Mission Address

Here is my address feel free to write anytime! Thanks for all the support!

MTC Address-

Sister Caprice Little

MTC Mailbox # 189

IA-DMOIN 0125

2005 N 900 E

Provo, UT 84604-1793

Mission Address-

Sister Caprice Little

Iowa Des Moines Mission

8515 Douglas Ave Ste 19

Urbandale, IA 50322

Why I decided to serve..

I know I have already blogged about this, but I was asked to speak in my ward here in Logan a few weeks ago and the topic was why I decided to serve a mission, so here is my talk that I gave....Hope you enjoy

When I was 16 I received my patriarchal blessing. I was ready to hear what the lord had in store for me. I remember hearing things that just brought tears to my eyes, and then there were things that I could only hope would come true. Toward the end of my blessing I remember the patriarch saying the word missionary. When I heard this I was a little terrified but instantly I thought “that is talking about when I serve a mission with my husband.” Well at least that is what I was hoping for. As a young teenage girl I was not even going to think of serving a mission by myself…. I would TOTALLY be married by 21. (boy was I wrong) After some years had passed and I had started to understand my blessing a little more. The line that contained the word missionary came to me quite frequently. I remember thinking that I was crazy to be worrying about a mission when I was a senior in high school, but the lord brings us things at times when we need them most. There was one day that I was really hung up on the thought of me serving a mission and so I decided that I need to talk to the Lord about it. I knew that he would give me strength to understand what I needed to do. That night I prayed that I would know that if a mission is something I should even consider in my future. That next day in seminary was a powerful day. We had the opportunity to listen to the teacher share their experiences that they had on their missions. Now you can say this was coincidence but I took it as an answer from my father in heaven. I knew right then that someday I needed to serve the Lord. I wasn’t sure when it was going to be but I was going to serve.

This may sound a little weird to you that I decided my senior year in high school I was going to serve, but I knew it was something that I needed to do. I had to put my trust in the Lord and follow what I felt my patriarchal blessing was saying to me. Our blessing can be such a strength to us. I encourage you to read and study yours monthly or weekly if you can. If you have not received yours strive to get it as soon as you feel ready for it. There is no age limit.

Father’s day two years ago I was asked to speak in church with my friend, his dad Kevin had said that he would come listen to the both of us speak in church. At this point Kevin was not a member of the church, and wasn’t really interested in joining. As my friend was leaving another ward he felt as though he should call his dad to see if he was ready to go to sacrament. Kevin told my friend that he needed to come home because he thought he was having a heart attack. At this point my friend raced home as soon as he could. Shortly after he got home Kevin was raced to the hospital and was taken into great care. This was a scary time for most people that knew this family. After much arguing from some non member family members my friend was able to give his dad a blessing at the hospital. This made a world a difference in my friend and in his relationship with his father. Kevin didn’t end up having a heart attack but this experience opened him up to the gospel more. Kevin started to come to church more and more. We all wondered what was going to happen when my friend left for his mission. If the letters from a missionary would change this man or not. My friend left February 2 for his mission….a short two weeks later he returned back home one last time before he left for Hawaii to baptize his dad. Kevin now is in the high priest group presidency and is a faithful member of this church. He is one of the greatest people I have ever met.

I tell you this story because the change I saw in Kevin made me want to serve a mission even more than ever! There are people out there just like Kevin who need the gospel in their life, and it just takes the right amount of time and the right person to get them there. I honestly can’t wait to go help people make this change that Kevin has made.

We don’t need a mission call to Iowa to make a difference in people’s lives. We can do that here in Logan or our home towns. People are out there for us to reach. I guess that is the main reason why I am serving a mission is to go reach those people and help them find the happiness and hope I get from this gospel…

Thanks for Reading!!

It shows in your face

You don't have to tell how you live each day;
You don't have to say if you work or you play;
A tried, true barometer serves in the place --
However you live, it will show in your face.

