Faith of Enos

We had our first meeting with our new ward today.  It was SO SMALL compared to what we are used to.  Seriously the small overflow was open and that was it.  We couldn't even see a lick of the cultural hall…which is so unusual.  We were enormous.  And now we are the smallest ward with 311 members…and get this:  300 are active.  Yep.  That’s pretty awesome eh?  Talk about a great activity rate!

They called the new auxiliary leaders today, just the quorum leaders and presidents, no counselors.  So we will see in a little bit what we have in store.  I hope they call Andy back into YM’s, he was really enjoying that change, but of course we will go wherever we are needed J  I feel like we are actually going to be able to have a ward family like we’ve never had since we’ve lived here.  It will be great.  I really enjoy change, although I have had a little bit of sadness about leaving all the wonderful families from our Katy 3^rd ward.  Truly a wonderful ward with some of the best people I have ever met.  The eternities are going to be so great….I feel like there will be no boundaries up there and we will be able to keep up with everyone!

I feel very tender soul-ed today (aka emotional, ha!).  I just feel so much love for people at times…I don’t really know how to explain it. I was trying to tell Andy today how I feel like our new ward is full of amazing people, that are capable of anything and any calling (as was our last ward).  I felt as though I was feeling just a tinge of what our Heavenly Father feels and sees within us.  We all have such great potential and I’m sure we don’t even understand what we are capable of in our current state J  (I hope that doesn't come off the wrong way, it’s just what was in my heart today

We had a great Halloween, although Sam was very vocal after about the third house we trick or treated at, “Whew!  I’m tired.  Can we go home now?”  HA!  Then later (after pulling out the stroller) she started refusing candy saying things like, “No thanks.  I have enough.” What kind in the history of Halloween has refused candy?  She got several neighbors giggling J

We swam yesterday during the coldest day we've had this fall!  Andy heated the pool and it was perfect….although after the sun went down both Andy and I succumbed to the hot tub!  Kaylee and Audrie swam ALL DAY.

Attached is a note that Audrie put on top of the pancakes I made for breakfast this morning.  I thought it was so very wise and mature of her to say such words.  It filled my heart J  Kaylee also has been drawing and writing LOTS of notes lately.  They always involve a stick figure of each person, lots of hearts and then words like “I love my family so much.  They are the best.”  Drops in my bucket.  Love. Love. Love.

Quick story about Tyler.  Once upon a time a year or so ago he watched a PG-13 movie in one of his classes.  I remember him saying something about this gross part in a movie.  Upon asking him about where he had seen such a movie.  I was appalled that it was in a class at school!!  I couldn't believe that they would show that without permission from the parents.  Anyway, after talking to Tyler about it we decided together if that ever happened again he needed to text me or talk to the teacher.  So this week it happened again…but Tyler remembered to say something.  He had the teacher call me and then after talking to the teacher I talked to Tyler.  Apparently he got teased later because of what he did, but this mama couldn't be any prouder ;)

I have been waking up with the story of Enos in my mind lately.  Particularly the part where he pleads with the Lord to preserve the record and when he receives the answer that they will be preserved and they would be brought forth in the Lords timing.  He knew it would be according to the Lord’s will, and then his soul did rest in that knowledge.  What faith!  He would never actually see the thing he was praying for come to pass, but yet he knew it would be and rested in the knowledge that the Lord knew.  And that was good enough.  I YURN to be more like Enos.