Hello Everyone!  This past week has been a pretty good week for me.  The Lord continues to teach me about myself and what I need to do in order to progress.  I am so grateful for His love for me.  I taught a lesson on health, more specifically the Word of Wisdom, at Church today.  I did get to talk about everything that I wanted to, but I think I covered the most important things. 

One of the things that I have come to terms with is that I am definitely going to change my first name when I change my last name to my husband’s last name.  I will put Kyeni in front.  My new name will be:  Kyeni Rechel Bryant Matee.  I will abbreviate it Kyeni R.B. Matee.  I will keep Rechel Bryant officially in the middle for genealogical and other spiritual reasons, but I will start to announce my name as Kyeni (pronounced Chain-ee) that way when I officially change it, it will be a smoother transition for me.

I feel like I am a caterpillar just going into the chrysalis stage.  When I come out on the other side, I am going to be a beautiful butterfly.  I will generally be the same person, but I will look different and feel different.  The Lord is helping me to experience a metamorphosis, and I am looking forward to that changes that are and will take place.  This is not just about losing weight and getting smaller.  This is about reinventing myself and becoming the woman that I really and truly want to be.  I have started that process as Rechel, but I will move forward in that process as Kyeni.

I have a testimony of my Savior Jesus Christ.  I love Him, and I know He loves me.  I am grateful for His atoning sacrifice because that is what is enabling me to move forward in my life.  I am grateful for all that I have and all that I am

Kyeni