Logan and I got a phone call one Sunday, in mid-November, and were asked to speak in sacrament meeting the next Sunday. Logan was the one on the phone with Brother Williams, and I asked him what the assigned topic was. He relayed the question to Brother Williams, and then turned to me with a puzzled expression on his face, and said, "protecting the Saints." I said, "Protecting the Saints from what?", and he relayed that question to Brother Williams. Brother Williams replied, "Well, if you pray about it, I'm sure something will come to you." As we sat and thought for a quick second, I realized he probably meant something else...I said, "Does he mean PERFECTING the Saints?" And Logan said, "Oh, do you mean perfecting the Saints?" After we got the affirmative response to that question, Logan admitted that he had been trying to imagine taking his gun in and giving tactical drills, and thought that might have been a bit wierd for a sacrament meeting.
Anyways, we did our preparing, even though we thought it was wierd to not be speaking about gratitude the Sunday before Thanksgiving. We did our best, and even practiced ahead of time. Mine was about 11 minutes and Logan's was about ten. When we got into the meeting, the youth speaker used lots of the quotes I was prepared to use, and Logan had told me to not cut things out so he wouldn't have too much time, so I was a bit worried. I ended up cutting out some of the quotes, but used more personal experiences from my life where we are given the chance to become better people, but we don't always see it that way. It turns out I ended up speaking for about 20 minutes, and Logan had to cut his talk short. But it all worked out ok, and Elise did great and was patient while we worked on that challenging assignment. And we're both doing great in the nursery. It is fun to be back with the kids who have the most energy in the smallest packages, and to get to go over lessons with Elise during the week as practice for teaching. She really enjoys playing with all her friends. She has become better about sharing, and even about playing with stuffed animals, puppets, and even dolls now. Although she is having a bit of trouble playing WITH the other kids....I think at home she gets to make lots of those play time decisions, and when other kids are involved, it can get tricky. I'm glad she has the chance to learn those great interacting social skills, and that I'm there to help/observe, and we can talk about things after wards, and figure out ways to handle situations. She certainly is growing up FAST! And I love that we can be buddies!
Anyways, we did our preparing, even though we thought it was wierd to not be speaking about gratitude the Sunday before Thanksgiving. We did our best, and even practiced ahead of time. Mine was about 11 minutes and Logan's was about ten. When we got into the meeting, the youth speaker used lots of the quotes I was prepared to use, and Logan had told me to not cut things out so he wouldn't have too much time, so I was a bit worried. I ended up cutting out some of the quotes, but used more personal experiences from my life where we are given the chance to become better people, but we don't always see it that way. It turns out I ended up speaking for about 20 minutes, and Logan had to cut his talk short. But it all worked out ok, and Elise did great and was patient while we worked on that challenging assignment. And we're both doing great in the nursery. It is fun to be back with the kids who have the most energy in the smallest packages, and to get to go over lessons with Elise during the week as practice for teaching. She really enjoys playing with all her friends. She has become better about sharing, and even about playing with stuffed animals, puppets, and even dolls now. Although she is having a bit of trouble playing WITH the other kids....I think at home she gets to make lots of those play time decisions, and when other kids are involved, it can get tricky. I'm glad she has the chance to learn those great interacting social skills, and that I'm there to help/observe, and we can talk about things after wards, and figure out ways to handle situations. She certainly is growing up FAST! And I love that we can be buddies!
2 comments:
That sacrament talk miscommunication is awesome! Imagine what you would have had to come with to inspire people regarding protection!
I am so impressed with you and with your mothering of Elise. Don't you feel like you are the perfect mother for her?:)
haha... That was great! I love how things can be misunderstood. Glad you figured it out.
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