Getting Busy

We took the kids canoeing on Monday for Labor Day. Besides Corban complaining the whole time that we were going to die, it was a good experience. It was so peaceful on the water. The kids talked about the Savior walking on the water. I am so grateful for primary teachers who teach them all the things I haven’t taught them yet.
Starting this week, Brynna will be finally regularly attending kindergarten. She left on the bus with her older siblings for kindergarten on Wednesday and didn’t look back. She will be going all day every other day. All the kids activities will also have started up. We started hockey already. This week we add TaVaci and dance. I hope we survive. I read a blog post about a mom who pulled her kids out of all their activities because it was too crazy. It is crazy but I believe it is worth it. We limit how much they can each do but it is important to let them develop their talents and experiment and grow. It is also Brynna birthday a week from today so I need to do some shopping and planning!
Brother Osguthorpe ( the Sunday School General President) was in our sacrament meeting today. He said her always gets asked what it is like being with the General Authorities. He said he has learned 3 things: to have a sense of humor, there is an urgency to the work, and to understand who we really are. He was here to do a fireside tonight for teachers. He talked about Doctrine and Covenants 11:20- 21
20 Behold, this is your work, to akeep my commandments, yea, with all your might, bmind and strength.
21 Seek not to adeclare my word, but first seek to bobtain my cword, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you shall have my dSpirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the econvincing of men.
Then he used Sister Beck’s comment from her talk last April: “The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life.”
We need to keep the commandments, obtain the Lord’s word (which includes the scriptures, modern prophets and personal revelation) and desire to share if we want to be effective teachers. He said we have great teachers in the church. We need to give our students more work though so the revelation will be to them as well as us. It was all very good and filling of my spirit.