Kinda cool, thought I'd share.

Hey there everybody! A couple of things going on right now, so I'll just start at the top.

I took my first AP test last week, and it went surprisingly well! It was for AP European History I am so glad to have that behind me. Was it hard?-yes. But impossible?-nothing is impossible.

Also, another newspaper came out. I did a story on internet bargaining vs in-store bargaining(thanks for the interview, aunt Cori!), a recipe of the month write-up, and an opinion on how our school plays too much hip-hop and rap at our dances. I'll post the article up as soon as I can so you all can read it.

Lastly, I just finished writing a script for a skit on the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood with the help of JS-H. It is for our ward's fathers and sons fireside this weekend. I was proud of it, so I thought I'd post it here, so here it goes:
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Script for Father’s and Son’s Campout Fireside

Parts(in order of size):
Narrator
Joseph Smith
Oliver Cowdery
John the Baptist
Preacher

Narrator: Joseph Smith was born in 1805, on December 23 in the town of Sharon, Vermont. His family later moved to Palmyra, New York when he was 10 years old. There was in the place where they lived an unusual excitement on the subject of religion. Indeed, the whole district of country seemed affected by it, and great multitudes united themselves to the different religious parties, which created a division amongst the people, some crying,

Preacher: “Lo, here!”
Narrator: and others,

Preacher: “Lo, there!”

Joseph Smith: While I was laboring under the extreme difficulties caused by the contests of these parties of religionists, I was one day reading the Epistle of James, first chapter and fifth verse, which reads: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Narrator: Joseph went into the Sacred grove in the early spring of 1820, desiring this wisdom from God, and was visited by the Father and the Son, who called Joseph to his prophetic ministry. Nine years later, on April 25, 1829, Oliver Cowdery came to Joseph’s house, having heard of the plates from a family he knew, and accordingly had come to make inquiries of Joseph. Two days later, Joseph commenced to translate the Book of Mormon with Oliver as his scribe. While translating 3 Nephi chapter 11, Joseph and Oliver learned about the Savior instructing the people on baptism and wondered about their own baptism. They decided to retire to the woods near the Susquehanna River to pray about the matter.

Oliver Cowdery: “On a sudden, as from the midst of eternity, the voice of the Redeemer spake peace to us, while the veil was parted and the angel of God came down clothed with glory, and delivered the anxiously looked for message, and the keys of the Gospel of repentance."

Narrator: The angel was John the Baptist, who acted under the direction of Peter, James, and John, who held the Melchizedek Priesthood. John then placed his hands upon them saying,

John the Baptist: “Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth, until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness"

Narrator: Once John the Baptist had conferred the Aaronic Priesthood on Joseph and Oliver, he then instructed them to baptize one another and then ordain each other.

Joseph Smith: I baptized Oliver first, and afterwards he baptized me—after which I laid my hands upon his head and ordained him to the Aaronic Priesthood, and afterwards he laid his hands on me and ordained me to the same Priesthood—for so we were commanded.

Narrator: Immediately on their coming up out of the water after they had been baptized, Joseph and Oliver experienced great and glorious blessings from their Heavenly Father.

Oliver Cowdery: No sooner had I been baptized by Joseph than the Holy Ghost fell upon me. I then stood up and prophesied many things which should shortly come to pass.

Joseph Smith: And as soon as I had been baptized by Oliver, I prophesied concerning the rise of this Church, and many other things connected with the Church, and this generation of the children of men. We were filled with the Holy Ghost, and rejoiced in the God of our salvation.

Narrator: Joseph and Oliver were told that Peter, James and John, who held the keys of the Priesthood of Melchizedek, would later visit them and confer the Melchizedek priesthood, making Joseph and Oliver the first and second Elders of the Church.
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Anyway, I love you all and will talk to you soon!

Josep-peppi

Hey, there's a new blogger on the block!

Hey everyone! So Libby and Gram came down here to California and Libby told me that I should start a blog. So I did! Right now I'm off to play night games with a huge conglomeration of friends. It should be a blast.

Today, the high school newspaper that I write for came out. I have a total of 4 stories in it which are: (1) an opinion on how stupid GBHS was to adopt the IB program, (2) a restaurant review on the Cheesecake Factory, delicious as ever, (3) a story on neighborhood safety, and (4) a story on district common assessment testing which ended up being bumped up to A1!!! Yay!

Anyway, I've got to get ready now and will hopefully be posting more things that are up with my "Wicked" life soon. I love you all!

Joseppi