The false, the deceit that you bear in your heart,
Will not stay inside where it first got a start;
For sinew and blood are a thin veil of lace --
What you wear in your heart, you wear in your face.

If you life is selfless, if for others you live,
For not what you get, but how much you can give;
If you live close to God in his infinite grace --
You  don't have to tell it, it shows in your face.

USU Basketball Game

This was the most intense thing I have ever been to......I LOVED IT!!! I am glad we beat BYU....Man it felt so good! ha I am sad that I won't be attending many games this year due to the fact that I will be in Iowa, but for now I am going to live it up as much as I can! 

Well I don't know what else to say except for....

I LOVE USU BASKETBALL

THE END

 Karly and I

 We are excited to be in the game FINALLY!!

Scotsman 

I am an Eagle

"I will choose to associate with people whose lives and lifestyles I admire. If I associate with chickens, I will learn to scratch at the ground and squabble over crumbs. If I associate myself with eagles, I will learn to soar to great heights. I am an eagle. It is my destiny to fly." -The Traveler's Gift by Andy Andrews

I have realized lately how much my friends mean to me. They are such a great strength to me and they support me in whatever I do. When I went through the temple a few weeks ago many of my friends traveled great lengths of time just to be there with me. That means the world to me that they would travel to just come support me. These girls have been with me through the thick and the thin and I am going to truly miss them as I go out and serve the Lord, but I know this is what I need to be doing.

They are my eagles and they teach me how to fly to great heights. 

This past Saturday I was going to go to Ephraim and Richfield to see some of my old roommates and friends. Friday night I was having some doubts about going, but I just pushed them out because I really wanted to go see my friends. I was planning on leaving my house around 6:30am so I could get there at a decent hour. Do to being out late Friday night I was just going to wake up at like 6:15 and get on my way. When my alarm went off I didn't want to wake up just yet, so I turned it off. I ended up waking up about a half hour later. I rolled out of bed and slowly started to get ready. (which is unusual, because normally if I am running late I rush to get ready. And then get on the road shortly after) Well when I got upstairs I noticed my parents weren't awake yet. Which is also weird cause they wake up at like 6 every morning. Well shortly after I started to get ready my mom had woke up and was starting to make some breakfast. I went into the kitchen after I got ready and said 'I was leaving' and she said 'no I made these pancakes you are going to eat some.' So I obeyed and ate my breakfast. Shortly after I finished I said that I was going to get on the road. When I finished saying that my sister, Crystal, called and said she had heard that there was a wreck in canyon. She just said that it was a semi that had jackknifed. When I got off the phone with her I called my roommate Shacari and told her what I found out. We then started to think of a plan. We talked about just meeting in Provo, but we didn't really know what we would do there. Because of this we decided that I would still just meet them in Ephraim. I told my parents that I was leaving and off I went. I only got to Shacari's grandparents house before I was at a dead stop on the freeway. Like people were just parked on the freeway waiting, so then I called my mom and told her. She said 'well wait it out for as long as you can and then you might just have to come home.' Well as I was talking to my mom Shacari called me and said 'Caprice turn around RIGHT now. You are not coming down here the roads are way too bad.' Now I trust Shac and what she tells me, so right then and there I turned around not even questioning her. When I got home I instantly felt that I had made the right decision and I was so much happier just by making that one action. Anyway...when I get home my family got a phone call telling us that one of the guys in our ward was involved in car wreck that morning. We almost instantly knew that he was involved in the 25 car pile up plus 4 semis. We didn't know his condition except that he was in the hospital. My dad called down to the hospital a few hours later and they had said that Roger had been released. So on Sunday my dad went over to see Roger but he didn't answer the door, and so later that day Roger had called my house saying he was sorry he couldn't get to the door fast enough to talk to my dad. This gave my mom the chance to ask him what happened...he proceeded to tell her that he was about the 21st car and he saw the wreck and he started to slowly break but still managed to hit into a semi. There was a car behind him that however didn't break and smashed into the back of him. He then told my mom his injuries that weren't as bad as they could have been, but then my mother being the wonderful lady she is asks him what time he had left his house. He told her that he left his house around 6:30!!!!!!! When I heard this I about died! If I would have woke up on time to go to Ephraim there is a GREAT chance that I could have been car #20,21,22,23,24...who knows what would have happen. I really don't ever want to know what would have happened if I would have left on time that day or continued on when Shacari told me to turn around. 

