Well, it's hard to believe, but the seminary year is over. No more: cleaning the house every night, setting up extra tables and chairs, daily lesson planning, waking up at 5am, putting on a dress or skirt, slipping on my slippers, making sure my door is unlocked, saying prayers with my companion every morning, greeting 12 kids every morning, giving some great lessons and lots of lessons where I walked away thinking that things could have gone much better than they did. Lots of moments I won't be having for awhile.
I told the kids that I wasn't sure how I would survive the summer. Christmas break just about killed me. One because I became violently ill the last day of seminary before the break and two because I found myself lost and adrift without direction. It was horrible. I survived spring break mostly because we went somewhere so I didn't have time to think about it. Now I have to walk past an empty dining room for roughly 14 weeks.
The kids realized that they should probably worry about me and started giving me solutions to the empty dining room problem. The consensus was that I should just block the room off so that I didn't have to see it.
If you look back at the post where I put a picture of the students from the beginning of the year, you will see some different faces. We had some kids move in, move out, move to the other class, and we lost 1 and mostly lost 2 more. At the start of the year I identified what I thought were potential miracles for the class -meaning students. What students would we get to see miracles working in their lives. We lost one of those students entirely after the second month. There were also some surprises that I didn't see coming. You just never know what someone is ready for and what will have the greatest impact on someone. All I can say is that it was one glorious ride that I was blessed to be a part of.
I thought it would be fun to tell you what all the flecks of gold we had around the white board were. I realize that they will make absolutely no sense to anyone reading this because we just used key words or phrases to help us remember the story behind the miracles. What it will do is be a testimony that miracles do occur and they occur everyday if we are willing to look for them. You can also catch a glimpse of what types of miracles we were experiencing. I am so excited to start this at the beginning of next year and see how many we can get when we are looking the whole year.
Here they are:
garage door
help me speak when asked a question
2 students came to seminary after being gone for a long time
answer in scriptures
paintball
prayer in the car
Jesus concert
answer at conference
early graduation
friends with Jehovah Witnesses
(friends name) gospel sharing
confirmation of Joseph Smith's revelation in liberty jail
friend that wanted to quit now doing something she thought she couldn't
friend with major health issues now working at the temple
friend had dream
a good feeling for helping others do good things
had an ah-ha moment in seminary
talking to my friend about the gospel
D and C 43
car keys and lady walking
slothful servent VT
uncompromising faith in students
water heater
band aids
shows cancer who's boss
mission prep
saved by the coaches
temple recommend
donuts- family together
question answered for conference
glimpse of Heaven
lunch/ER
confused/ Brigham Young
There you go. I wish I could remember how long we have been trying to pay more attention to the miracles/tender mercies/ gifts of the spirit we see in our lives everyday. It is so important to recognize the hand of God in our lives. That is where the sure foundation is laid. When everything else trips you up, causes confusion, or beats you down, if you've had personal witnesses that God lives, that God loves you, and that all truth is testified through the Holy Ghost - then nothing will shake your foundation. You will be open and ready to receive personal revelation. You will expect to have it. You will become who Heavenly Father intended you to be - like Him.
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