miss emma.

today my book of mormon professor looked me square in the eye, in the middle of class amongst his five other male returned missionary students, and asked me if i was engaged.

i looked down at my naked left ring finger and said no, almost apologetically.

and then, with his piercing stare, he asked me how i will know if he is the one, when i meet him.

i hesitated and told him i didn't know because truthfully, i don't.

and then he jokingly asked those boys if they thought a girl like me would have any trouble finding a husband, 

and they laughed and said no

and then he turned back to me, and as he peered into my soul he said,

"emma, you find yourself a 

i-will-go-and-i-will-do kind of man.

don't you settle for anything less.

you find a nephi.

you find your i-will-go-and-i-will-do."

and i stared back at him, completely caught off guard by what he was saying to me.

it was as if he read my mind, he read my worries, he read my heart and he knew exactly what to do with it. 

he offered me this profound and loving insight, personally given for me, totally off topic of the lesson.

with tears in my eyes, i told him i would find my i-will-go-and-i-will-do.

and i will.

i'm sure of it.