Ben and Jamie

Sunday, August 28, 2011

There are good people in this world and perhaps I should not exclude so many by singling out a few now and again. Well, that doesn’t really matter this is my personal journal that I choose to share in this open format. If you are a follower whose name I have failed to mention in here please do not take offense. There are many whose names are not recorded specifically but are mentioned generally. Trust that I am grateful for you as well and love you.

I have been the home teacher of the Fawson family for a year now and I am grateful for that blessing in my life. I was at a training meeting tonight and the subject of home teaching was discussed. There was a desire to profile a good home teacher and what makes them good. I hate to take the selfish route on this one, I have to say that I get as much if not more out of home teaching visits than those that I home teach. I never walk away from it regretting that I have gone. In that training there was a quote by President Hinkley that we are blessed to serve in the shadow of the Savior. That was paraphrasing but it is the essence of what he said. I think that it is a blessing for sure and I think it comes through home teaching as well. We go as His representative and he is quick to bless us in a variety of ways.

Anyhow, I am grateful for the assignment to home teach Ben and Jamie and their kids Trent, Hailey, Hyrum and Sierra. What a wonderful family. I am grateful for the friendships that we have developed. It is a neat thing to see these little ones and to enjoy that special relationship with them. Ben invited us over for dinner tonight and the kids had a great time. I had a great time visiting with Ben and Jamie and enjoying their company. Sometimes when you are flying solo it is nice just to feel that acceptance and that friendship. There are a whirlwind of emotions that accompany being divorced in the Church. I know that there are those who look and who wonder. There are those who have their own theories. There are those who will probably never approach me because of the fact that I am divorced. I have heard comments in talks and in lessons. Certainly I am not in an enviable situation nor do I recommend it at all. Sometimes that can be hard and it can be a burden to carry even though you try to remain unbothered. It is refreshing to have those relationships where that is not an issue and where you can feel safe. I feel that with Ben and Jamie. I appreciate that tremendously.