Mum's been called as Relief Society president!

The purpose of me deciding to have a blog is so I can share with you guys whatever experiences and insights we gain from them that may be of interest or use to you. So' the plan is that I'm going to post weekly with whatever things, thoughts, experiences, etc that I think worthwhile. Hope you read them...

On the first Sunday of July Bishop Kennerley pulled me aside and said that they were looking at calling Mum to be the new ward Relief Society president (the old one was moving out) and what my thoughts were. I told him my concern was that with Mum working full time she gets very tired and that it may be too much for her. When she was YW president several years ago that was an issue. He looked thoughtful and said, "Okay," so I said I didn't want to turn the calling down on her behalf, that if he still felt right about it he should extend the calling and let her make the decision. So he thought for a bit and said he would still interview her.

At the beginning of the third hour he called us in and without any initial exploration of her situation extended the call to Mum. I looked at her and she had tears welling up in her eyes. But she said without any hesitation, "I'll do it". I was so overwhelmed with love and respect for her, I know how tired she is, but she accepted so willingly.

She amazes me with her faithfulness at times. We're having some real struggles at the moment (more about that in my next blog!) and she didn't even question whether she should accept this extraordinarily demanding calling, just faithfully said she'd do it. She's wonderful!

The first two weeks she's woken up every morning feeling scared of her position but is now over that. Since she's been called she's really started reaching out to the sisters, calling in to visit various of the less-active or needy ones on her way home from work. She's such a good example to me and I have so much respect and admiration for her.

So anyway, that's the first post on my new blog. Hope you follow it, and that I've got some worthwhile things to say on it. Love you all, Dad.