Why am I at BYU-Idaho?

There have been countless days since I started college 2 1/2 years ago where I really wanted to quit and where If I would have been completely serious, my parents would have come and picked me up.  I literally called home (most times crying), my first whole month of college.  I asked myself so many times if I really had what it would take to be successful.  I doubted myself more times than I can say.  I struggled to find my place and find what I love.  Every time I would have these thoughts, I would remember why I came here in the first place.  My initial decision to attend BYU-Idaho was not very thought out.  I'd prayed about it but all along, I had been planning to attend BYU in Provo.  I had good grades in high school, I did pretty well on the ACT so there was really no reason why I shouldn't have been accepted so I really just applied to BYU-I because it was the same application.  I never felt like I received an answer to my prayer and looking back now, I'm almost positive that the reason for that is because I wouldn't let go of my pride.  I always thought I was "too good" for BYU-Idaho, I thought that it was not as good as BYU.  When I didn't get accepted to BYU, I had a really hard time but it only took me a few days to realize that it was really an answer to my prayer.  I would never have come to Rexburg if I'd been accepted to both schools!  I've made some of the best friends of my life here and it has blessed my life in countless ways!  I'll forever be grateful for the fact that I did not get accepted to BYU Provo!  But the real reason why I'm writing this is because of an experience I had yesterday that reminded me of subsequent experiences I've had every semester I've been at college.  While I was at devotional yesterday, I just had the overwhelming confirmation that once again, I'm supposed to be in Rexburg, RIGHT NOW!!  On September 30th, 2014, I wrote this in my journal:

      "I have had the spirit whisper to me sooo many times in just the short three weeks that I have been in Rexburg of the fact that I need to be at BYU-I right now.  My decision to come here has been confirmed countless times and it so comforting to me to know that this really is where I need to be right now.  I'm so very grateful that Heavenly Father allows us to receive personal revelation."

I'm really thankful that I wrote that down because when things have gotten, hard, it has helped me to remember that Heavenly Father TRULY needs me to be here right now.  Every semester that I have been here, I have received that same witness.  I have been asked several times why I didn't serve a mission.  This is why! I know without a doubt that this is where I'm supposed to be!