You may wonder why I brought this story up when I was talking about friends, but I feel like my friends played a big roll in my life. I am grateful that when I am stubborn and don't listen to the spirit that I have friends that will rise up to the occasion and tell me what to do. I feel so VERY blessed to have the friends I do that surround me. I don't think I would be the person I am or the missionary I will be without these girls! They truly are EAGLES and they have definitely raised the bar to make me a better person. I will never be able to repay them...

I am so very blessed

Love you girls

Boredum

As I wake up in the morning and roll out of bed,

I realize it is only Monday and I am already dead. 

Before I know it, it is twenty after and I need to make a dash,

for I can't be late to my class.

As I try to stay awake through my next two hours,

I just imagine myself running through a field of flowers.

To my temporary home I must go,

As to which roommates will be home I do not know.

I sit home and wonder what I could do,

Maybe I should color a princess picture or a few.

After I am done with that I will break out the fun,

and stop being such a nun.

No I don't mean drinking beer,

For my behavior for a future missionary would not appear.

I suddenly hear a noise at the door,

That must be Erin to come play Nintendo 64.

This is our life as of now,

I believe that it isn't much more exciting than that of a cow.

All we do is game all day and night,

We are starting to become a terrible sight.

Our hair is in knots, our face is out of whack, and our eye are starting to become blurry,

and this is all happening in such a hurry. 

Maybe we should stop this new addiction,

Or our life will start to become a prediction.

This life we are living is starting to become kind of scary,

Maybe we should go back to watching Perry.

I guess what I am trying to say here is we have no life,

and we need to get one if we would like to become a wife.

That is still down the road a few years,

So lets live it up and not drink any beers.

Play Nintendo, Eating Candy, and Having fun with roommates,

is how we celebrate.

So this is it for now,

go and milk a cow!

Have a great day!!!

(This was a pointless post...Sorry) 

Called to Serve

September 21, 2011 was one of the LONGEST days of my life. It all started Tuesday night when I couldn't sleep I tossed and turned all night long and woke up many times. Many of my dreams consisted of me opening my call. I woke up around seven but just laid in bed as I could hear my roommate getting ready for the day. Just shortly after I heard my phone vibrate. I knew instantly that it was going to be a phone call. I then opened my eyes and it was my dad calling me. He said "Well what are you going to go if you call doesn't come today? Are you just going to come home next week?" At this point I knew that it had come because I knew my dad wouldn't me at seven in the morning if it didn't come.
Sitting through classes I knew was going to be a task in and out of itself. Luckily I only had two to sit through and then I was on my way home. I really wasn't too nervous but more interested as to where I would be serving. The nerves didn't hit me until it got about an hour before I said I was going to open it. I began to feel sick and super shaky. The moment finally came and I was SO nervous! I was shaking so bad I felt like I wasn't going to be able to open the envelope. When I did my eyes instantly went to where I was going. Then I started to read out loud

Sister Little you are hearby called to serve in the Iowa, Des Moines Mission. You will enter the Provo MTC on January 4th. You will be prepared to teach the gospel in the English language.

Man was this an intense experience. I knew that I was called there for a reason and there are people there that I can only reach. I am so excited to go to Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois to find the people that need the gospel in their life. January 4th can't come soon enough!!

Thank you everyone that has been there to give me support and congratulations. I will do my best to make you proud!