Feeling Blessed...

Today was a day of many where i felt that Heavenly Father was aware of me. I decided to go check out a local singles ward in this area where my friend's uncle is the bishop. I figured it would be like every other ward....go to all three meetings, talk to a few people and leave. After Sunday SChool, the bishop pulled me aside and started asking me about how soccer was going and how I liked Logan, then he asked me what my plans were as far as coming to the ward. I told him that I really just wanted to get to know people, so I was just checking things out. That started a 30 minute discussion in his office. He gave me a list of the USU stakes and told me which wards have the “older” YSA’s in them. He said he knows that there is a group in their early 30s who are very active and do a lot together from that stake. He gave me the name of someone from one of those wards who sorta heads up some of the stuff. It was pretty cool that he was so honest and basically telling me that his ward was not what I needed or what I was looking for. I want to stay in my family ward, but I also need to make friends who are my age and in my same situation. Don't get me wrong, I love the families and the people I have met here so far, but there are days where I can't just go over to a family's house because they need their time together, or the people I work with need a break from each other, etc. This bishop and I talked about some other things and he challenged me to read the Book of Mormon for 15 minutes everyday along with doing my other scripture study to feel the power of that book take precedence in my life. When I came home, I saw a classmate online I met last semester who is a year younger than me. I was telling her about my experience in this ward and asking her about her ward, and she directed me to a mid-singles website that lists activities for YSA's 25 years and older in the Cache Valley. I just felt really grateful and really blessed today because I told myself I would wait until winter to start putting myself out there, but I had no idea where to start....now I have some direction in this! Heavenly Father is definitely looking out for me….He always has. So the search begins for these “older” YSA’s in the Cache Valley.