Small Miracles

     Today was Stake Conference and we had an Area Authority visiting.  It is sad that for the life of me I cannot remember his name but he did have a very commanding presence.

     The meeting started off with the release of President Stauss who was 1st Councelor and then President Sommers went from 2nd to 1st Counselor.  They then called a new 2nd.  His Name is Martin Mueller. 

     President Johnson Talked about church funds and the various categories and how they are blessing people.  There were some testimonies give by The Temple and Mission Presidents and their wives. The last talk was given by Elder (I want to say Hansen).  He talked about many different things but the thing that caught me was the last part.  He was offering a blessing to those that would take the time to read from the scriptures blessings that would help each of in our own way.

     The thing I wanted to bring up was this.  When I got up Sunday morning  my plantar fasciitis was hurting like crazy.  When I was at the meeting it stopped hurting and I was able to concentrate on the talks.  I was also not sleepy which usually I dose.  To me these are small miracles.

Catch up

     I forgot to write again to tell you how Sunday School Class went.  It went very well in spite of me,  I stumbled the first little bit but I managed to figure away around to get a great lesson. I had them look for scriptures that matched the title of the lesson and everyone found some really good scriptures.

     During Sacrament a few of them got up and bore their testimonies.  It was T*m, J***, S*****r and D***e.  D***e is not yet in my class since he is taking the new member discussions but he will be in there.  My heart ached for Sp****r he has a little bit of a fear of speaking in public but he was able to share his testimony even though he was breathing hard and I was not sure if he was going to hyperventilate.

     I still struggle with my eating habits which I am trying to change for the better.  I have my good days and my bad days.  I do work out good I just need to get my eating into line.  Well I wish you all a good night.

Small World

The Church I belong to, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, makes the World a smaller place.  A couple of Sundays ago I found out three of my Sunday School Students were from Kansas.  It made me wonder if they knew any of my in-laws that lived there.  I asked Joe if he remembered the last names and sure enough he did.  He had the Oldest kid there that was not in my class and who is now serving a mission but I am going to ask two of them if they ever had a chance to meet J.  That is my Positive post for this morning.  If all goes well in class today I will Post a follow up.

     Today was frustrating to say the least.  To star the day I woke up at 2 a.m.  Then when I got to work I found out I had to stow which I have almost a phobic response to since I have a ton of write ups in that area.  If that was not enough my shoulder started hurting so I went to the on site med station and iced my shoulder.  It did not help so I used FMLA and left early.  Since it was hurting me I ended up going to Urgent care to have it looked at.  Turns out I have  rotator cuff tendinitis.  Not what I need right now.  Peak is here and I only have 30 hours left.  Will do the best I can.
Cool Runnings.

     It has been another day.  Some anxiety and close to tears but I kept it at bay and was able to function normally.  In Sunday School the lesson was on making decisions.  It went OK. It was not one of my better lesson but it went ok.  My favorite part was J.  asking about the burning in the bosom and how other class members stepped up to answer the question.  Did get a visit from our home teacher Brother B.  Lisa was also visited by her Visiting Teacher Sister R.  I am now trying to relax and let the day take care of itself.

Cool Runnings.

Pain

     Pain is the topic tonight.  It is something we all get now and again.  My current pain I am dealing with is in my left shoulder as well as the bottom of my feet.  I treat it through oils and lotions as well as Ice/Heating pads.  When these fail to yield results I get into my pain medicine but I try not to use that to often.

     The challenge with pain is it also effects my mood.  It is teaching me endurance though since I have to work with it hoping I make it through the day,  I do make it but it getting out of the car when I get home is a challenge.

Cool Runnings.

     It has been a while since I have posted.  It is not that nothing happens in my life I am just not always sure how to out it to words.  My over all life is simple.  I work. I attend Church, as well as teach Sunday School.  I have days off that allow me some measure of relaxing, unless there is a doctor's visit involved.

     It has been a rather challenging bit of time.  I have had a lot of medical issues this year which have made me unable to get up North to see family I have not seen in decades or even seen period.  2 hospital stays, 4 emergency room visits and one regular doc and three specialist I see has not helped my mood.  I might even have to add a 4th if I keep up the way I am going.

     I must say I am loving the challenge of teaching Sunday School.  I teach the 14-17 year old youth.  I see in them growing knowledge and testimonies as well as challenges they face that I never did.  Friends coming out as gay is a challenge they face.  I know I never really faced that issue.  There are some things though that are universal that even in my youth are the same then as today.  Drugs, drinking sex and trying to fit in when your standards are different than the worlds.  I am grateful that I have learned to love these kids.  I will say when I started as a teacher it was not easy.  I had three boys who challenged me.  I now have a larger class that I share with Sister S,  The kids are a delight to be with and I have tried to take the time to get to know each of them individually.  That is just a little catch up I will try to post a little bit better down the road.

Cool Runnings to all.