Lately

Fall is starting to make its way here. The air is a bit more crisp, the temperature has started dropping to the 60's and low 70's. The tree's are starting to change to their vibrant fall colors and some leaves are starting to fall, pumpkin patches are around, fall festivals, people wearing sweaters and scarfs, and in our house- a whole lot of hot chocolate :). I love it. I absolutely love it! I told my husband yesterday that we need to move east for every fall season. Unless you've been here in the fall you can only imagine it, which does not suffice. This is my second fall back east and there are few things to compare to it's beauty. It's gorgeous and I'm happy to be where I am.

These last few weeks have been sooo great. We've been busier than usual and it's been wonderful. We've gotten out of the house a lot more and I've been working on some crafts and playing with friends and meeting new people. Hooray!

Last week we received a package from my sister who totally spoiled us and it made me cry. It was such a blessing. She sent us things that we need and even then some. She is awesome and she has one of the most giving hearts I've known. She'll do anything for anyone.

A simple but neat story happened the other day that I want to jot down for my memory. I signed up to take a meal to a family that had just had a baby. Well, I knew evenings were busy and this family lived 20 minutes away so I decided to take them a meal at lunch so they could eat it then or freeze it or whatever they wanted. Then that afternoon I was at a park with a friend and to make a long story short she needed help with food for dinner and I had been wanting her to try a recipe of mine so I suggested I would bring dinner over. And I did. Anyway, the point of this story is that while I was preparing dinner for my friend the thought came to me that I was supposed to give dinner to that family who had a baby earlier in the day like I did because this other family needed my help in the evening. I'm so grateful for the Lord's hand in my everyday life and for working through me when sometimes I don't even realize it until later on.

Then just last Sunday, the bishop asked us to go to a new sunday school class. A ward missionary class. It was awesome. So imspiring. The teacher (who goes to school with my husband) gave some great ideas about being missionaries here and invited us to read a talk called "creating a gospel sharing home" from april 2006. I read it and I recommend it to everyone. It put the same fire in me that I felt in that class. During that class the teacher said something to the effect of, "this class can just be another class where you go through the motions, or it can really be life changing." I felt the Spirit so strong there, I had a hard time holding back tears. I want it to be life changing for me. I want to get out of my comfort zone and share the gospel with everyone- let them know how much joy it's brought to my life. I'm going to do it!