Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Nicole Anderson

Speaking of Visiting Teaching - do you know one of my Visiting Teachers?

Nicole Anderson was born on April 7th (Happy Belated Birthday!) and calls Salt Lake City home.

Her favorite scripture verse is Helaman 3:35 - "Nevertheless, they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yeah, even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God."  The reason why is "It's a good reminder of how to deal with trials and adversity and I like the idea of giving our hearts to God."

Something unique about Nicole is that she has double jointed elbows (she can twist them all the way around).

She is currently getting a Ph.D. in Educational Research at BYU.  She has worked at an evaluation company evaluating abstinence-based sex education programs, a market research company, and the BYU Salt Lake Center teaching undergraduate psychology classes.  But she also loves to have fun.  She recently participated on BYU GSS's intramural volleyball, ultimate frisbee, and inner tube water polo teams.  She loves traveling and has traveled to Europe, China, and the Caribbean.  She also loves going to Lake Powell on a houseboat in the summers! 

Her favorite dessert is Key lime pie or cheesecake with homegrown raspberries (it's a toss-up).

The one place she'd like to go is the Mediterranean on a cruise

Also - can we talk about this picture?! Has anyone else gone to donut falls - That has to be my all-time favorite hike!



PS - also a little shout-out....our schedules don't always match up very well - but today when I came home from work I had a chocolate bar waiting for me! :) Thanks Nicole!

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Ceci Fernandez

Ceci Fernandez was born October 5th and is from Lima Peru.

If there is something she could learn it would be how to make home-made noodles

3 words describe her are: reliable, funny, compassionate 

Her favorite hymn is There is a Green Hill Far Away. She had a roommate that would play this hymn every morning on the piano. It strengthened her testimony of Christ's Atonement.

Something unique about Ceci - she just submitted a manuscript for publication.

Ceci's favorite dessert is banana nut bread with dark chocolate chips

(personally, I think Ceci is one of my favorite people. She is down-to-earth but always fun to be around and gives amazing advice. I was able to get to know her better through Visiting Teaching and I am glad I can call her my friend. Quick shameless plug - have you done your visiting teaching for April yet? The sisters in our ward are some of the best. Get to know them! Visiting teaching is one of the best ways to get to know someone new or to rekindle old friendships. While you're at it, stop Ceci sometime and say Hi or bake her some banana nut bread with dark chocolate chips! She's a great person to get to know)