The New Norm

Being too busy used to be the exception.  Now it is the normal day.  Today as soon as I got up we did our companionship prayer and study time.  Then I had to make a dessert for later today and get ready quickly to pick up some Elders and go to our Missionary District Meeting.  Luckily Glen and I don't have to teach it until next week. It is so amazing to have these young Elders and Sisters teach us.  They are good!

Then I dropped Glen off and picked up a sister to take her visiting teaching.  I won't do it for them.  But I will do it with them.

Then I dropped her off and ran down to pick up Andrea Diez for her baptismal interview!  She doesn't have a car so I took her and her three kids under 7 to the church for her interview. She will be getting baptized this Saturday!  Yes I did tend the kids while she was being interviewed. But lest you think I walk on water let me tell you how it all happened.  Two weeks ago the Elders asked me to pick Andrea up for church, along with her children and their car seats.  It meant I had to miss my ward council meeting and go clear across town to get her, come back, take her home again after church, and come back for Glen (he doesn't fit in the car with everyone else). And I will admit I wasn't my usual cheerful self about it. So while I was pouting the Lord said only one thing: "and you want me to do what for you this week?"  In a second I realized that He is definitely working overtime blessing me every day.  If this daughter of God needs a ride to church and baptism and church again, I will do it.  I will do whatever He asks to show my gratitude to Him.  And I will drop the attitude.

Anyway, so after her interview today I went back home and cooked dinner for our two new neighbors.  Amber and Ryan (who looks exactly like Ken Pack!) were invited over for dinner.  They are young and not exactly married so we invited the two Sister missionaries from the Single Adult ward over too.  It turned out great!  The Sisters gave a message on prayer at the end of the dinner and Amber and Ryan responded quite well. There was a good spirit there. So we loaded them up on cake to take home and hopefully they will come asking for more. Spirit not cake.

Then after that there was a Stake Missionary meeting and Glen was willing to go without me so I could type up my Relief Society agenda, Visiting teaching report, and Relief Society monthly report for the Branch President...which I am going to do right now:-)