Isaiah

I opened my phone a couple of days ago and found this happy image on the screen.  Isaiah's selfie is worth keeping, don't you think?  It makes me smile.  He is here with us for the month, working in our yard for mission money.  He graduates from high school this year and plans to go soon after that.  He is so easy to have around; he is pleasant, picks up after himself and is a self-starter.  I could keep him forever!  But he probably wouldn't go for that.

Layne and I are singing and singing some more these days.  My community group is practicing a fun collection of songs, which includes a duet by Layne and me.  We'll do, "Singing in the Rain" and add some moves to make it fun.  At least I hope it'll be fun.  I'm assigned by our leader to do the group's blog and to do the choreography so It is quite demanding at the moment.  I am sort of a "jack of all trades" so I'm not too confident about my abilities, especially in the music department.  Layne and I are singing with several others at Church today.  That scares me much more than the community singing.  I'll be glad when today is over.

I recently listened to one of President Benson's talks about the troubles that are coming in the future.  He makes it sound pretty alarming and scary.  I'm trying to balance that out with President Hinckley's frequent comments about the wonders of the future and the optimism we should have.  Hum.  I wonder if both can co-exist.  Perhaps we are in the best and worst of times, depending upon our place and personal condition in the world.

Our addiction calling is ramping up.  We continue to give talks about it and the meetings involved with our new assignment are picking up.  So I guess we need to gear up.  Layne is tired of addiction, but the Lord must want us here so we will give it our best shot.

Spring is in the air.  I worked with Isaiah in the yard on Saturday and it was pleasant and fun.  Nature is nurturing; I suppose I should spend more time in it.