Maple bars, PBJ, and Empanadas

Yesterday was pretty grand; devotional was wonderful. Apparently, though, one of my roommates fell asleep (love you, Karla!). ;) The featured scripture was Doctrine and Covenants 6:14. "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, blessed art thou for what thou hast done; for thou hast inquired of me, and behold, as often as thou hast inquired thou hast received instruction of my Spirit. If it had not been so, thou wouldst not have come to the place where thou art at this time."

The speaker was Br. Randall L. Hall, who began teaching seminary in 1963, received a Master's in American history, and has 11 children! He jokingly explained that his wife wanted 6 children, and he wanted 5, so they had her 6, then his 5. :) His main theme was words and their effects, positive or negative. A few things I learned were that the word "seminary" comes from the Greek word "seminarian," which means "seed of ground, or transplant," that "enthusiasm" is "inspired by God," and "edify" is "make a temple or build spiritual strength," which is why we use those words so often in our religion. In his talk, he mentioned how Elder Holland said that words should be filled with hope and kindness and are sacred. Br. Hall pointed out that sometimes we regret not saying what should've been said. The example he gave for this was "It's A Wonderful Life." He also said that faith works by not just actions, but words as well; they go hand in hand. In John, Revelation, and the Doctrine and Covenants, Christ is portrayed as "divine expression" or word. When He says He is the advocate of the Father, He's saying that He's "one who intercedes [on our behalf]".

After devotional, I was so happy; I went to the Crossroads pastry self-serve to see if they'd put any maple bars out there at all (they're either never put out there or all gone by the time I usually get over there), and I saw one! I snagged it, paid for it, sat and ate it. I thought I would burst with happiness because I finally got my maple bar I'd been craving for over 2 weeks. :)

Later on, I went to kickboxing class, got my butt kicked pretty good and my heart rate up, and went home to finish my homework.

That done, I heard that Karla and Monica had invited a couple of our guy friends over. I thought, "Shoot!" because I was in my pjs and my hair was a disaster. I changed, fixed my hair, and went out because I'd been hiding in my room for at least 2 hours and felt lonely. We had so much fun making empanadas (bread dough crescents with meat and veggies or just cheese in them deep-fried): super good! Then we talked and cracked up about almost everything. The guys finally left around 11:55 pm.

All in all, yesterday was pretty good. :)