Church

Today was the best Sunday I've ever experienced in my current ward. For some reason, all three meetings were actually really good... which doesn't normally happen.

Sacrament Meeting was great. There is something awesome about testimony meeting. I loved when my girls went up to share their testimonies, especially the girls that I've been helping recently. Watching them grow and knowing exactly what they were meaning when they got up was amazing. My girls have a lot of struggles, but they are doing their best to overcome them! That is one of the best feelings ever!

Relief Society was FABULOUS. Because it was Fast Sunday the RS president gave the lesson. Best ever! She based it off a book called "Better Than You Think You Are" which is about realizing your individual worth. It's by Ardeth G. Kapp. So many girls from our ward needed to hear that lesson. I love when the presidency teaches. They seem to really know how to teach, which is AMAZING compared to some of our other RS teachers. Kelli (the president) is also really aware of the needs of our sisters. I am so proud of her! She even wrote individual letters to each girl in our RS (that's 118 girls)and is going to bring them around later. She is great!

Sunday School was awesome! Roommate 1 taught with another one of my girls (they teach in pairs here... but they don't know who they are teaching with until they walk into the room, so they can't prepare together. That normally makes SS awkward just because they each create their own lesson...) and it TOTALLY worked! They both focused on different parts as they prepared so they were able to work well together to teach the whole lesson. It also helped that last week our ward started a Mission Prep class and so almost all of the guys were in that. We do have a few RMs and 2 17 year old guys that got to stay in normal Sunday School. Without guys around the girls are more willing to share and contribute to the lesson. Ya, it feels like a second go at RS, but it worked really well today.

My Hall Meeting went well too. It was about general safety, but we talked about things that our Secret Sisters had done for us this week (I love mine, btw) and it was really great. I loaned out my copy of Better Than You Think You Are and my copy of When Times Get Tough: 5 Scriptures that will help you through almost anything (by John Bytheway). My girls are amazing! I LOVE THEM!

On to my secret sisters... last week at Hall Meeting I assigned each apartment another apartment to be secret sisters for. The girls that I assigned to have my apartment got their assignment with a note that said "even though I know who you are, I'm not going to judge you if you don't do much... love you girls". They've gone above and beyond. One of the girls made brownies for us earlier this week, but today was even better. Before church the Elder's Quorum comes around to collect our Fast Offerings. We had a knock at our door, and it was the EQ guy, with 5 envelopes. He said "I was asked to give you these." One of our Secret Sisters watched us really closely in the last week and had things to say to each of us personally. Because she knew that I knew who it was she didn't try to hide it from me and mentioned how many times I unlock her door for her when she's locked out. She made my whole apartment really happy. It was just the beginning to a great Sunday!

Today has just been a great Sunday! And... it's only 3:45. There still is dinner and ward prayer, and a few hours of me doing my own thing. Yay for good Sundays!