New Opportunitys and New Experinces

So on Sunday we get a call from the second counselor if my husband and I can come fifteen minuets before church to speak with him. Well we all know what that means before we even went to church. I hung up the phone and turned to my husband and said babe were getting a calling. He had that deer in the headlights look on his face and said "but i dont get callings" LOL! as i had predicted we received are calling and i was surprised and not so surprised that my husband and i were called to be Nursery Leaders! I was a little sad at first because i felt that i would be missing out on relief socioty and sunday school. missing out in that adult conversation and insight i have always enjoyed as part of my sundays. but my joy came two fold first when they told us that they were working on a program that would allow us to be able to be in nursery just every other week so that we could continue to go to our classes on the off weeks of course i am expecting a few months of nothing but nursery but i am okay with that because the second part of my joy was realizing as i was being set apart that what i could teach these kids (if only but for 5 miniutes if i am lucky) builds the foundation on which they will build there testimonies that even though it may not be stimulating conversation it is a very important calling and i should be so blessed to have it. I also feel like this will help bridge the family home evening gap it seems unfortunatly that without any children, Eric and I are not good at having family home evening but now that we have a lesson to teach on sundays we can spend family home evening studding the manual and how best to aproach it and capture the attentions of our little nursery children. I feel that this is a blessing from God. and Speaking of Blessings I was ever so blessed to have recieved a most unexpected call from an employer that is interested in possibly hiring me for there kids club. I was thrilled the pay is awfull but benifits start from day one and even awful pay is better then no pay! I have to go thru one more interview before they decide wether to hire me or not but i feel that the interview went well and so i am hoping for the best. this would definatly be a great oportunity to get back to work and still be able to go to school in the fall. it seems that the Lord is blessing me in more ways then I deserve.

Fire works , Family, and Fun

Okay so first let me say that i am sorry to all three of my loyal followers (LOL) that it has been so long since I posted. So let me catch you up. I have had a great time with my family last week on the 23rd my inlaws and i dragged our chairs into the sun and watched the bountiful parade. we had a great time cheering and laughing and sometimes booing at the people in the parade. mind you i was not the one booing it was eric who felt the need to boo woods crooss and viewmont! Even after 10 years of being out of highschool he still feels the need to be loyal to his school *insert sigh here*. after the fun of the parade was finaly over (there were over 100 entries) we packed up our things and headed back to the maurers. we enjoyed family time with 5 boxes of 5 dollar hot and ready pizzas 2 boxes of cheese bread and 1 bag of crazy bread. when all the maurers get together we eat alot of food! lol. After we were all sufficantly stuffed we headed over to millcreack junior high where we watched the bountiful fireworks. a greater display i have never seen. They really out did them selves this time! The 24th was just as eventful filled with lots of family time fireworks and eating! if you thought all that pizza was bad just wait. My sweet father in law thought we were having over more people then we ended up having for dinner so there was lots of left overs we are talking plates of hambergers hot dogs and bratworst left over it was insane! but also delicious! the fireworks were done with the whole neighborhood this year which i have to admit is not nearly as much fun as when it is just our family but we must learn to be flexible right?! It was a great weekend and a great time was had by all!

So Greatful

So today I found myself in a weird position i found myself with the opportunity to help, and feel completely helpless all at the same time. I dont want to get into the details of who and what because i want to be respectful of my new friends privacy, but i found myself feeling so greatful for the blessings in my life. Some days when the grief seems unbearable i think selfishly that my life cant get any worse. and then today that selfish notion hit me in the face and i realized that things could be so much worse and i am so blessed for what i do have. I understand that every body has different trials and there all meant for them so i know that my trials are mine and there meant to be mine and i am not meant to have my friends trials, however I can not help but feel like things are not so bad for me anymore. And at the same time i felt so helpless there is so much i wish that i could do for my new friend to take her pain away. but i cant. So for now i will pray and i will do my best to serve her and do anything i can and pray that the spirit will guide me in the right direction. What a day !!