Testimony, Dinner with the Ks, Single Adult Fireside

Today I was strongly impressed to go up to bear my testimony in Sacrament meeting. I am glad that I did. I knew I should stand early on in the meeting. I shared the story how prayers are answered when I left my cell phone locked in the car when Michael was here two weeks ago. I needed to call upon God for his help to find him after leaving to go put more money in the parking meter.

I was directed and found the couple and Michael. I also stated how I knew that my bishop, like my Father in Heaven knows me by name and cares about me. I was touched by the time he took to get to know me and asked to visit with him when we first attended the ward. I gleaned a lot of great counsel from his example of weekly temple attendance. Years ago, that was my weekly record when I was first thrust into being in the work world and that of single parenthood. It always made a difference in the way my week went and helped me in raising my children and the decisions I needed to make in their behalf.

I also shared about my daily blog and the example Henry B. Eyring suggested we should write down thought everyday regarding the hand of God in our lives.

Hank, took that counsel and started his own personal blog that very day, October Conference 2007. My blog began about six weeks after his. It has been a wonderful experience and has blessed me and my children. I appreciate their comments and support recounting the things I taught them and how they are part of their own children's upbringing as well.

It is the pay back in family bonding and close knit relationship. I otherwise would not have had that contact to so many at the same time and make a small contribution for my posterity. I have posted over 150 entries. Wow. Does that even seem possible?

My friend, Mary Gwen Hendrix has been visiting for the last few days and stayed overnight. We went to church this afternoon together with the family and then we both went over to the Ks for Sunday dinner. The older kids and Hank left to go to a Scout Court of Honor. We left to go to an Adult Fireside in Springville.

I missed the Springville exit, and decided since it was an hour before the meeting, we would go visit the Fryer's. Tara was pleasantly surprised to see her. We had a nice short visit and then went to the fireside.

The speaker was the General Sunday School Superintendent, A. Roger Merrill. He gave a great talk, and I took lots of good notes in my journal. He stated that in order to get past a boring meeting, we need to contribute to the Spirit and pray for the speakers etc. A sister once asked President Kimball what he did when he found himself in a boring meeting. He said he didn't know because he never was in that situation. He would pray for the Spirit to touch the speakers, and then he was listen with intent and get out of the meeting what he should. Good points to ponder.

It has been several years since I attended one of those fireside. There is a Single Adult Conference coming up in June at UVSC campus. I may decide to attend if I am in town.