She says she moved here on a whim. I wouldn't call it a whim, exactly...

Anneliesa Alexander is married to Scott. They are happy Newlyweds who have been married for just 2 months. Anneliesa joined the church when she was 13. She grew up in Monetary Bay California. She later lived in Utah for 10 years, more on that in a minute. She went on a mission in the South. She served in Georgia. She has a degree in marriage and family. (If I were her husband I'd be a little intimidated; if there is ever an argument she has to automatically win, she has a degree in marriage!!) She currently works for an investment firm training new financial advisers. Favorite TV shows are the Office and Sports Center. Yep, Sports Center. She loves college basketball. But not just college basketball. She likes sports of any kind.

Now, back to Utah...
Anneliesa graduated from BYU. In June of 2006 she was attending a singles ward in the Mormon college town of Provo when one day her bishop pulled her aside and gave her some life changing advice. He told her to move away from Provo. Away from Utah all together. He told her she would have a better chance of finding her eternal companion if she moved away. He gave her suggestions of cities (like the pricey San Francisco or Washington D.C.) but his main point was for her to leave to have a better chance to find the man she was suppose to be with. Anneliesa away from that conversation and decided to take his advise and leave the great state of Utah. She quit her job that Friday. Packed her car on Saturday and drove on down to Arizona. When she arrived she had no job and no residence. She stayed with a friend of a friend of a friend for a 2 days which was all it took to find an apartment. She had her old missionary companion from Idaho come out on this life changing adventure with her. Here it is just a few months shy of 3 years later and the roommate has since moved back to Idaho, but Anneliesa is here with us. To stay.... for now at least! She met Scott one year after moving here which goes to show, her bishop was right!!

We are happy she stayed!! She is our ward emergency preparedness specialist. She is very excited about this calling. Be on the look out for activities helping us learn how to be more prepared!