Yesterday was such a good day, for the most part. If you read my next post, you can see that I also had to deal with some drama and emotional stuff that was in many ways NOT fun, but I don’t want to skip over the good parts.
I slept amazingly well Saturday night. (Sunday night too…for some reason). When I woke up on Sunday I was ready to get up, which doesn’t happen very often. I showered and played with my new hair do- and then we went to church. I moved around enough to attend a LOT of different congregations- called wards- and it has been a long long time since I’ve liked any place this much. I told John last night, we just fit. Sacrament meeting was good- and afterward it was time to go hang out with the 8 and 9 year olds. It wasn’t my week to teach, just to provide “backup” for the teacher (we switch on and off) and so I got to sit with the kids. It was so funny, I sat down and kind of yanked at my skirt a little so it would lie over my knees. The little girl next to be did the same thing. When we went to pray, I kind of involuntarily ran my hand through my hair (got a new haircut, touching it a lot lately) and didn’t notice I had done anything until she did the same thing. The whole time she was trying to copy me, kind of on the sly. And the kids are so smart. Last week when I taught we ended up getting into a conversation about truth. We talked about the time period in the Bible after Christ had come and things changed. The people didn’t want things to change, and they resisted the leadership that Christ had left behind (apostles…Stephen the Martyr…etc.) My kid’s question was, how do you know when someone is telling the truth? Christ wasn’t there anymore, and the people were just following what they had been taught their whole lives. I KNOW. 8 YEAR OLDS. So we talked about truth- about how to make sure that we follow God, and not men, which is tricky when God chooses a lot of people to be leaders for us. It came down to prayer, how we felt when we heard people talking (whether they be people on the street holding signs, or teachers in our classrooms), and how Heavenly Father will answer us in our hearts and minds and let us know who we should listen to.
This week we continued the discussion, and I feel like they are really, really learning things. I was scared I was going to be bored with teaching the kids- but it turns out, it’s an amazing place to be. They are just so smart.
Yesterday I was also able to go to my “grownup” meetings as well- as the other teacher and I are going to take turns attending Relief Society and sitting with the kids in the main Primary meeting. When I walked in I was immediately chatted up about my hair, our little peeping Tom problem, how our Thanksgiving was, anything and everything. I felt a part of things- all of a sudden. When did that happen? (It only took 7 months.) I sat next to a woman who was quite old- I wasn’t sure how old until I tried to share my hymn book and she put her hand on mine and said, “It’s ok, I can’t see the words.” Then she sang anyway- all the words, even to the hymns I had never heard. During the lesson she commented about making an effort to love others through working to perfect the qualities the scriptures tell us we need to have. There was a big list, kindness, patience, charity…on and on. She said she got to that one and was stuck- so she’s about 93 years old and has only made it to the third one on the list, but that’s all that’s expected of us- just try, our whole lives, and do as good as we can. It was heartwarming to sit next to her, to share in her kindness and love for other people.
After church our home teacher came over and visited, asked us if we needed anything- and talked about a few of the things that John taught in his lesson in Priesthood today. It simply a good, good day. More later!
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