2007 Week 03
Three weeks through January, first ‘weekly’ update… That’s the kind of month it’s been.
January always starts out fun, coming off of Christmas and right into our anniversary (11 years!) then Caleb’s and Alec’s birthdays. Trent feels picked on this time of year when he is left out of the celebrations.
Over Christmas break, I tried twice to take Caleb and Trent skiing, but my timing was bad both times - snowstorms made it impossible to get to the mountains. This last time I tried, we made it about 20 miles down the interstate. After about 1 hour and 10 cars off the road along the way, we decided to turn back. So eventually we’ll make it up there, just don’t know when that will be.
I’ve been very busy with clerk responsibilities in our ward. The bishopric is all new, the clerks are new, the stake clerks are pretty new… we’re all learning together, and making plenty of mistakes along the way. That always reaffirms my testimony that it is the Lord’s church, not ours — that in spite of the people serving in it, it keeps rolling along smoothly. Today was our ward conference, and as a bishopric we spent some time with the stake presidency. As much experience as they have serving in the church, there are still plenty of issues and questions that come of for which they don’t have a ready answer. But somehow it gets figured out and we move forward. For me it is a very interesting experience learning some of the mechanics of how the church functions.
There’s also plenty of work for me to do at my day job — good thing is that I generally enjoy it. This week I managed to get involved in a couple additional projects, all of which are interesting and good opportunities to impact the overall organization. I just need to figure out how to stop doing some of the other stuff I already have. I will be going to Israel for 2 weeks the end of March, which I am looking forward to. Kim’s not, but I appreciate her being positive.
We’re looking forward to blessing Mark in a couple of weeks, and the visits from family that will go along with that. It is great to feel your love and support, and we hope we are able to return it in some degree. At least enjoy some pictures, hopefully they bring a smile or two (argh… something’s messed up with my picture gallery…)