees give in and knew right then, that i knew for myself that this gospel is true and i could not deny a spirit so strong. that my heavenly father and savior jesus chirst know me personally. they know my struggles, and trials and i realized there that everyone's lives aren't perfect, especially Joseph's. that he had to go through much more than i will ever have to undergo in my lifetime. sorry this post is so long, but i just want to express my love for this great gospel i was able to grow up in. i regret everything i took for granate, especially during times when i needed him the most. i've grown a strong relationship with my heavenly father and feel us his love for me daily. i love the scriptures and what they contain. i was so eager to share a book that i've grown to love with everyone, i even asked one of the elder missionaries at the temple vistor center in kansas city for a book of mormon i could write in and give to a friend as soon as i got home, but he hasn't come to accept it yet, but i'm happy. i truely am happy for the first time in a long time, and by reading and sharing what i know to be true has affected my attitude tremendously. i'm listening to one of my favorite songs called i will not be still by kenneth cope and it fits my emotions perfect right now. i'll figure out how to make a cool collage of pictures cause there's a bunch more.
but shout out to molly. she truely is my best friend and i don't know what i'd do without her.

it is now 2:30 in the morning. now i understand why my mom spends hours on this things cause it takes forever! you are all crazy!
much love,
megan bunker