Saturday, November 2, 2013

Tomorrow is going to be a really exciting day. We plan to spread the Gospel to everyone in many unique ways. We might also volunteer at a nursing home, red cross, etc. I don't really know what we're going to do exactly since our first day is tomorrow and I'm nervous!

Anyway, the first step to becoming a missionary isn't easy at all. For me though, I enjoy moving (even though I've only moved about four times in my life, but I really liked it) and I'm not the type to get VERY homesick. My parents told me though that for now, I can just stay a missionary in my hometown. I think that I want to be a missionary for my state. Maybe soon, I can go become a missionary for other countries. I don't think I'd want to put my hopes up high though, like I said, being a missionary is nowhere near easy. Although, I look forward to an upcoming day for tomorrow. Remember we must always see the glass half full and not half empty.

I just want to thank Yeshua  for letting me, family, and friends for giving us this opportunity. I really feel like my position is to spread the Gospel through my talents!



Friday, November 1, 2013

ADHD can be considered to many a 'gift and a curse'. Some are glad to have it, and I'm not going to lie, it is fun. To others, you may look like you're simply staring out the window during classes, but in reality, you're mind could be in a whole other realm. I'm not the best at making friends with people, and as a matter of fact most of my friends had 'made friends with me'. The bright side is that a still small voice told me, "Don't worry, ADHD is a gift from the Lord."
After hearing that voice, I began to see everything good about ADHD. As a matter of fact, I started to see so many positive things about it, that I didn't not want to have the disorder. I was beginning to feel very happy about it and decided, you know what, I'm going to see this as a gift!
ADHD can be classified as a learning disorder, and is where an individual often looses concentration skills not because they want to - as a matter of fact they try their hardest to pay attention. The problem is that they can focus a little too much on background noises to the point where it's hard to focus on only one thing. In my case, I try to pay attention, but after I was diagnosed, my doctor told me not to overdo it because our minds tends to shut down while trying to concentrate.
It started, during Geometry, of course I was trailing off and that's a very common flaw for me. "Snap out of it!" my teacher would always request, and I wouldn't even hear a thing. Her voice would go down the drain and I would start to look down to where the next thing you know, my teacher calls my name.
"Do you remember what the formula for the area of a trapezoid is?"
Of course I would end up hesitating with a long "hmmmm" and just stay silent for a few seconds, not to mention, with about thirty other students staring at me, which definitely makes it feels like the longest twelve seconds of your life.
After school I walked a block to the library and coincidentally picked up a book about ADHD. The book looked rather like a hate journal since I could only find negativity about the disorder. I especially remember reading that individuals with ADHD are less likely to graduate, get a drivers license, get a job, and many people with it will end up becoming criminals.
After my mom picked me and my sister up from the library, I told my mom and asked why God had given me something that could have gotten me into trouble. Several days I kept on praying why I was so different and why everyone could never accept me for who I was.
That was when I heard that voice. Before I went to bed, I said a small prayer. Instead of asking why, I prayed for acceptance. Short and simple, I prayed, "God, help me to feel satisfied for who I am." Right after, all the flaws I saw about me were actually something I found very precious. God gave me a more positive mind, and just right after I began to think.
Trailing off in conversations may seem like a bad thing, but to me, it just means I have a brighter imagination, therefore you are more bright and vivid. I may get distracted, but at least I know that I am more aware and alert about the things that can happen around me. I may be very hyper but at least I like to be motivated and happy. We don't mean any harm, we like to have things in a more vibrant and fun way. I may be disorganized however I know where everything is, and being that way can just generally be fun.
So many people take stimulants to alter the mind a little bit. I personally don't like to take any medicines for ADHD. In fact my doctor almost perscribed Concerta, however I have heard that they can make the symptoms advance a little bit more. Surely I may be a crazy person but right now I enjoy life, being myself with the Anime and Manga nerd that I am, and of course trying to see what kind of purpose God has for me!