Tommy got a new calling!

Okay, first of all, we are going to get a new Bishop for our ward tomorrow. Well, of course everyone in the ward has our bets on certain people. So, this afternoon, we got a call from the Stake Presidency and they asked Tommy and I to go meet with them at 8:15 pm. A soon as Tommy got off the phone he started to feel sick to his stomach. I thought it was so cute that he was sooo nervous. For the next few hours he played out in his mind all of the possible scenarios of the situation. His dad has been a bishop and on the high council before so he called him to ask which callings come from the stake presidency. One other option, besides the bishopric was the Elder's Quorum Presidency. He has been the 1st counselor in that presidency before so he was REALLY hoping for that. When we got there and the stake counselor called him into his office, apparently he wouldn't tell Tommy what the calling was. Finally when they called me into the room with him, they asked him to be the......
...2nd counselor in the Elders Quorum. He said he felt a HUGE relief as soon as he heard those words.

Tommy didn't like that I had been giggling about the whole situation earlier, but I felt justified because he did the same thing to me when I was asked to speak in Stake Conference a few years ago. Although, when it came down to it, he was a BIG help to me. He ended up typing my whole talk for me because by the time I got done writing it out, I was WAY too tired. Thank goodness he did too, because if he hadn't, I know I would have gotten up there and lost my place or something. My talk actually went really well. But I was REALLY glad when it was over with. I spoke on reading the Book of Mormon after President Hinckley had challenged us all to read it by the end of the year. Maybe sometime I will post my talk if I can find it.

You know, I had the coolest experience with that situation. For a few months before I was asked to speak in stake conference, I kept feeling like I needed to go to the temple. Tommy and I usually go once a month, but I was really feeling an urgency to go more often and I couldn't understand why. Well, even if I don't know why, I try to always do what they Lord asks of me. My mom was great about watching my kids for me so I could go every Friday from the beginning of December until the day before our conference in February. Until I was asked to speak, I had no idea why I kept feeling like I needed to be there. Even after I was asked, I still didn't realize it. Although, I had tons to do the Saturday before conference, I could not get rid of the feeling that I needed to go again. I have had the feeling that I needed to go to the temple before but always after I go, that feeling goes away. Well, all through these few months every time I would go, I would pray and/or fast about finding out why I should be there. Every time I would go, within the next week I would start feeling like I needed to get back there again. Well, I went again the Saturday before conference and then that night started to write my talk. I had already prepared a lot of it in my head during the past week, but when I started to write it out I got EXTREMELY tired. I felt like there was no possible way that I could stay awake to finish my talk. I even toyed with the idea of taking a little nap and setting my alarm to try and finish it. I also thought that maybe I should just get up and write it in the morning. But that made me too nervous just in case I wouldn't have time to finish it. As I was just about to fall asleep I said another prayer, begging Heavenly Father to help me stay awake so I could finish my talk. Just then Tommy came in and asked me if I needed any help. That got me awake enough that I thought, if I could just write down all of my ideas then Tommy might be able to help me organize my thoughts. I began writing and just about never stopped until my talk was written. I KNOW that I could never have done that without the Lord's help. After I got it all written, Tommy helped me fix some of the wording and reorganize it a little better and then he typed it for me. What a wonderful husband!! But, the neatest thing about all of it, is that as soon as I had given my talk, I didn't feel the urgency to get back to the temple again. Looking back now, Heavenly Father was trying to help me get in tune with him, so that I would be able to say the right things that people needed to hear that day. Had I not been to the temple so many times, I don't think I would have been as in tune with him as I was. I just absolutely LOVE Heavenly Father. He just works in such mysterious ways. It is so AWESOME to be able to look back and see His hand in ALL things. That is the way my life works. I will feel such a strong urgency to do or say something and luckily I usually do it and then later, sometimes MUCH later, I will be able to see why that particular thing was asked of me. Sorry again to make some of these blogs so religious, it is just that I don't write in my journal, as often as I would like and sometimes it is just so much easier to type it out.

Anyway, I too am glad that Tommy is in the Elder's Quorum instead of the Bishopric, but I know either way, he will do a great job in his calling. Tommy LOVES people and he loves helping them. This makes him great in ALL of his callings. I love Tommy! He is such a great husband and father. I would never want to be with anyone else.CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT!!