This past week Carla and I left to Provo Utah Thursday morning to go to my Brian and Olive's graduation later that day. I had been kind of stressing out all that week to get a ride and we finally got it taken care of (we got a ride from someone from the ride board). The drive went great and the driver dropped us off at Matt B. house. Mom and Dad and Michael and we went clothe shopping and then went to Panda Express it was delicious. Then we watched thousands of students graduate from BYU Provo. Brian and Olive were both awarded most outstanding students in their degree which is very prestigious. At the graduation I saw from a distance I saw a man wearing a bright pink shirt and was bald. "Oh my goodness!", I thought it was Bishop Bumbaugh! His wife was next to him as well as President and Sister Prier. Bishop Bumbaugh was a bishop from Huntsville Texas. He was a great man. He taught me the importance of writing thank you notes, being a great home teacher, and being considerate of those that are less active. President Prier was the stake President of College Station who also lived in Huntsville. He taught me about the importance of being patient with your wife and being a missionary 24/7 and never being fearful of inviting others to act on the gospel such as hearing from the missionaries.
On Friday Brian and Olive had another graduation called Commencement that only had the Business Majors. That was also fun. Afterward we had a nice family dinner at Matt's house.
On Saturday we visited a lot of family like my dad's cousin and Grandpa Lowe's sister. Then we went to a greek fast food restaurant that Mom always loves to go to while we are in Bountiful area. We ate gyros which were delicious. Later that night we had a Butcher Talent show. Carla played the violin, Mom did a really funny dance, Brian and Olive did a funny skit, Lee played the guitar while Michael sang to her song "I just can't wait to be king" from the Lion King, Dad acted as a mime as he pretended to be Mom's play techy (it was really funny). I didn't anything. Then some other Butchers participated. Then Ryan and Juanny Baxter took us home.
The trip was a hug a success and all my family got to meet my girlfriend Carla for the first time. We had been dating for about a month and a half though it seems a lot longer. Everyone really welcomed her. The trip went a lot better than when Olive my sister in law met my family for the first time. When they met over Christmas my mom and dad like my brother and her cuddling so much and mom sent a note back with Brian saying that mom and dad didn't' think it was appropriate what Brian and Olive did. Olive cried later. What a depressing story haha.
On Sunday I got a calling to be the 1st counselor of the Elder's quorum. I am excited. I was very curious what my calling would be because the stake wanted to interview me.
Then today on Monday Carla and I talked about FHE. I brought up again how I wanted to visit her family in Georgia. She then told me she wanted me to visit her right after the semester ended. I said I didn't want to wait that long. Then she said "Is this so we can get married?" This was the first time we ever talked about us getting married. I said "yes". She told me how she wanted to go home for the fall and earn a lot of money and then I said how I thought it would be best if she finished up her last semester up. I was thinking about us maybe getting married at the very end of July as school will get out and she wanted to get married right after Fall Semester. We both said we would pray about and then collaborate.
I really do love Carla. Yesterday during stake conference our stake president talked about fasting. Carla couldn't make it because she was home sick. I then got the impression to fast for her so she would heal so I started fasting. After a little bit I came to the conclusion that I loved her more than eating and drinking. That some understanding helped really solidify my love for her. We will both pray about what timing will be best for marriage but I am happy to say that one thing is for sure. We will get married its just a matter of when. :)
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