Church Stuff

I thought this was an awesome picture of the new First Presidency. I am so excited to see what direction President Monson takes the church.

Last Sunday our ward finally made a much needed split. I believe the ward had close to 650 members. The ideal ward size is around 300. The new ward is called the Durango Heights Ward. We will remain in the Mountain's Edge Ward. The split was exciting because I think it will be much more personal now. It is very hard to get to know people and feel connected when a you are dealing with such large numbers. I am a little sad though, because a lot of my good friends will be in the other ward now. I was excited to receive a new calling as the secretary in the Relief Society Presidency. I think that this will be the perfect calling for me. It just feels like it "fits". The new Relief Society President, Cheryl Norr, said that my name came to her for that position and when she told the Bishop he told her that she couldn't have me because I was going to be in the other ward. She wondered how that could be, when my name kept coming to her. The Bishop said he would double check, and sure enough, he found out I was still going to be in the ward. Just goes to show that our individual callings really are inspired. Brother Winburn, one of the counselors in the bishopric set me apart on Sunday. It was a very special blessing and said a lot of things that I needed to hear. It felt like it was more of a personal blessing for me than a setting apart. I am always amazed how the Lord knows exactly what we need to hear. I am grateful that Brother Winburn was so in tune with the spirit, so that he could relate those things to me. Sunday was an all together, very spiritual and emotional day. I have to mention that I really hope that everything is okay with Brother Hartvigsen. For those of you that don't know or who weren't there on Sunday- he had a seizure during sacrament meeting. It was very scary and I felt so awful for his poor wife and children. Seizures are very tramatic to witness, especially if the person has never had one before. I remember the first times that Samantha had them, you just feel so helpless. From what I understand, they now know his was caused from his blood sugar dropping too low. Anyways, this was just another thing to make Sunday a memorable day.
So, to sum it all up, I am excited for the ward split and my new calling. Changes are always a little bit scary because of the unknown, but I think these two things will be changes for the better.