The address for Cectra Knudson at the MTC is:
Sister Rebecca Knudson
MTC Mailbox #308
RUS-MOS 0203
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, Utah 84604-1793
She will be there until 3 Feb 2010.
Cards and letters welcome!
25 November 2009
14 November 2009
Called to Serve
About 2 months ago, I received my mission call. I was assigned to labor in the Russia Moscow Mission. Well, life took off from there and now I find myself just days away from my report date to the MTC. I'll be in the MTC for 12 weeks to learn the beautiful Russian language! My very first semester at BYU I took a Russian class, but I haven't taken any since then. I also don't remember much other than the alphabet (very useful), and basic phrases. But, somehow, the Lord will use me to bring his gospel to the Russian people. I have been blessed with friends and family who support me in my decision to serve and hope that with their support and the Lord's help, I can do all that he needs me to do in the next 18 months, and for the rest of my life.
My mom (or someone) will post news on this blog, and also my most current mailing address. I'd love to hear from you!
My mom (or someone) will post news on this blog, and also my most current mailing address. I'd love to hear from you!
09 May 2009
Happy Mothers Day!
This is the wordle that I made for mom's lesson in church. Lizzy helped too. We're quite proud of it.
25 April 2009
Sadness.
I woke up about 10 minutes ago because I thought someone was calling my name. Actually, they said, "Rebec", but that's what they have taken to calling me lately. I thought it was Laura and I looked at her bed to see if she was sleeping. She wasn't there and for a second I thought she was up early. No, her bedding is gone and so is all her stuff. In the next second I realized that Laura is gone and soon I will be too. That sounds super morbid. My roommate is not dead and I have not been given 2 months to live. We're just moving out, moving away. It was just really weird this morning.
I've had an amazing year this year. My roommates and neighbors and I have grown really close. Most of them are returning next year, except they'll take up three apartments instead of 2 as our influence over this complex spreads. Part of me wishes I could come back next semester, but the other part of me knows that I'm going to do other, great things in the fall. I'll see them when I come to Provo. We'll make that happen. It's just time for a little sadness, I guess. You spend 8 months with the same people, getting to know them, and growing to love them, and they become an extension of your family, and it's not fun to leave your family. It's time though. A time for goodbyes, a time for memories, a time for joy, and a time for a little sadness.
I've had an amazing year this year. My roommates and neighbors and I have grown really close. Most of them are returning next year, except they'll take up three apartments instead of 2 as our influence over this complex spreads. Part of me wishes I could come back next semester, but the other part of me knows that I'm going to do other, great things in the fall. I'll see them when I come to Provo. We'll make that happen. It's just time for a little sadness, I guess. You spend 8 months with the same people, getting to know them, and growing to love them, and they become an extension of your family, and it's not fun to leave your family. It's time though. A time for goodbyes, a time for memories, a time for joy, and a time for a little sadness.
20 April 2009
...This is your brain on finals.
Finals week has me going crazy. All week I've noticed that my brain is kind of all over the place. Well, this finally led me to a bit of trouble today.
I have 2 classes with finals scheduled for the same time in the same classroom. One was today, and one was tomorrow. The classes are Geography 304 and Geography 307. Well, this morning I woke up early to study. I spent 3 hours studying for Landscape Ecology and I was so ready for the test! I got to the classroom and almost had a heart attack when I walked in and found not my ecology classmates, but my CLIMATE classmates. Yeah.
Well, I panicked for about a second, then I sat down with a couple of friends and joined their review sheet discussion. Luckily, I got to class a few minutes early or I really would have had to recover from that shock quickly. My friend let me look over the review sheet with her and we quickly went over some of the harder things. My brain, meanwhile was trying hard to readjust to its new task. Fortunately, there is a lot of overlap between climates and all the other geography classes I've taken (including one from the same professor). I think I did ok, somehow. Now I think the process will repeat tomorrow morning, except I only have one final left, so I can't possibly go wrong with which one I study for. I think I'm lucky that it happened this way, and not the other way around. I NEVER could have passed my landscape ecology test without studying for it.
Yeah. That is my brain on finals.
I have 2 classes with finals scheduled for the same time in the same classroom. One was today, and one was tomorrow. The classes are Geography 304 and Geography 307. Well, this morning I woke up early to study. I spent 3 hours studying for Landscape Ecology and I was so ready for the test! I got to the classroom and almost had a heart attack when I walked in and found not my ecology classmates, but my CLIMATE classmates. Yeah.
Well, I panicked for about a second, then I sat down with a couple of friends and joined their review sheet discussion. Luckily, I got to class a few minutes early or I really would have had to recover from that shock quickly. My friend let me look over the review sheet with her and we quickly went over some of the harder things. My brain, meanwhile was trying hard to readjust to its new task. Fortunately, there is a lot of overlap between climates and all the other geography classes I've taken (including one from the same professor). I think I did ok, somehow. Now I think the process will repeat tomorrow morning, except I only have one final left, so I can't possibly go wrong with which one I study for. I think I'm lucky that it happened this way, and not the other way around. I NEVER could have passed my landscape ecology test without studying for it.
Yeah. That is my brain on finals.
10 April 2009
New Layout!
Awesome! I designed this myself, and it is one of my favorite products of procrastination to date!
