A Song of the Heart

Today was awesome! I absolutely loved this entire day! I got to go film for 4 hours! I filmed like 14 episodes for those Spanish speakers today, and that was awesome. It was good to find something that requires me to do a lot of acting, but still be able to help people. That was absolutely amazing to feel myself already helping someone, even though it's not even up, nor is it even all the way done, or being used, but it's good to know that I'm going to be able to help as many people as will help themselves. I also go to do service, by cleaning the church and just helping my mom out. I love being able to just help people. I think that's what my career will be eventually, because I feel accomplished when someone else feel satisfied with my work. Also, I wrote the SWEETEST song ever... Oh I'm so excited! It's actually pretty dang good! I love the lyrics that go along with the sweet chord progressions. I think it's actually decent this time... I've struck out on about every othere song lol but this one is a winner! Hopefully I'll be able to do something with it aka record it sometime... See ya!

The week of awesome, sad, hurt and yet total satisfaction :)

So as you can tell from the title, this was a week of MANY MANY mixed emotions, feelings and excitement! So I got to go to a few rehearsals for SOTW and it was... Amazing. The fact that I got to combine two of my favorite things, the gospel of Jesus Christ and acting, is the greatest combination since crackers and spray on cheese. I felt so accomplished that I had finally made something that would put me in a better place spiritually AND let me teach people about the gospel when the show was over. This is about as good as it gets I believe. My sad, hurt during the week was kinda a rough situation. I just don't understand somethings sometimes lol, but that's fine, right? It's called letting go. I believe the song, 'The Hardest Part of Love', from Children of Eden describes it perfectly in the chorus, 'The hardest part of love, is the letting go.' This is so true for anyone who has ever been hurt by someone they love. It's a weird feeling because you're just shocked. You can't cry, you can't argue you can't even be rude... You're just hurt and wondering why and why. Anyway, it's dead and done with, I'm over it. Also today in my church, I had so many spiritual insights! It was amazing how much could just rush through my brain! I wrote as many as I could remember down, and I'm thinking I need to carry something around at times when I just have moments to think, because it's those moments that I get those awesome insights into my life. Lastly, I can't wait to head on my mission. Ever since I was young I remember looking up to missionaries and saying, "That's what I wanna be when I get big.", and that's finally what I'm gonna be now that I'm big :) I don't have to worry about growing and extra foot or two, that's happened. Now I'm just growing a few spiritual feet so I can help people along their journeys. The world is sure hard to get around when you don't have a solid, strong foot to walk with, and spiritual journeys are worse when you don't have a strong, testimony based foot to support you in the hard times. It's time to become a miracle worker and grow some feet... Maybe that's what the Mircale Grow formula REALLY grows... Food for thought ;)

Teacher...?

Today was a very neat experience for me! I got to go to the classes of Mr. Johnson and teach them! I have never truly considered being a teacher something to do for fun or for a career, but after today it became a serious bonus choice for me. Just working with those kids was such an amazing experience! I loved every minute of it and couldn't believe how fast time flew by just being able to direct and help those kids in all that they needed. I felt like the expert of Shakespeare, if you will. I didn't want to stop and ended up coming back for more (which, surprisingly, is the first time coming back for more benefitted me) to help a few of those that either didn't get help or didn't have enough time in class. So basically, my little brother Benjamin did a very good job on his monolgue, doing a very believable rendition of Richard II. I was blown away by his already fantastic blocking and the way that HE understood both the language and the double meanings. He's a very smart young man and has the potential to become a great actor. I would not be surprised to see him leading the shows this year, or the next! I gave him a few pointers, but didn't have to tell him much to get him to where, I thought, he was comfortable. He has so many new things to do and I'm very excited to see him not only excel down at the festival, but to win. My one regret from highschool is that I was never able to win in scenes or monologues in my 3 trips down to the festival. I was always envious of those that could. I sure hop that they'll make my dreams come true by being able to live my dream.... It's funny how one person being sick can change peoples lives and put an ever-lasting opinion on your own personal life in the mean time. I guess, in some way, I'm glad that Mr. Johnson was sick today. Oh how the Lord works in mysterious ways!

Confused Excitement

Well, yesterday was quite the exciting day if I do say so myself! I got cast as the part of Rueben in Savior of the World! I was freaking out and just extremely excited to get that and I also had a great interview with a company that I think might hire me... Hopefully they will. It's this awesome company that will have me doing things like what they do on Rosetta Stone, where I'll be teaching people of different languages how to speak English through videos. I'm getting really excited for my mission and just went to the temple yesterday for the first time in a while. It was so amazing! I love that place more than anything else. I don't really know, but I think something is up with one of my friends. They keep acting different.. I think they're a little bit saddened or something... See ya

Scripts!

So basically this is my first blogging experience.... It's also one of the greatest ones too!
I took a trip down to California to meet my sisters new baby! The beautiful young Zander Daveline! Anyway, I was down there and I met with my cousin, Travis Clawson Jr. and his group of friends... They were an inspirational and just perfect for a script or book! So... Guess what?! Jonny is going to start trying to write a script or book! I'm thinking it will be called one of two names. Either "Saints Among Surfers" or "Shore Side Saints". I'm not sure on which title will be better. I love saints among surfers, but I guess it's one of those things that you don't know until the whole thing is written. I'm a little worried that I won't even come close to finishing it or doing it correctly by the time that it's mission time, so what happens after that? Do I continue my writing while on the mission? I think not. I think it's more of a situation where I see how much I can get done before, and hope that I can keep my ideas fresh for when I come home. Obviously writing a book isn't just a short little four month thing that can happen within a few hours, but I guess there are some things that just flow through you, right?
I'm really excited because these kids have such amazing stories of conversion and trials. Obviously I'm going to have to spice it up a little bit by adding my own exaggerating touch to their stories, just to get the book sold, but still it will be fantastic if I can get the feel right and get the stories out correctly. I doubt I'll be through the first chapter/act by the time I'm leaving on my mission, but it's worth a try!
Carry on :D