So today has been awesome! I really dove into Preach My Gospel as I studied this morning. Today I learned about periods of apostasy and periods of dispensations, what they are and the reason behind them. Apostasy is when the Lord's church is not upon the earth and Dispensation is when the Lord has one of his servants (latest example: Joseph Smith) introduce the gospel back on this earth through the guidance and revelations of Jesus Christ. How sad to think though, that the whole earth could be so wicked, that the Lord saw it fit to remove the preisthood from off the earth. How grateful I am that I am living in a time where I know that the power of God- given to man for the benefit of His people- will never been taken away again, at least not in this last dispensation. AND! Oh my goodness I had a real eye-opener last night, and I can't believe that I didn't know this before, but when refered to as the FIRST resurrection- first is not numerical, it stands for best or CELESTIAL. So when it says that you will be apart of the FIRST resurrection, it is meaning that you will be apart of the celestial glory. Too cool! Can't believe I didn't know that, haha almost 21 years in the gospel and just now figuring that out- wow the temple is going to blow me away :) For now I need to get ready for mission prep. I'm out!