A. on the driving front... with brendan in the passenger seat of our truck, i've driven to and from walgreens twice, and today i drove to and from church! woo hoo. driving to and from walgreens i had no idea how to get there, especially because we took side streets the whole time so i was even more clueless on where i was. but getting to church was easy! i made it there and back with like no directions!
B. today was my first day of my new calling in church. they haven't officially sustained me or set me apart, but they asked me to do the job last week, and today was my first day. i am the new sunday school teacher for the 11-12 year old kids, but there was only one girl in class today. i was nervous going in today, but it went really well i think. our lesson was on 'the parable of the talents' in matthew 25:14-30. it was the perfect lesson for a new class, because it let me start to get to know the girl i had in class. when they asked me to be a primary teacher it almost made me laugh because my mom has had callings in primary for as long as i can remember. i think this year is the first year my mom ISN'T in primary. we'll see if this becomes a trend, like mother like daughter? haha
C. today brendan taught the lesson in priesthood, and apparently everyone loved it. he's gotten asked to teach several times, but this was the first time in this ward. he seems to really have a knack for teaching, and people can see it. :)
D. i feel bad for missing friends and family. i feel as though i must not be trying hard enough to make friends, but then i have to stop and remind myself that it takes a lot longer to make solid friends than just a month or so of church (i was out of town for 3 weeks, so i've really only been here for a month and a half-ish). it isn't like college or high school where you see people every day, so it will take more time to build friendships. the ward is wonderful, though, and everyone is so kind and sweet. i'm excited for enrichment activities to start soon because hopefully i will be able to make some more friends out here.
E. it's a lightening storm outside! crazy.... no rain, just wind and lightening and stuff. weird.
ok well that's all for now. have a lovely day!
it's ok if it takes time to make friends. Jake and I always joke about how we're such social recluses lol. If you want friends, invite people over to make brownies or something :)
ReplyDeleteWe have been married for 8 months (and we did move twice in that time) but we are just now making friends. I feel like it is harder when you are married because you can't just worry about meeting people that you get along with, now you have to find someone who is married to someone that your husband gets along with too. We have found that almost any married couple will come play games so we have game nights so that we can get to know more people.
ReplyDeleteCome have game night with us! We'll be your friends. :) Haha! Are you looking for friends who live closer and are younger and more fun? We can try to be young and fun! There is good freeway access to us, so we're not THAT far!
ReplyDeleteCome on! Give it a try!
yes please! call us up :)
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