Being Faithful

This week has hit our Ward family hard. For my non Mormon readers, a Ward is our church congregation. We had a grandmother pass away. The sweet grandmother was 100 years old. Two summers ago when we were youth conference parents we went to visit this sweet sister. Taking a bunch of 14-18 year old girls to see her was not exciting as first. They girls were not all into it until she just started talking and sharing what it was like when she was a young girl. Each one of those girls we took were touch to their very soul. The light of Christ was in this grandmothers eyes and these girls soaked in every word she had to say.

Another sister passed away, While I did not know her as well, I was one of her visiting teacher at one point a few years ago, I was not able to spend a lot of time with her. She did call me once and tell me to stop putting caramels in her care packages because they stuck to her teeth. It cracked my up.

A very dear person to PS is very sick and in the hospital. He is a father, a brother, a past bishop, a husband and a grandfather. He is many thing to many people. To PS he was her Seminary teacher last year. He was the person that PS went every morning to study scriptures with. All of the freshman youth went. He made her think, filled her head with spiritual things before school and had her think for herself on spiritual things. He is very sick and she has been very worried. When he was put into the hospital the whole group of seminary kids decided to fast. Fast for lunch and breakfast to pray for him and show their faith. The strength of the youth is very strong.

The situation arose that we along with some other were able to take lunch into his family. PS went with us and along with that she was able to actually go in and see him. She went in with his daughter that was also at one point her young women president. It was a moment for them. depending on each other to get through. When I think about it PS went with two of her past leaders. As I watcher her walk away to do this, I knew it would be hard but it was not my place to go. It was not my lesson to teach. I was just to be there afterward and support her. Ps said it was harder then she thought, but she talked to him. He is not awake at this point but she talked to him, expressed her love and just prayer for his strength.

The strength of the youth is strong and although PS is exhausted tonight, she is strong and seeing other peoples faith is a wonderful thing for her to see and to feel.