"The answers to our prayers come in the Lord’s due time. Sometimes we may become frustrated that the Lord has delayed answering our prayers. In such times we need to understand that He knows what we do not know. He sees what we do not see. Trust in Him. He knows what is best for His child, and being a perfect God, He will answer our prayers perfectly and in the perfect time." -Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I believe in a loving Heavenly Father. And I believe that He finds little ways (and not so little ways) every single day to show that love for us. I like to call those individualized evidences "love notes from God." The things we care about are important to Him, simply because they matter to us, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant they may be. I promise that if you will just look, you will find examples of God's love for you. Sometimes those love notes are small. Like when I got to sit by and hold the cutest baby on a flight this summer. Just that day I had been talking about how much I love babies and how long it had been since I held one. Yeah, I could call it a coincidence, but I choose to call it a love note from God. So many times this summer, in classes, meetings, and activities that were planned for hundreds of people, there was a message that was meant just for me. Love note from God every time.
"I would charge you to say again and again to yourselves, as the Primary organization has taught the children to sing “I am a [son or a daughter] of God” and by so doing, begin today to live closer to those ideals which will make your life happier and more fruitful because of an awakened realization of who you are." -Harold B. Lee
9 weeks!?! This summer has been crazy awesome and this was a good way to end it. This week was another stay-at-home session so it was fun to be able to hang out with the other counselors at night. I was one of the counselors in charge of the musical program, so I was worried that I wouldn't see them much, but we bonded in a unique way this week. Basically all of my kiddos ganged up on me and tried to make me pass out as many times as possible. Even my co-counselor was in on the planning. I'm pretty much the human version of a fainting goat, so they thought scaring me was pretty funny. This was another one of those weeks where I would get talking to the kids and forget that they're not my age. Maybe it's because I'm still a 15-year-old at heart.
I wasn't supposed to work this week, but I got called in just a couple of days before this session started. Provo usually isn't my favorite place to work just because there are so many people, but it was fun to see so many counselors again, as well as a few of my EFY kiddos from last year. My girls this week were a hoot and I'm glad I got to be with them. They would pray about the cutest things (like clouds during games night--which totally happened). It was a pretty chill week, compared to the rest of the summer. One of the craziest parts of a session in Provo are the classes because there are so many to choose from and they are in different buildings all over campus. This week was especially insane because Brad Wilcox and Hank Smith were both teachers and all of the kids wanted to go to their classes. Kids were sprinting to get to classes and a lot of people were frustrated that it got kind of out of control, but come on, how cool is it that these kids were running to a class to learn more about the gospel?!?! Definitely a "problem" I'm willing to deal with.
