My Talk and A New Calling!

Well, I gave my talk today in church. Ryan was wonderful and sat with the girls by himself so that I could sit on the stand and focus on my talk until it was time for me to speak. I think it went really well. I got a few compliments from ward members, but my favorite was from my bishop. You have to have a little background on my bishop to really understand why it was important to me. My bishop is an extremely well educated person. He is the General Counsel for a local business AND has a degree in Theology along with all of the other credentials. So, on the way to Sunday School after dropping Kallie off at nursery, Ryan suddenly disappeared. (Apparently, he went into the chapel for a second.) When he finally reappeared, he told me that the Bishop had told him that I am quite the talent. He thought my talk was very well prepared and very well presented--and that made me feel great because I had worked so hard on it.

Also--I got a calling today! I am going to be a Relief Society teacher. I could not have picked a calling that I would love more than that! I love teaching and I am so thrilled about it! Both the bishop and the Relief Society President told me today that they are very careful about who they choose as teachers because they need to know that the person will represent the ward well. That also made me feel so good about myself. Apparently, during the 2 weeks, (not including today), that we've been to church in this ward, they got the feeling that I would do well in this calling. I thought for sure the calling was going to be something that would be a huge challenge for me--but I am so grateful that it's going to be more uplifting than stressful at this point in my life. I'll either be teaching the 2nd or 3rd Sunday--and I can't wait to get started!