Church in a well established family ward, is quite different then what Clark and I have been use to the past 3 years in Chicago. We went from one of the older couples, to definitely on the younger side in this ward. There are pluses and minuses to this though, both comical and sad.
Plus Side
We meet in an actual church building and not an elementary school, that has air conditioning (and how badly that is needed on days like today. It was wretchedly humid and hot)
Since I am really the only one with a kid under the age of 1, I get the mother's room all to myself
Not really for my sake, but for the kids, there are kids their age to be friends with
There are older couples in the ward that crack me up (more about this later)
Church is at 9, thus come fall/winter I will be able to catch most football games :)
There are youth speakers on Sunday, and listening to them is quite a treat
Minus Side
I live in the ghetto part of the ward, so there are not that many people that live close to me (especially not in the same building)
I'm not sure I can contribute like I did in my ward in Chicago. There was a purpose for me to get out of bed on Sundays and make the effort to go to church. It would be real easy here to just disappear (especially since Clark will work 2 Sundays out of the month when he is working weekends)
Yes, it has only been 4 weeks, but finding friends could be difficult, we are definitely in different stages of our lives
Yet despite the differences, I'm still (mostly) being taught the same gospel of Jesus Christ, which is pretty awesome. And Clark and I are officially youth Sunday School teachers, so we can aid in the gospel teaching. We will be teaching the 14-17 year olds. Check it out here, what our topics will be every week. It will be good for me, gentle reminder to study the scriptures everyday and help me hone my skills of teaching and talking in front of groups. For those who are not members of my church, here is why Clark and I voluntarily teach in church and help with the gospel administrating.
Today was our first Sunday teaching, I wouldn't say it was a total disaster, but it was pretty wretched. I am always with the little kids and I love that, youth are not my forte. Clark is WAY excited, I have mixed feelings about it (especially since I will be teaching alone 1/2 the time). It's like pulling teeth to get these kids to respond, hopefully when they get to know us better they will open up a little bit.
I was the star piano player today (another shout out to my momma for helping me stick with the piano playing). I played in sacrament meeting and primary today. I did pretty well until the last song, I completely butchered it and the lady conducting couldn't direct it, so needless to say it was hilarious. I was trying to not make faces while playing, because I was hoping we could pull it together and not make a total train wreck out of it. Primary was much easier and more enjoyable.
I didn't have the opportunity to go to relief society today (meeting for just the woman), which is a little bit of a bummer because all 2 times I have gone, something quite ridiculous and funny have happened. Last week, somehow we got talking about polygamy. The lady teaching (granted she is at least 70 some years old) says...back in the day I wouldn't have wanted to have shared my husband, but now, go for it, if any of you want him, I'll be happy to share him...ummmm that's awkward, and no, no thanks. There were a few more inappropriate things said as well, that I'll refrain from talking about. The other time I got a 10 minute lesson on how gross silk worms are. The same lady teaching the polygamy lesson, looked at the clock, saw she was out of time, and then went on for another 5+ minutes just reading out of the book. This lady rudely said out loud, "you know you are way past time." She ignored her and just kept reading her little book. It was a little tense for a moment. I'm pretty sure no one was listening anymore.
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