Today was the Sabbath so of course we went to church this morning. Larry had Bishop's meeting this morning because he is ward employment specialist. I didn't get up when he did and ended up not getting up until 8:00 a.m. so I made us late.
The Sacrament meeting talks were on gratitude. They had some good ideas for remembering to show gratitude. I know that Larry and I are very grateful for the blessings we have been given this year of better health and enough money to pay our bills. They talked about how gratitude can help you to get closer to the Spirit.
In Sunday School the lesson was on putting on the Armour of God we spent a lot of time talking about reasons for the law of Chastity. One lady talked about the fact that if we do not keep the commandments and do the things that we have been asked to do each day it desensitizes us to the fact that we need to do those things until eventually you have problems. The example she gave was that when you fly there is a whole checklist of things that you should do before take off. If one day we don't do one of the steps and nothing bad happens then we think that we can skip that step more and more and start skipping other steps until there is a problem. So in the gospel we sometimes think that we can skip the steps like reading the scriptures or praying everyday and when nothing bad happens that day we think that we can skip that and other things until one day we have lost the spirit. I thought it was a good thought. I think it is true.
In Relief Society we talked about three of the conference talks that were just given in October. Elder Hales, Pres. Uchdorft, and Elder Perry's talks. the main theme of the lesson was that we need to fit the needful and best things into our life.
My phone sometimes puts itself off of silent. At the end of Relief Society I started getting texts. There were 8 of them. And they were on loud. It was so embarrassing. It was Nathan and I was glad he had texted me just embarrassed that the phone was so loud. We have been suggesting that to pass the time on the weekends Nathan write about how things are going for him with his recovery. He usually just texts me a few words but he really wrote a long text so it had to be broken up into 8 messages. I wanted to share it because it gives insight into why he would get so upset with himself at the beginning when he was learning things but he felt like it was not fast enough. Here is the quote:
"This week has been a pretty good week. I have been doing a lot of therapies. I was hoping my diet would be upgraded but the doctor stopped the test because of aspiration fears. I was told that it was the first time the test had been stopped like that. The doctors don't know what to make of me. I have been walking a lot more. It is not easy but I am standing a little taller and that is cool. I am just noticing my fingernails are getting longer and it is getting harder to type. I walked about 196 feet at the beginning of the week. I am trying to stand and I can go for about ten minutes
A few months ago I thought it would be no problem to get up and easy to walk. It is not as easy as it looks. I like the therapists and the nurses are pretty cool. When I first became aware of what was going on with me I thought I would be up in a month at most and back to myself. I guess it takes a little longer. I didn't understand what had gone on. Just an example, I thought I could get up and go to church on my own. It was logical to me and I had done it plenty of times before why not. I did not realize my new limits yet. Hope all if swell. Take care."
I was so excited that he wrote that much.
After our church we hurried and ate lunch and then went to Woods Cross to a missionary farewell for a student of mine that just joined the church a little over a year ago, Cory Gerrard. I get invited to a lot of the farewells on Facebook but he actually messengered me individually to find out if I was coming so I wanted to go. He gave a good talk. He mentioned that he lived in Utah all his life and really did not know what the Mormons believed and didn't know what the Missionaries did until a family invited him to listen to the discussions. I think we all need to at least ask people if they would like to hear the discussions.
I saw some other friends there as well. Some former students and their families and Maureen Clemons was there and we had a fun talk for several minutes. She said she missed me at school. She was one of the teachers that I taught with at South Davis Jr. High.
Lately I have been feeling so good and I have been able to see that sometimes in the past that I have felt like people didn't like me because I was feeling inadequate but they really are my friends and I feel more loved and not so afraid to be friends with everyone. It is truly a miracle in my life and I know that words are not conveying the feeling that I have.
Larry and I came home. I looked at Facebook while he tried to see if he could get some Home Teaching appointments. Then we went for a walk. It was a nice day despite being in the 40's and we had a good time.
Larry and I have decided to do a mission away from home so we spent the afternoon filling out the mission papers online. We talked to the Bishop last Tuesday and he gave us an entry to the site so we could fill out the papers. They want to know everything about you but it isn't as hard as a job application online. I was thinking that one thing that was better about the old days is that they just called you and didn't have to know everything about you.
According to the instructions for applying for a mission it takes from 4-6 weeks to get a couples call and then it could be another 6 months before we go so I don't think that we will be leaving soon. There is a lot to do like medical and dental exams.
Hope you all had a great Sunday. It is past time for me to be in bed.
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