What happened?

Hello all!

Another week just flew by!  I really don't know what happened, "time zai nali?!" (Courtesy of Jin Laoshi)  But really, this entry may be really short cause I can't really think of anything other than the fact that I got my flight plans!  Yay!!  I leave December 3rd.  I go from Salt Lake City -> Los Angeles -> Tokyo Narita, Japan -> Taipei, Taiwan.  I don't know exactly how long the flight is in total but I think it's better that I don't dwell on it too much.  I learned from my trip to China that I love travelling, but I don't really like flying...  hahaha.  It kind of stinks.  But!  I still can't wait.  :]  There is one little thing that is making me slightly uneasy, and that is the fact that at each airport, we only have about 1-2ish hours of layover time.  Flashbacks of delayed flights and sprinting through terminals to make our next connection while coming back to the U.S. from China keeps playing in my head.  Okay, other than that, we had some great devotionals this past week.

One that I liked asked us all to write down in our journals which kingdom of glory we want to attain in heaven.  Of course I strive to attain Celestial Glory so that's what I wrote down, but something else he said was that the best part is, essentially, we can use our agency to attain the exact kingdom that we want.  The scriptures give us a pretty clear picture of who goes to which kingdoms and in turn tells us what we need to do, or not do, to get into each kingdom.  If we strive everyday to remember what kind of glory we want to attain after this life. the decisions we make will be influenced by our decision.  So yes, ultimately, the Lord will be at the judgement bar to assign us to a kingdom of glory based on our works in this life, but if all our works reflect Christ, our Heavenly Father and all that exhalation encompasses, why wouldn't we obtain Celestial Glory?  

Basically, what I'm saying is that if we choose right now, that after this life we want to attain Celestial Glory, and we let this decision influence all our actions, thoughts and deeds, then receiving that glory after this life doesn't seem as hard to attain.

Okay, well... I'm not sure what else to talk about so I'll end things here. 

T-minus 8 days until I go to Taiwan.

-Sister Hsu