goodbye 37th ward

Today was my last day in this ward. I spent nearly a year here. It was very good to me. I was so blessed to be able to meet all of these people and to associate with this bishopric. I said my last goodbyes to the members of the ward that I wouldn’t see again. But there were two members of the bishopric I did not get a chance to say goodbye and thank you to.

Helping someone more stressed than I

I liked this assignment almost as much as the "buy a stranger a 'coke'" assignment. Sometimes it feels like i am the most stressed of all my acquaintances. But then I realize that I am not the only one with class and work and other stresses. My roommate was one such stressed individual.

Taylor is his name. He is taking accounting 310 and ISYS 201. And he is working on top of that. He is trying to get into the accounting program so his classes are extremely important to him. With finals coming up he is especially stressed.

Taylor is also a Sunday school teacher and he was asked to give a talk in church. He didn’t know how he was going to do all of his work and prepare a talk and prepare a lesson. So I offered to take care of his lesson for him.

I was very glad to be able to help. And I was spiritually filled by my preparation.