Life is crazy at the moment as classes finish on Tuesday and I still have 2 major papers due. I think I'll be able to get it all done, though. I HOPE I will. Strangely enough, I think my stress will be considerably less once classes end, even with finals looming. Give me a test over a paper ANYDAY!
I'm excited to be going home soon, and I know this summer will be at least interesting. A lot of BIG decisions will be made this summer that will likely determine the rest of my life. No joke. There is bit of uncertainty in my life right now, which makes me pretty nervous and restless, but also excited. I'll have friends at home and I'll spend some good time with my family. They'll support me in whatever happens this summer. It'll be a growing experience no matter what.
Life is crazy at the moment as classes finish on Tuesday and I still have 2 major papers due. I think I'll be able to get it all done, though. I HOPE I will. Strangely enough, I think my stress will be considerably less once classes end, even with finals looming. Give me a test over a paper ANYDAY!
I'm excited to be going home soon, and I know this summer will be at least interesting. A lot of BIG decisions will be made this summer that will likely determine the rest of my life. No joke. There is bit of uncertainty in my life right now, which makes me pretty nervous and restless, but also excited. I'll have friends at home and I'll spend some good time with my family. They'll support me in whatever happens this summer. It'll be a growing experience no matter what.
02 April 2009
For you, JB!
Just so that Jen knows that I'm still alive...and anyone else out there who was wondering-I'm still here, and I have a free hour because my only class of the day was cancelled (which I learned after I woke up and walked to campus).
Well, there are a whopping 7 days left of classes before I can breathe for a few days and then finals come upon me. I think I can make it. I wish the weather would go back to its springish ways, though. Yesterday, mother nature played an April Fool's prank on everyone. We call it snow. There isn't any now, because it melted, but it's still cold outside, much colder than it should be in April.
This past weekend, my roommates (including extended roommates,there were 9 of us) and I took matters into our own hands and went down to Moab for "Spring Break". We left on Friday afternoon, camped overnight, spent Saturday in Arches National Park (AMAZING), and then drove home on Saturday night. Doesn't sound like much of a spring break, does it? Well, that's all we could do because here at BYU we get every Saturday and Sunday off and that's all (at lesat in the winter semester). BUT! I'll be out of school and home before the rest start their finals, so I guess it's a decent trade-off. Anyway, Arches was amazing and it was fun to look at some of the landforms and know how they got there. My roommates were probably sick of me by the end of the day, trying to explain things to them, but I had fun. The weather was nice during the day, but Friday night and Saturday morning were SO COLD! And lucky me, I got to sleep in the tent with a broken zipper on the front flap. We pulled the fly cover over the front and tucked it under the tent, but it didn't help much, and of course, mine was the sleeping bag right next to the front. We did, however, perfect our fire building skills and that kept us warm(ish) while we were awake. All in all, it was a very nice break and I think everyone had a good time.
Now I'm running all out toward the end of the semester. I have a 9 page paper to perfect, a 7 page paper to write, another paper to write (don't remember how long), and a presentation to complete and present. I'm almost looking forward to finals because somehow I think it will be significantly easier than the next week and a half.
Things I'm looking forward to in the next couple weeks:
Volleyball tonight and tomorrow with my Winter '08 roommates
General Conference with Meagan
Meagan's concert on the 11th
Going to the elementary school's Aladdin production
...and other random good times with roommates and friends before the time comes to part
Well, there are a whopping 7 days left of classes before I can breathe for a few days and then finals come upon me. I think I can make it. I wish the weather would go back to its springish ways, though. Yesterday, mother nature played an April Fool's prank on everyone. We call it snow. There isn't any now, because it melted, but it's still cold outside, much colder than it should be in April.
This past weekend, my roommates (including extended roommates,there were 9 of us) and I took matters into our own hands and went down to Moab for "Spring Break". We left on Friday afternoon, camped overnight, spent Saturday in Arches National Park (AMAZING), and then drove home on Saturday night. Doesn't sound like much of a spring break, does it? Well, that's all we could do because here at BYU we get every Saturday and Sunday off and that's all (at lesat in the winter semester). BUT! I'll be out of school and home before the rest start their finals, so I guess it's a decent trade-off. Anyway, Arches was amazing and it was fun to look at some of the landforms and know how they got there. My roommates were probably sick of me by the end of the day, trying to explain things to them, but I had fun. The weather was nice during the day, but Friday night and Saturday morning were SO COLD! And lucky me, I got to sleep in the tent with a broken zipper on the front flap. We pulled the fly cover over the front and tucked it under the tent, but it didn't help much, and of course, mine was the sleeping bag right next to the front. We did, however, perfect our fire building skills and that kept us warm(ish) while we were awake. All in all, it was a very nice break and I think everyone had a good time.
Now I'm running all out toward the end of the semester. I have a 9 page paper to perfect, a 7 page paper to write, another paper to write (don't remember how long), and a presentation to complete and present. I'm almost looking forward to finals because somehow I think it will be significantly easier than the next week and a half.
Things I'm looking forward to in the next couple weeks:
Volleyball tonight and tomorrow with my Winter '08 roommates
General Conference with Meagan
Meagan's concert on the 11th
Going to the elementary school's Aladdin production
...and other random good times with roommates and friends before the time comes to part
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