Erik Gray's journals

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written January, 2017

AUGUST 2016 Last weekend in Logan before moving back home.

Sunday I went to church. Everyone in the ward wore dark blue ribbons. Mary Yohem had set it up... OH MY HECK I LOVE HER SO MUCH. I’ll talk about her in a minute. :) They knew I was moving home and that it was my last Sunday.

I got the opportunity to bless and serve the Sacrament that day. What a neat opportunity to be able to do it on my last Sunday. :] 

After the third hour lesson, Mary, Bronte, and a few others called me up, explained what was up with me and gave me a nice shoutout, and presented me with a loving sign that a lot of the ward had signed. :’) So touched. I remember back in the spring when I was in the 31^st ward (the ward I was in at Pine View), I knew I’d be moving back in the fall and talked with the Bishop and there was an idea that I could just keep my records in the ward for that summer, but I eventually decided to just move my records to the 18^th ward, where I would be at with Yellow House and Darwin Avenue. Which was a good move. It would have been weirder and harder and more awkward if I would’ve not been in the ward. AND THE 18^th WARD WAS SOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME AND SO INCREDIBLE. And living on Darwin Avenue in general? Ahh. Seriously. Perfect place.

That's all for my journaling tonight! Glad I'm doing this, I don't want these insights to be forgotten. Especially because these insights and these feelings I've felt are SO real, and there is no way I can deny the truthfulness of the gospel the Savior, everything about the gospel. Goodnight, journal. SOO glad I'm writing down my thoughts. :)                                                   ~Erik Gray