The van Ormer View: New Calling

Monday, September 22, 2008

New Calling

The entire Young Women's Presidency was released on Sunday, and a new one was called. I am no longer the secretary (which I actually LOVED!) Now, I get to teach the Laurels! AWESOME! I am SO excited! I LOVE to teach, and the Laurels are the perfect age! We only have 3 girls in the class, much like when I was in YW -- but they are such great girls! Anyhow, I am totally thrilled with the new calling, and I actually love change, so it will be fun to get to know the newly called women! :-)

4 comments:

barbl said...: You will be wonderful! Weren't you a Laurel just yesterday?!; 2:05 PM
Anonymous said...: yippee Mari! Finally, your dream calling! Go get them! You will save souls. Testify, testify, testify! They will love you if they know you love them. I know you know that, but just a friendly reminder. I just taught a teacher training for RS tonight about teaching by the spirit and it was all about LOVINg your students first and the Spirit will come. I have a lot of quotes from the brethren if you're interested about how we should be teaching in the church.

Also,, do you know that primary song: "Teacher, Do you love me?" I love that song. We sang it tonight at our training. Sing it w/ Sam and Dan and you will feel the power of that song, especially when you replace the word 'teacher' 'w/ 'mother.'

love you.
Keep praying for Ray to heal. It's a slow process and the drugs are wearying to him and me. : ) I want my hubby back.

Kary; 12:03 AM
Katie The Lady said...: Cool! I have always wanted to be in YW.; 10:15 AM
Cheryl said...: Congratulations, Mari! The Laurels in your ward are lucky to have you. I agree with Kary, if you love them, they will know it and the Spirit will be able to testify to them! I agree with Barb too........you were a Laurel just the other day!; 7:21 PM

Who am I?

I am a wife and a mother, my two favorite and most distinguished titles. I have four lovely children who keep me from being vain and selfish. I spent most of my life living in Anchorage, Alaska -- where I found my love, Charles. I enjoy a great many things, and I am good at a few things. I love to sing, run, have deep conversations, bake, do family history, blog, be with family, be with friends, have quiet time (whatever that is?), teach, rearrange furniture, watch movies, go for Sunday walks, attend the temple, observe people (Yes, I am watching YOU!), and I enjoy pondering the mysteries of the World. I love living on this beautiful Earth that God has created. I know who I am and I am grateful to know it. I am a child of God -- and so are you!

Mothers

God bless you, dear friends. Do not trade your birthright as a mother for some bauble of passing value. Let your first interest be in your home. The baby you hold in your arms will grow quickly as the sunrise and the sunset of the rushing days. I hope that when that occurs you will not be led to exclaim as did King Lear, “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!” (King Lear, I, iv, 312). Rather, I hope that you will have every reason to be proud concerning your children, to have love for them, to have faith in them, to see them grow in righteousness and virtue before the Lord, to see them become useful and productive members of society. If with all you have done there is an occasional failure, you can still say, “At least I did the very best of which I was capable. I tried as hard as I knew how. I let nothing stand in the way of my role as a mother.” Failures will be few under such circumstances.

-Gordon B. Hinckley