Dec 1: had a few “must be doing something right” moments. Kenzie bore her testimony (she wants to every month) and she is just very wise. She knows how to testify better than some adults do. Linda commented how mature her testimony is afterwards.
Kids happily wrapped gifts for eachother. Kenzie afterwards couldn’t wait to go spend her money on other people she could get gifts for.
Tuesday: We opened our home to 4L. During devotional I was overcome by a strong sense of the spirit confirming that we are doing a good thing by gathering together as families in Zion. Grateful we can open our home to have that spirit here and these people here.
That evening we put together cookie packs and went knocking on neighbor doors to meet people. It was totally out of my comfort zone; Ryan wasn’t home so I totally could’ve backed out; we met 3 neighbors and invited them all to Follow the Star this weekend! Ended up being a great experience for me and my kids!
Thursday: I love living outside of Utah! I love being close enough for family to visit us but I love living among different people. Met our next door neighbors yesterday and she is cute and bubbly. Busy with 2 toddler boys (4&2) and she was open about how she loves Jesus 😊 invited her to follow the star. We’ll see if they come. But so fun to make a connection with another SAHM with little kids right next door.
Also at FTS choir—new seating arrangement for the performance and I got to sit by Sandy. Turned out she isn’t a member of the church but wanted to sing in a choir, knows the director, and therefore came to sing with us. Super nice! Loved chatting with her thursday, Friday and Saturday. I hope we keep in touch!
Kaysen lost another tooth and he got a dollar coin. He was excited about it that morning. Then that afternoon I heard him say to Ryan “here dad, you can have my dollar” Ryan asked why? Kaysen said “I want to give it to you because I already have one.” How sweet!
Friday: studied for my lesson in RS this Sunday. Got some things done—ordered Christmas cards, did school with kids, picked up so we could clean Saturday
Saturday: felt so sick from my period and possible illness that I wasn’t sure how I was going to manage. I fed my spirit and things looked up.
Got to go on a date in the mustang with Ryan that afternoon and Kamryn babysat. It was nice to get some things done and to spend time with Ry.
Sunday: the Lord helped me teach HIS way today. I wasn’t nervous bc I had the talk down solid. I didn’t have a lot of extra “stuff” in order to facilitate the discussion. The spirit was strong. I followed promptings to share how I have reached above myself to Christ and to become more than I every expected to be. That I have felt so much love in those hours of stillness, and gained so much knowledge that I just never realized I was missing out on. I received a lot of feedback after the lesson that I made people think, they felt the spirit and my lesson flowed very nicely. All good things. It made my spirit soar. I’m grateful for my ability to trust in the Lord and grateful to be his mouthpiece a little bit today.
Most of my Christmas cards are addressed today! Need to finish tomorrow and get them in the mail! Phew!!
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