Counting Our Blessings

We are just amazed as we take time to stop and count our many blessings. We are so blessed to live in these latter-days when the gospel of Jesus Christ gives us such direction in our lives. As we look around this confused world, there are so many that have no idea where they came from, why they are here and what will happen after this life is over. That does not mean that they are bad in any way, just confused and lacking direction in their lives. We do not have this life totally figured out, but it is so nice to feel that we are on a path, following our Lord Jesus Christ and that we have hope in our lives. As we take our morning walks a very common question that one or the other of us will ask is, "what are you thinking about?'" Most of the time it is very common thoughts, but also often it is about how blessed we are.

It is hard to believe that it was a whole month ago when we were invited to our first Asia Area Self-Reliance Committee Meeting. That day we had all kinds of trouble getting into the conference call. We had the same problem today, but we were not alone, Chad, the Area Self-Reliance Manager could not get in either. The FM Manager was able to use the Conference Room video equipment to get us in, we were so grateful. We feel like complete rookies as we watch these seasoned leaders navigate the issues and questions on the agenda.

We were also able to Skype with the Self-Reliance Missionaries in Hong Kong today. We first spoke with Sister Roberts this morning before the committee meeting. She has become a friend and we love to talk to her. We make sure that we get around to the purpose for the call, but we also catch up on what is happening in Hong Kong. This afternoon we Skyped with Elder & Sister Chandler. They are such a capable couple who are willing to help in any way that they can. We are so impressed by them.

With our everyday responsibilities and preparing for next weeks Senior Couple Conference, today was a busy and full day.

There are some days that there is no question as the day begins what our picture of the day will be, like yesterday. There are events that are scheduled that are just perfect. Then there are other days that we say, now what do we do we did not take a single picture today. Those are the days that we are able to go back and pull out gems that did not make the blog because of too many other pictures that day.