Happy New Year

As we enter into 2013, I wanted to take a moment to share some of my favorite moments of 2012. So, if you were me, these would be some of your best memories from the past year in “that moment when” form. 

Top “That Moment When” Moments of 2012

1. That moment when you find the mission you want to be a part of the next two+ years of your life and you turn in the application the first day of your last semester of college
2. That moment when you get your picture taken with Carlos Gonzalez at Spring Training in Arizona- GO ROCKIES!
3. That moment when you are at a coffee date talking about how much you want to know whether or not you’ve been accepted to the Finca and you get a phone call two minutes later saying you’ve been accepted 
4. That moment when you commit to spending 27 months serving at a home for orphaned and abandoned children in Honduras
5. That moment when you graduate from college 
6. That moment when you are driving a jeep up a giant rock in Utah to celebrate graduating from college  
7. Those moments when you drive 6-10 hours to see your friends one last time before moving to Honduras
8. Those moments when all of three of your roommates from your senior year of college show up at your house within two weeks of each other (but, unfortunately not all at the same time)
9. That moment when you get to language school in Antigua, Guatemala and meet the four other people you will be sharing the next 2 1/2 years with 
10. That moment when you go swimming in a cave by candlelight in Guatemala
11. That moment when you arrive at your home for the next 2 years and meet the kids who you will come to know and love 
12. That moment when you receive a letter in Honduras 
13. That moment when you walk out of your room to find a dance party going on in the courtyard of your house
14. That moment when you jump off of a rock into a river 
15. That moment when the sun is out and the Caribbean Sea is your favorite shade of blue 
16. That moment when you’re playing soccer with the girls on New Years Eve and one of them says, very impressed and a little surprised, “Emily, sí puede jugar” (“Emily, you can play soccer”)
17. That moment when you score a goal playing soccer and every time the boys talk to you for the next three days they tell you how cool it was when you made a goal
18. That moment when after playing soccer you jump into the Caribbean Sea to cool off and play in the waves
19. That moment when you can’t walk for three days afterwards because you’re really out of shape
20. That moment when you realize how blessed you are to have had such a wonderful year

Happy New Year!!! I hope that this year is filled with blessings and moments of joy for you all as the past year was for me!!!