Last Day in the Warm Springs Ward

The Sunday before we moved, Allan and I, along with the kids, attended the Warm Springs Ward for the last time. It happened to be fast and testimony meeting. It was a really good one!! Except, poor Taylor had a cold and was just miserable. So I spent a lot of the meeting getting up and going out in the foyer. The times that I was sitting, Allan kept pushing me and silently yelling at me to go and bare my testimony.............that's not going to happen. He almost had me up there, but darn it! The meeting ended. I really felt bad that I didn't. This ward has meant the world to me, and I really should've shared those feelings with them. Another regret to add to the list.


After the meeting, I went to my class (I teach the 11-12 year old girls), and informed them that this would be my last Sunday with them. They weren't too happy about it, which made me kinda feel good. Charm spoke up, "Who's gonna yell at us and bring us snacks?!" HA! She was very concerned about that. She has been one of my more challenging girls. I've had to teach her how to behave in primary (I'm not sure how that went) and how to be reverent, and even how to pray, since she's a convert. She's never had to do any of those things. I loved watching her get better and better at things, and even if she thinks I was yelling at her, which sometimes I was, she didn't mind. She listened and really tried. I loved those girls. They taught me a lot, especially about snack items. HA! Anytime I didn't know something, I could always look to Julia to fill me in on the back story of the lesson. And then Madison would let me know that White Cheddar Cheese-It's would be good in that scenario, at which point, Nika would argue that they are disgusting, which would begin our weekly debate about White Cheddar Cheeze-It's. Thank you Sunshine products! You know how to bring the spirit.


I really feel like my testimony has been strengthened since being in this ward. The Lord really does place you where you need to be, at the time you need to be there. I am grateful for the examples that have been shown to me, and the wonderful spirit that this ward has. I am especially grateful for the friends that I have made, and hope to continue the friendship, even though I'm not on that side of town.


I am very excited to meet my new ward though. I am really excited to be able to be in a ward for years and years, since the max amount of time we've ever spent in a ward is a year and a half. I'm excited that my children will be able to grow up in a ward and have friends that they will grow up with. It's such an exciting time for our family, and I couldn't be happier.