My New Calling

A few weeks ago I received a new calling in our ward. I am the new Primary Chorister. My first Sun. was yesterday, and I think it went pretty well. We also have a new pianist, so we are both learning together. I have to say that I was REALLY shocked when the Bishop asked me. We had gone in for tithing settlement and he mentioned that they were talking about extending one to me. He started to tell us about what they were thinking, then he just changed his mind and asked if I would do it. I think the color drained immediately from my face. My first thought was, "ummm, hello, prego and due in March!" He must have read my mind because he went on to say that my name for this calling has been a hot topic of conversation for 2 weeks prior to our conversation. But, he did say that he has never experienced a name come to him so clear for a calling as mine had for this one, despite the circumstances. That was comforting to know, but I still had to go home and pray about and it took me two weeks to get back to the poor guy. He finally called me to see what my answer was and the best I could give him was a partial Yes with a condition. I know that sounds bad because we are taught to just accept a calling and trust in the Lord to guide us through, but I seriously struggled with this one. I told him I could do it for now, but in March we would have to re-evaluate. Whether that means release me and maybe a new name would have come up by then, or find me a co-chorister, or long term sub; I don't know, but my brain stops in March and I'll be unavailable for at least 4-6 weeks since I will be having a C-sect. Anyway, I have a bunch of stuff that I brought home from the music shelf in the closet at church to see what I have to work with and it looks like there is some fun stuff. I do know that the Lord gives us opportunities to learn and grow even when we may question the timing of it all. So I will give it a go and see what happens. I do think it will be fun, and the Bishop did tell me to just keep it simple and not get stressed out about it, so I'm going to operate with that mode of thinking. The kids will be fun and I could probably use the challenge right now. Wish me luck.

Photoshoot

I'm just getting around to doing this, but back on Oct. 13 I went with my cousin to take her Senior Pictures. In my last photo class we went to this guy's house that has all sorts of cool old wood buildings out back. Plus after the snow storm we got some pretty shots (in my opinion) with the snow. It was freezing cold and by the end of the shoot her nose was turning red. We also were a little late getting out to the site so we missed getting all of the pictures done with good lighting. I had to quite a bit of light editing to the last ones. Although, one of my faves of the whole shoot was included in those last shots. I was lucky that she is very photogenic and easy to photograph. OH, and I want to thank my girlfriend Laine for coming with me to help. Here you go: