March 3, 2013

• Thursday, I went to my Symphony rehearsal.  I've started carpooling with my friend Danielle which is fun.  Friday, I ordered more "things" now that our carpet is down.  I got a larger freezer so I can make more freezer meals (the small freezer wouldn't hold all I needed it to last time I made freezer meals) and a couch for the front rooms since we gave away our others.  I negotiated price on the couch, found coupons, and got some really great deals.  I also looked for a recliner, but need to show Mike before I pick out anything.  Friday night Mike and I went to Yogurt Zone with some friends and then bought a 3/4 size violin from them for Errolyn.  Then we drove around to three different stores trying to find the Avengers movie... which we finally bought and then watched half of it that night.  On Saturday, Cameron had another tennis match and played well, but still ended up losing his three matches.  I finally understand where the phrase "Game, set, match" comes from... not the movie Hercules.    Yes, I know very little about tennis.    Errolyn won her volleyball game.  She had excellent overhand serves.  I went and bought Errolyn a violin bow, shoulder rest, rosin, and some violin books so I can begin teaching her.  Then Mike and I dropped Errolyn off at the skating rink for a birthday party and we went to pick up the new sofa (so we could save $75 in delivery fees).  It fit perfectly in the van.  After dinner, we all cleaned and then Mike and I finished the Avengers with Cameron. Mike and Cameron are out doing Fast Offering routes and Home Teaching right now. 

  I bore my testimony today about being truly converted to the Lord, a topic I've been pondering a lot lately.  President Hickley said everyone in the church needs three things: a friend, a responsabilitiy, and nurturing with the "good word of God."  Yes, you still go to church if you only have one of these areas, but you have much more dedication and desire if you have all three of these things.  But, Dad's quote about converting someone really struck me... and of course, that's the most important thing, being truly converted to the Lord, not the friend, or the church calling, but to Him.  I'm grateful to be a member of a church that encourages us to receive our own revelation and teaches us how to feel the Holy Ghost, since that's the only way we can be truly converted.

  We had a wonderful Relief Society lesson today.  The teacher started out asking about what qualities we admired in people.  Then she asked us to think about who inspired us in Relief Society and why.  She gave each of us a marble and asked us to pick someone and come up and share what inspired us about that person, and then put the marble in a jar she had.  It was a little slow at first, but by the end every sister shared (whether by name or anonymously) someone she was grateful for and many tears were shed when reasons were shared.  It was an excellent unity building activity.  In addition, many sisters who had felt left out, didn't realize that they had been an inspiration to someone else, and it seemed to lift them up.

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