Back to blogging/ Day 14

So because I have been gone so long I think I'm just going to cheat on the 30 day challenege and do 5 of the days today, or I will never finish this thing!

A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without

Marissa aka Charlie! (and a whole bunch of other nicknames that I can't remember!)

So I have no idea how I would be without Marissa in my life, because she has influenced me so much!

I remember when I was an akward brand new beehive, and I saw Marissa, Brynn, Aubrey, and Maddie, and thought wow they are so cool, I want to be friends with them... and bam I became their friends! All because Marissa brought me in. It ment so much to me because I was the oldest in my age group and I really didn't know any of the older kids.  But instantly Marissa and I were thick as theives and we realized that we were basically the same person!We had the same likes uhhh such as tall dark and handsomes! and Fall Out Boy!  She really was my first really close friend that I knew I could rely on, and I still can and do!

But the most important thing that our friendship has given me is her great example.  Since she is two years older than me, I was able to learn from her about being a sophmore when I was in 8th grade etc. etc.  But what I am really trying to get at is that her testimony really influenced me and helped me make good decisons. You always hear it choose your friends wisely, for they will dictate your actions and that is so true! I remember one of my first sleepovers at the Langs I must have been 13 or 14 and before we went to bed Marissa is starting to read her scriptures to me and Caitlin. I remember I was like what? people our age actually do this, like every night? Also I remember youth conference when I was 15 and Marissa bore her testimony about Jesus Christ, and I rememebr thinking, I have never heard such a powerful testimony of Christ! I mean I know I had heard many testimonies of christ, and how we should have a strong relationship with him, but I guess it never hit me that I should be striving for a relationship with Christ. It felt like such a foreign concept to me, I remember thinking how could I have a relationship with someone who isn't on this earth?

Well after seeking out my own testimonya nd relationship with the savior, I learned pretty quickly how!

Sorry that this became more of a testimony then talking about Marissa but I pretty sure that it would have taken me a longer time to try to search for my own testimony with out Marissa example!

I love you Marissa! :) and you are probably the only one to read this since it's so long haha