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I'm gonna be a mighty king!

Dear Reader,

The song for today is not really associated with how I feel, but it comes close. I talked to my supervisor today at the Missionary Training Center and realized that I have a lot of influence of what goes on with our crew at work. She was asking me for all these suggestions about how things should be done and I was taken aback by how much my opinion matters. Our conversation today made me feel pretty important.

On the flip side of that conversation, we also talked about the changes that will be coming up in the coming weeks to different stations. I will most likely be working more and more upstairs in the Training Center, rather than in the laundry room where I have been forever. The laundry room is a good job, don't get me wrong. My supervisor will most likely move me to a different area of work, though. This line of thinking is all based on our conversation from today.

I also feel like I have a lot of influence because of my ward. I talk with a lot of people. It makes me smile to hear about the cool things people do in their lives. The feeling of importance I get comes from people asking about what they should do in certain situations, be it relationship advice or talking about job opportunities.

Yeah, life is good. I can't complain in the least bit. I just can't wait to be king!

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