BLOG#48 SPEAKING IN CHURCH--OH NO!!!

MARCH 22-28:

WE WERE ASKED TO SPEAK AT BISHOP PATRICK WARD ON SUNDAY. I KEEP TELLING EVERYONE THAT I AM NOT THE SPEAKER IN THE FAMILY—I AM THE SUPPORTER. ANYWAY I DID SPEAK WITH THE YOUTH SPEAKER AND TIMED HER ,. SHE TOOK LONGER BY 3 MINUTES THAN I DID.  SEE I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE SHORTEST TALK. ELDER JUDD’S TALK WAS REALLY GOOD AND MAYBE YOU WILL HEAR IT LATER.

THIS WEEK WAS A DIFFERENT WEEK IN THAT I WAS NOT FEELING WELL. THE FIRST BAD AND ONLY COLD  THAT I HAVE HAD THE WHOLE TIME WE HAVE BEEN HERE. THE COUGH ATTACKS ME AT NIGHT AND I STAY UP HACKING AND COUGHING MOST OF THE NIGHT. WHERE DO YOU  GO  IN A 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT  TO STOP THE NOISE FROM GOING IN AND WAKING EVERYONE ELSE UP?. I DON’T KNOW THAT  ANSWER YET. 

MONDAY I DID  PRETTY GOOD AT THE INSTITUTE UNTIL FHE  AND THEN MY BODY WENT INTO COLD CHILLS. WE CAME HOME EARLY AND LAYERED ME  WITH BLANKETS AND OUR  CORN WARMING PACKS. ELDER JUDD HAD TO PROCTOR A TEST TUESDAY AND I DID NOT FEEL GOOD SO OFF HE WENT AND LEFT ME SLEEPING  OFF THE SICKNESS. IT HELPED BUT DID NOT GET RID OF THE COUGHING.  THE WHOLE WEEK HAS BEEN LIKE THAT COUGHING AND SLEEPING. I WAS GRATEFUL  FOR THE MOTHER’S LOUNGE IN THE CHURCH I WENT AND SLEPT FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND  THEN BACK TO WORK.

ELDER JUDD’S CLASSES SO FAR THIS WEEK HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. THE STUDENTS ENJOY LEARNING ABOUT THE SAVIOR AND HIS LIFE.  THURSDAY NIGHT WAS ABOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT WHICH HE CALLED THE LEHI CONNECTION AND THE BABYLONIAN DESTRUCTION. HE HAD ABOUT 12 STUDENTS COME . ELDER JUDD ALWAYS DOES A GREAT JOB OF TEACHING.

ELDER JUDD:

SISTER JUDD  WAS ABLE TO PULL EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR THE MEAL. SHE MADE SEVERAL LOAVES OF BANANA NUT AND POPPY SEED BREAD AND THE MAIN COURSE WAS A CROCK POT CHICKEN TACO PLATE THAT HAD BEANS, CORN, AND RICE WITH SALSA IN IT. AS USUAL, THE YSA LOVED IT AND I DID TOO. SHE KEPT SAYING HOW AWFUL IT SMELLED AND LOOKED, BUT EVERYONE ELSE DISAGREED. I HAVE FOUND THAT THE MORE SHE COMMENTS ON HOW BAD SOMETHING LOOKS AND SMELLS, THE BETTER I LIKE IT.  THAT IS TRUE, ANYWAY, WITH THE MEALS SHE MAKES THAT ARE MEXICAN IN ORIGIN. SHE MUCH PREFERS A LESS SPICY FOOD THAN I DO.

AT THE END OF THE MEAL, ALEX INSISTED ON SISTER JUDD AND I LEAVING FOR HOME WHILE THEY ALL CLEANED UP AND CLOSE UP SHOP FOR THE EVENING. IT WAS WITH GRATITUDE THAT WE FOLLOWED HIS SUGGESTION AND LEFT FOR HOME SO THAT SHE  COULD GET SOME WELL DESERVED REST. AS WE LEFT, OUR KITCHEN/OFFICE FILLED WITH HELPFUL STUDENTS PITCHING IN TO GET EVERYTHING CLEANED UP.

WEDNESDAY AND TUESDAY WAS REALLY A BLUR AS WE DID NOT DO THE REGULAR THINGS. WE DID A LOT OF PREPARING HERE AT THE APARTMENT. IT HELP ME  TO FEEL BETTER.

BISHOP PATRICK ASKED ELDER JUDD AND I TO COME AND PRESENT A FIRE SIDE TO HIS WARD ON FRIDAY THE 27^TH. THIS TALK AND SLIDE PRESENTATION WAS ON “JERUSALEM-TESTAMENT OF OUR SAVIOR AND REDEEMER: WALKING WITH JESUS CHRIST IN HIS FINAL HOURS. 
THE FIRESIDE HAD ABOUT 75 PEOPLE THERE AND IT WENT VERY WELL. ELDER JUDD  HAD SPENT TWO OR THREE HOURS FINE TUNING THE PRESENTATION AND, WITH THE BLESSING OF THE LORD, THE SPIRIT GAVE HIM  CONSIDERABLE ASSISTANCE AND THE ENTIRE HOUR AND 35 MINUTES WENT VERY SMOOTHLY.

IT WAS A BUSY WEEK AND WAS MADE EVEN LONGER BECAUSE OF HOW I WAS FEELING!  I THINK THAT ELDER JUDD IS COMING DOWN WITH THIS COLD . WHY NOT‼!