#GIVETHANKS ~ Day Four to Day Six

  Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening,

this post should take approximately six minutes to read from start to finish.

Day 4 - I am GRATEFUL for my Religion; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 

I am grateful for what my religion has taught me and helped me to learn so much throughout my life so far, I am grateful for the standards (such as no swearing), and I am grateful for the covenants that I have made in the past. 

I am grateful for Seminary, I am grateful for Institute, I am grateful for the knowledge of doing Family History, I am grateful for the standard works a.k.a the scriptures (The Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, The Pearl of Great Price, and King James Version - Holy Bible, and the Word of Wisdom.

I am grateful for the past General Conference talks, I am grateful for the Temples, I am grateful for current prophet, I am grateful for past prophets, I am grateful for current apostles, I am grateful for past apostles, I am grateful for the Relief Society organization, I am grateful for the youth organization, I am grateful for my current church callings, and I am grateful for my past church callings. 

Day 5 and Day 6: I am GRATEFUL for the Opportunities to Travel and Methods of Transportation. 

I love traveling in methods of transportation. I was able to drive whilst I was living in Australia, I was able to drive for about ten days in a car rental whilst I was visiting Utah in February 2018, I was able to driven a little bit whilst I was visiting Texas in November 2018, I have been able to go on walks (even though it is for short distances), and I have been able to go bike riding.

Prior to when I've met my husband for the first time in person; I had the opportunities to travel. I remembered when I was nine years old; I attended a school camp with students of the same grade as me, we went to Sunshine Coast, and I remembered while I was at that school camp, we went to Underwater World.  

I remembered when I was twelve years old, I went to another school camp with my class and another class - the students were aged eleven years old and twelve years old, and we went to Canberra. I remembered my experience for the first time flying in the plane because I was so excited and I kept counting down the days.

I really enjoyed the activities that was set up and places to go and visit during that school camp, I was able to go to Australian War Memorial, Australian Old Parliament House, Australian New Parliament House (the one that is current one), Royal Australian Mint, Questacon - National Science and Technology Centre, Australian Institute of Sport, and other places. 

I remembered when I was eighteen years old; I had the opportunity to fly again but this time was from Brisbane to Perth, and I was able to attend End of Year Young Single Adults (YSA) Convention. 

I had so much fun, I have made many friends throughout the convention (I seemed to lose some of the friends that I have made sometime in the past years after convention), and I really enjoyed participating in Devotionals, Activities, Dances, and so forth. 

I had the opportunity to go to Rottnest Island, I really enjoyed spending some time with the friends that I have made, and I took many photos throughout convention. 

About four months after I returned back to Brisbane from convention, I flew back to Perth for a longer stay and at that time I was nineteen years old. I even made more friends, I was able to have fun experiences such as going to Perth Temple more than twice, I was able to go bowling, I was able to go to institute often, I was able to travel to various locations, and so forth. 

I remembered when I was twenty-one years old; I had the opportunity to travel to Utah on my own. On the way to Utah, I flew from Brisbane to Nadi Fiji for the first layover, followed by I flew from Nadi Fiji to Los Angeles for the second layover, followed by I flew from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, Utah. 

I had opportunities to meeting my husband for the very first time, I finally got to meet several friends that I have been friends on social media for about four years ish (long story short, we have similar past histories and got us to meet on the same facebook groups), I made new friends, and I had opportunities to drive on the RIGHT side (on the opposite side than what I was used to in Australia) whilst I was in Utah.

I attended sessions whilst I was visiting many different Temples during my stay in Utah. My husband and I went to Provo City Temple, Oquirrh Mountain Temple, Salt Lake City Temple together before it marked one month when my husband and I was in boyfriend and girlfriend stage. 

Kharissa and I went to Manti Temple, Payson Temple, and Salt Lake City Temple together - Kharissa drove us to those Temples. 

JaLisa and I went to Provo City Temple and Draper Temple together, - I drove us to those Temples. 

I drove myself to the following Temples; Brigham City Temple, Vernal Temple, Mount Timpanogos Temple, and Ogden Temple. 

Stay Tuned until next time.