A brief Overview...

       Today I wanted to share my story and how it has changed my life. When I was twelve years old I had numerous health problems and most of which were unexplained. I went through numerous tests and trials and as I and my parents went through some hard times we stayed together. Then one day after an MRI up in Salt Lake City, Utah, me and my mom were reading in  D&C 121 verses 1-8. These verses talk about the persecutions that Joseph Smith had gone through and this is revelation given to him as he was held in jail. As he pleads with the Lord he is promised strength and peace if he endures the trials and tribulations well. As we read this peace entered my heart and I knew that God was helping my through my many trials and tribulations. As we finished reading my Mom asked that we go and check the phone messages as we were expecting the results back from the Doctor that day. As we checked the messages, the voice of my doctor came on the phone. He left a message saying that he had discovered a large mass at the center of the brain and that it was the size of a golf ball. My mom and I looked at each other in horror knowing that my life had suddenly changed drastically. I felt horrible and felt hopeless knowing that I would spend the next era of my life in a hospital. I cried for a long time and cried and cried and cried. 

       The rest of the Month I hardly remember and now that I look back I am grateful that as all I can remember was a horrible experience but no details of such. As my life went on I was treated at a wonderful place called St Jude Children's Research Hospital . It was one of the most amazing places to be and and after Chemotherapy and Radiation treatment and being there for seven months in 2004, going back for check ups feels like going home. The many nurses there are so sweet and are truly angels aiding the children there with cancer and other terminal illnesses. I am so grateful to have been treated there and know that Heavenly Father lead me and my family to the hospital to be treated for my cancer and to learn how to truly live my life! Looking back on all of this I have found true faith in God and Jesus Christ. And have learned that through Prayer and Scripture Study I have found answers to prayers and trials.
       It was hard to go through those things, I admit it was one of the hardest things I have gone through but looking back now I have grown so much to rely on the Lord and to do my absolute best to do what He asks of me. I may seem daft or stupid to say this but if I could have anything in the world it would be to go back and live that time of life again in a different perspective and to learn more about life and the preciousness of it.

       I love the Lord and know that God the Father and His son Jesus Christ live and that they are there for me and know that President Thomas S. Monson is a true Prophet called of God on the earth today, to lead and guide us to find peace and joy in our lives and I do say this in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.