29 March 2008

So this weekend was probably one of the highlights of the semester. Kristi and I went with my roommates to the Holi Festival of Colors in Spanish Fork. Thousands of people flocked there.

People came from all over the State of Utah. I didn't quite understand everything that went into the ceremony, but basically they started by burning an effigy of some demoness.

Then everyone throws colored powder everywhere. It's pretty hard to breathe.

Cough cough...

Poor Kristi got a shot of powder right to the face and she couldn't really see most of the time.

Crazy Huh?

My Friend Will in total awe...

I must be pretty lucky to have a girl like Kristi actually want to be with me...man, I'm really weird.

Me, David, Will, Luis...Hare Krishna! Hare Rama!

Me and Kristi with the guys in front of the Hare Krishna Temple. We had to park a mile and a half away. Kristi and I got to have a special walk back to the car. Afterwards we went to the India Palace Restaurant and had some curry. It was a great night.

BYU Tree Tour

Saturday Morning I tried to finish the BYU Tree Tour. It's for my Biology Class. Cool huh? Yeah I know it was kinda lame, but my friend Luis came so it was okay.

27 March 2008

Ever celebrated the passover? In Exodus the Lord told Moses it should be a feast the children of Israel celebrate throughout all their generations. Christ himself observed the passover each year of his three year ministry and performed the Atonement as the great and last sacrifice at the time of the passover. Elijah the prophet has returned at the time of the passover on April 3rd 1836 as promised for generations during the passover season in the restoration of all things. In my Eng 350 class tonight we observed the passover. It was an eye opening experience. Number one, Jews eat some interesting flavors during the feast.
After class, my friend Ty and I had about an hour to hang out in Salt Lake while we waited for Ty's girlfriend who was doing laundry with her Dad. We decided to go to the conference center and walk around. I had never been on the roof before. Holy cow, it is so amazing up there. I learned so much about the building from a senior service missionary who took us on the tour. Look at this picture. This is my favorite part of this six acre roof. The east side the roof is designed to look like the mountains to the east with large fur trees growing healthily on the roof. The west side (my favorite) is left to grow wild like the desert of Utah which the Saints walked into when they entered the valley. It is a beautiful landscape with wild flowers and other plants all native to Utah growing wild. It's beautiful.


Can you see the fountain on the north side of the building? It is directly over the podium where the Brethren speak during conference time. I thought of the beautiful symbolism that the fountain of the Word of God is proceeding forth from this location. The parameter of the building is made from granite straight from Little Cottonwood canyon: the same granite as the Salt Lake Temple. The building even as the same imperfections as the temple. The conference center is built in a way that it does not distract from the Temple, but rather it compliments it. The guide told us they cut enough granite to fill a football field ten feet deep.

26 March 2008

You are looking at a new student of the Marriott School of Business! I found out last week that I got accepted into the Major. That means lots of school this spring and summer. I guess that will be okay by me.

There have been a bunch of new developments in my life recently. I am dating a beautiful girl now. I know, me? A girlfriend? No way, right? It's been pretty great. We've been official for almost a month now. I can't believe how fast it has gone by. Kristi was actually Rachel's roommate freshman year here at BYU and so we've been acquaintances for a few years. When I came home from my mission about nine months ago I got Rachel's cell phone. Like any returned missionary would do, I quickly looked through her contact list and started calling girls. Kristi was one of them. Our friendship started to develop from there. We are just a lot alike. We are both really weird and love to have fun. The best part about her is how easy she is to talk with. We talk about all kinds of stuff. Anything...


I'll be heading out of the Referral Center at the MTC in April too. I finally will be working as a classroom teacher and I'm way excited.