Father's Day & Blessings of the Sabbath--

Today was Father's Day. I thought of my own father and miss him greatly. My lesson in Relief Society was about missionary work. It is a subject near and dear to my heart. I learned a lot. I asked Aaron for his help to come speak to the sisters and he agreed. Aaron participated and made some comments about his mission and how it has blessed his life serving as a missionary. He did a great job and I know the sisters enjoyed it. It made an added contribution to my lesson.


Yesterday, our neighborhood had a block party. It was a nice "get acquainted" get together. I recognized a lot of people, but finally could put names with faces. A very cordial group too. We had an enjoyable time. The food was delicious. Someone made a guacamole dip with chips along with homemade salsa. The new neighbor from Guatemala made it. The couple were very welcomed, and attend their own Spanish speaking ward.



When I walked over to the party my right knee felt kind of strange. I noticed I favored it and had a slight limp. But by the time I walked home, I could hardly put any weight on it. The pain got progressively worse and it hurt so bad I took extra aspirin to try to get it to feel better. Nothing seemed to help. I wrapped it with an ace bandage and went to bed. I couldn't walk on it at all to go have breakfast this morning so I sat backwards on the stairs to go UP the stairs and then back down.

Matt and Beth came into town yesterday, so I called him at Beth's parents and had him come so he & Aaron could give me a priesthood blessing. I managed to shower and get ready for church since I needed to teach my lesson in Relief Society today. The blessing promised me the pain would go away quickly, which it did while I was at church and even noticed I could walk normal without an obvious limp. Granted, I walked slower, but no noticeable limp!! I was able to stand to teach and everything went well as far as the lesson went.

I came home from church and rested the rest of the day. It seemed to help and my knee felt better, not great, just better. I am thankful for priesthood holder sons who can bless me when I need it and helped me in my time of need. Tara commented that how unusual it is for me to be "sick", and I have to agree with her. I am grateful the knee problem was short-lived and I am pleased to report, I am definitely on the mend!!