On July 16th the Bishop asked Jared and I to come in for a meeting with him. I called Maxi to ask her what was going on because just 2 weeks earlier they called and asked me to be YW secretary and Jared just now starting going back to church and to young men's so what the heck. She had no idea either. We were both panicked. Jared thought we were getting called to be ward missionaries or something.
That morning, Maxi texts me during Sacrament and told me she had a meeting with the Bishop after church too. And so did Emily. So us girls decided we weren't going to wait any longer and so we made Bishop meet with us during second hour. Maxi went first. We were so nervous. I told Bishop he better hurry or I was going to get the shitters. He laughed and the old man executive secretary got uncomfortable.
When Maxi came out she was crying and Spencer walked right over to me and gave me a hug. I knew in that moment that I was about to be asked to be the YW president. I got Jared out of Sunday School class and we went in.
The Bishop got teary eyed and he said he has been feeling like he needs to call me to be the President, but he has been putting it off. He called the stake president to tell him he needed to call a new YW pres and the stake president said, "I know who you need to call, I met with her last week for her temple recommend" and the Bishop let him know that was exactly who he was calling. This was probably the first time I could see Heavenly Father's hand in one of my callings. Clearly this was meant to be. But this was also the first time I cried about a calling (actually that's a lie, I cried when they asked me to be in charge of Enrichment activities for the ward and the twins were 2 months old and Eli was 22 months old). I couldn't figure out why I needed to be called to this. Maxi was perfect for this calling. She is sweet, gentle and bubbly. The girls love her. I explained that to the Bishop, "Bishop, I am sarcastic, I don't love the beehives like maxi does and I just swore in your church hallway, I will always put my boys sports first, I have a job and I am baseball booster president.... am I really who you want?!"
I was sick about it all week. Quinn wore a cute dress to church the other Sunday and I copied her. I texted her and asked her to match me the Sunday they were setting me apart. She did. When the Bishop announced it in Sacrament, more tears ran down my face. I am not qualified enough for this calling. How can I help all these girls?! I watched Ariele get up during Sacrament and go outside and leave. I noticed Maxi was gone too. I joined them in the foyer and talked with them.
Since I am technically writing this exactly 1 month later...I have spent every Sunday visiting different girls after church, taking girls on drives, having laurels over for luncheons on Sunday, etc. We run differently than it did with the old group, but I pray and hope I am doing my best for these girls and will know what they need and can be that for them! I mean heck, I even have BeReal now for them! ha ha!
I am so grateful I went to girls camp this year though. Had I not gone and not gotten to know these girls, this would have been a disaster. Heavenly Father knows exactly what he is doing. Sent me to camp to start these relationships. I am grateful for him and all he does for me and my family.
Here is the sweet email Jared sent me:
babe i just want to let you know how proud i am of you with everything you're taking care of ...
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