Sister Missionary!

 I had a special opportunity today to attend

a Sacrament meeting where my dear

freshman roommate, the beautiful Brittni Vawd,

was giving a "farewell" talk as she is about

to enter the MTC to prepare to serve the

people of Argentina for over a year

and teach them the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

I could not be more excited for her!

I remember when I first met her in person

almost 3 years ago, and I thought to myself,

"This girl would make an AMAZING sister missionary."

I know Britt didn't necessarily see herself as

going on a mission in this point of her life,

but the Lord has a plan for her,

and I am so happy that she is willing to serve Him.

She's such an example to me.

I love her to pieces.

She's fantastic.

I am so blessed to have been her roommate freshman year.

I learned so much from her.

I know I  wasn't always the easiest person to live with,

and I know throughout the past two years,

we've had some rocky points in our relationship,

but she is seriously an amazing person,

and I love her so much.

I am so excited for her :)

The people of Argentina will be extremely blessed.

There are hardly any memories from freshman year

that Brittni is not a part of them.

I learned so much from her.

We had so much fun.

But, we (mostly me) had our sad/hard times as well.

I can remember one night that I was crying in bed,

and Britt crept up to my bed, and asked what was wrong.

I told her I was super homesick,

and she asked if I wanted to go visit her family with her.

At the time, I was such a brat, I think I muttered something

about not wanting to go because it would make me

miss home even more or something like that,

but looking back, I am so grateful for her kindness.

She was always trying to make others happy.

I've always admired that about her.

She's incredible.

Today in her talk she mentioned how much she

has learned from her "awesome and not-so-awesome" roommates.

I know I was probably a pain sometimes,

but I hope I am more on the "awesome roommate" side.

:)

A look at some of the fun memories

with Britt freshman year....

One of the very first pictures with Britt.
My parents drove us around Provo,

and we also tried out the UTA system.

Oooh the good ol' 832 :)

My very first BYU Volleyball game
With Britt, of course :)

Lacey, Britt, and myself in our very first,
but what became our traditional "pre-dance" picture. :)

First BYU football game.

Definitely a "Favorite Freshman Memory"
So many times we had dance parties...
this one we brought to our apartment since
the one at Wyview got cancelled.

The time Britt and I volunteered at the True Blue
thing together for homecoming, and had some
fun of our own :)

Goofing around with one of "our boys" after True Blue.

Hiking Y Mountain for the first time :)

Roommate Pumpkin Carving :)

Laundry at Britt's house.

Britt and I frequently had mini dance parties during the day :)

A day out on the lake with friends

Photoshoot with Kevin on the boat

 

The time Lacey and I transformed their DI buys,
to a bomb.com Halloween costume :)

Halloween!

 

Countless photos at Football games...

The nights we'd get a little crazy...

 The nights we'd sing at the top of our lungs...

with our shoes? :)

Starting off Winter semester with a dance...

naturally :)

Girls nights!

The time I let her help dye my hair...

Remember the time I got hit with a laffy-taffy? :)

Dancing to Single Ladies with our ring pops!

 

Dear Britt,

I am so proud of you for your decision to serve the Lord.

You are going to be an incredible missionary.

I am so grateful for you and the example you have been to me.

I have learned so much from you,

and I know you will do great work in Argentina.

Love you, lady!

-Vanester :)

P.S. I had a BLAST going through some of these pictures.

We were crazy! I love it :)