Well, Its been awhile kids. So much has happened in the past few months. Lets see... where to begin! Last time I wrote, I was still working at my previous job - Thrive Learning Institute. I am no longer there. Around July they had to lay me off because business was slow, and my schedule was the one they didn't really want to work around. It was really hard for me because I had been there for so long. However, I had been feeling for awhile that it was time to look for a new job. The spirit had been prompting me, but I didn't listen because it didn't really make sense for me to leave. But guess what? It doesn't matter if it makes sense. IF you feel a prompting- LISTEN and follow. I learned that the hard way. You know what is amazing though? Heavenly Father still took care of me. Within two weeks I had had over 10 job interviews and been offered multiple jobs. None of them really felt right or wrong, so I took one. I worked at Vivint for just over a month and it was absolutely miserable. I woke up one day and called my wonderful mommy. On my way to work I decided that I was done, so I told her, and I turned around to go home without looking back.
I DON'T suggest that you do that haha. It is always best to have something lined up before you quit, and definitely a good idea to make sure that you give two weeks notice. I'm lucky Heavenly Father still took care of me! I'm also very grateful that I was able to get a job in such a short time because I needed to at least have some income.
Shortly after I up and quit Vivint, I had a job Interview at a place called Wealth Accelerator System. I went to the interview not knowing what I was even interviewing for. A few minutes before I looked up what they were looking for, and had a slight freakout when I realized they were wanting an "Escrow Coordinator and Administrative Assistant". WHAT in the HECK does Escrow mean? Yeah. I had no clue. Thank goodness Brother Scott Bartlome answered my urgent call and told me what it meant and that I could use him as a reference!
Long story short, the interview went so well! I felt great about it! I did well, and a felt calm and good about it. They called me within a few days, and bam! Chelsea was offered the best job ever.
Wealth Accelerator is a small real estate investment company. When I say small, I mean small. There are 5 of us who work here... well really 4. But anyways! Ron Phillips is the owner, Angela is his assistant and handles a lot of the PR and may other things (she's a super hero), and Brandon. Brandon is the salesman, and I am his assistant. I love all three of them dearly. Each sarcastic, each loving, honest and friendly. We have a tight little family here, and I'm so grateful to them for letting me join them and be part of their team. I'm so grateful to Heavenly Father for blessing me with such an awesome opportunity for my age, and especially after I didn't listen His promptings.
The semester is just about over now :) Its been a good yet insane one! I have had great classes, great professors and good friends.
Its hard to sum up everything when you don't keep up with it at least weekly... I swear I'm going to get better at this :)
Overall, everything is great! I have an amazingly blessed life! This semester I had a fantastic Institute class called Repentance and Forgiveness taught by Brother David Durfey. Seriously, the most amazing class I have ever attended. I hope everyone can come to know and understand what their Savior has done for them. I will just add a few quotes from my dear teacher.
A missionary asked my Institute teacher how to "break his own heart" so that he could have a broken heart and a contrite spirit. To which he replied:
"Your heart will be broken when you understand what your sins cost Jesus Christ your Savior" - Brother Durfey.
Blind Faith: "Acting because of your fear of man. It is doing something without having a confirmation of it. It is going through the motions."
"God sees us how He knows we will become. The atonement has already been done. Repenting is acknowledging what He has already done. God is never actually surprised by your mistakes. When Christ was performing the atonement for us, He didn't just pay of our sins. He saw them.."
"Surely the thing God enjoys most about being God is the thrill of being merciful especially to those who don't exect it and often feel they don't deserve it" Elder Jeffery R Holland
"Faith come by hearing the word of God, through the testimony of the servants of God: that testimony is always attended by the spirit of prophecy and revelation." -Joseph Smith.
“Peace is the precious fruit of a righteous life. It is possible because of the Atonement of the Savior. It is earned through full repentance, for that leads to refreshing forgiveness.” Richard G Scott
"Because of the law of oppostion there had to be fall, and because of the law of justice, there had to be an atonement"
"The atonement gives all opportunity to overcome the consequences of mistkaes made in life when we break a law, there is nothing left over from prior obedience to satisfy the demands of justice for that broken law. The saviors atonement permits us to repent of any disobedience and thereby avoid the penalites that justice would have imrpessed" Richard G Scott
"The minute we forget the fall, we immediately fall back into the power of satan. If you never forget you're fallen state, you will be more dependent on Christ and His atonement. Thank your Father in heaven, remember Daily."
"Instead of condemning yourself, bow your head down, and say a prayer of gratitude. Gratitude changes everything. We don't need to condemn ourselves for "not being good enough" And why is that? Because of the atonement. When you feel ashamed, STOP IT. Fear and shame are of Satan. Godly sorrow and guilt is of Heavenly Father and that is good, and brings about change and forgiveness.
"If Christ has forgiven and not condemned the adulteress, has he ever condemned you? Does that mean we can condemn anyone? Does that mean you can condemn yourself? NO never.."
"Who is righteous? Anyone who is repenting. No matter how bad he has been, if he is repenting, he is a righteous man. There is hope for him. And no matter how good he has been all his life, if he is not repenting, he is a wicked man. The difference is which way you are facing. the man on the top of the stairs facing down is much worse off than the man on the bottom step who is facing up. The direction we are facing, that is repentence; and that is what determines wether we are good or bad"
-Hugh Nibley
"Truly of all the errors that mortals could make, Gods plan of salvation is the wrong thing to be wrong about! No error could be more enormous or more everlasting in His consequences."
"YOU are one of his favorites, and He has never been mad at you!"
Maybe a few too many quotes... But this is Chelsea... and I adore quotes! The Atonement is the most important part of this Gospel. Without it, there wouldn't be a Gospel. There wouldn't be a Plan of Salvation, there wouldn't be Eternity with our Father in Heaven, there wouldn't be peace, and there wouldn't be JOY.
