My week was crazy and stressful. The girls and I have horrible allergies this year. As usual Utah weather is bipolar and it can't decide if it wants to warm up or be cold so the allergy stuff is back and forth. Poor little Joey has been so sick with a headache on top of that and then the knee injury pain too. She spent Saturday and Sunday resting so I'm hoping she will feel much better today. Otherwise the dr will have her start an antibiotic. He said if it wasn't better by Friday he was worried about it going into her sinuses. Which I suspect it has. We've been having to take NyQuil to sleep so we're not up blowing all night.
Okay, enough of that! Great news, after 5 weeks in the hospital, Anissa came home on Friday. She's not all better yet but at least she's better enough that she can be home in her own bed. She has to use walked no sticks to steady herself but she can Get up and down the stairs and she has to go in for therapy several times per week. Aftyn said, "Now the real work begins." She will also be working on finishing her semester at school online.
My work week was so nuts. We had a crowd of about 150 and they aye everything we made. That was good until we ran out of food on Friday at lunch. That was bad. It stressed me out so bad I got 2 cold sores. Dang it!
Dylan had a dance concert this week. She did so well. She really loves it. Tim and Nancy came.
Taylor and Rylee are the same. Rylee is going to Mexico for a week, the first week in May. So we are watching Sofia.
TJ is the same.
This week my lesson was on Abraham and Isaac. We are studying the bible in Primary. It was a good lesson. It was the first time I realized that this test of Abraham was like what the crucifixion would be except that God stopped Abraham. He just end wanted to know Abraham would trust and do whatever he asked. It brought up the point that the reason Jesus Christ is the only "begotten" is because he is the only one that Heavenly Father is the father of his spirit and his body. I knew that but to read it so plainly made so much sense to me.
There was also a really interesting quote about the crucifixion by Elder Marvin J Ballard, "in that hour I think I can see your dear father behind the veil looking upon these dying struggles.… His great heart almost breaking for the love that he had for his son. Oh, in that moment when he might have saved his son, I think him and praise him that he did not fail us.… I rejoice that he did not interfere, and that his love for us made it possible for him to Indore to look up on the sufferings of his (only begotten) and give him finally to us, our savior and our redeemer. Without him, without his sacrifice,… We would never have come glorified into his presence.… This is what it cost, in part, for our father in heaven to give the gift of his son and to men".
There is also a quote from Marvin J Ashton that says that in that moment when Jesus Christ would call out to heavenly father and ask that this cup they removed at heavenly father had to hide himself in the deepest darkest place of the universe so that he could allow Jesus Christ sacrifice to be completed and not interfere because as a father loves his child he loves JesusChrist and would want to spare him the pain. I can find the exact quote if you ever want it.
Tell me everything you are doing. I want to hear about all the people you are teaching and the things you are learning through training and teaching. How is it being a district leader? Give me an update on who you are teaching and how they are coming along. Did your baptism happen this week? How are things with your companion? Are you healthy, happy? Tell me everything.
That's about it for home. I love you so much. I'm so proud of you.