Sunday, a Day to be grateful!

Today I am extremely thankful for a Heavenly Father who knows me personally and knows exactly what I need to hear.  In Sunday school today, we had a lesson about Job and how although he passed through huge tribulations in his life he still remained faithful.  He still never gave up.  My trials are small compared to Job's but are still important to me and Heavenly Father knows that I am struggling, however He has given me this trial so that I can learn something and be a better daughter to bring about His work.  How thankful I am that my elder brother Jesus Christ atoned for me and that although I feel at times that no one understands how I feel, He does.  HE suffered all so He would know how to comfort me!  How thankful I am.  As I look forward to my first day in the classroom and as I get another task on top of coaching...faith in Jesus Christ and trust in Him will guide me through.  I pray that I have the strength to remain strong and faithful so that I may gain my reward :)
I came across this poem the other day and I think it is appropriate for this situation:

Your Dimension Of Greatness

No one can know the potential,
Of a life that is committed to win;
With courage - the challenge it faces,
To achieve great success in the end!

So, explore the Dimension of Greatness,
And believe that the world CAN be won;
By a mind that is fully committed,
KNOWING the task can be done!

Your world has no place for the skeptic,
No room for the DOUBTER to stand;
To weaken your firm resolution
That you CAN EXCEL in this land!

We must have VISION TO SEE our potential,
And FAITH TO BELIEVE that we can;
Then COURAGE TO ACT with conviction,
To become what GOD MEANT us to be!

So, possess the strength and the courage,
To conquer WHATEVER you choose;
It's the person WHO NEVER GETS STARTED,
That is destined FOREVER to lose!

~ Author Unknown ~

Another day to be thankful

I am thankful it is Friday!

Today I give thanks for....

an understanding principal and athletic director who are working to help me...

one thing to be thankful for.

Today was another great day at inservice....sucky day at practice.....but one thing I am thankful for today is ka note I found in my school box that said:

We're so glad you are a part of our PHS team.  Find time to enjoy dinner with your husband sometime this week.  :)  (taped to a $20)

Whoever that was.....thank you.

I'm thankful

So, this move has been extremely stressful and very frustrating for me.  I have found it very difficult to find the positive things in my life.  However, on my way home from work today, I came up with the brilliant idea as President Eyring's talk from conference came into my mind about keeping a journal if all you put in it are things that you are grateful for.  So I am going to try to keep up with that....maybe weekly but really try to, if nothing else, find one thing I am grateful for each day.....so today.....

I am grateful that

I have a job...in a world that is so unsure and unstable, it is humbling to know that many parents trust me with their children each day...

I have a loving husband who loves and supports and encourages me on my hard days and on my good days too...love you baby!

For the beautiful sunset in my rear view mirror on the way home from work today.

The adventure continues.....

Wow so much has happened since I last "blogged".  I don't even know where to start.  Well after months of job hunting we finally found a job and had to move.  Everything all happened so fast.  I applied for the job on a Friday, they called me Monday, offered me the job the next Friday and asked me if I could be down in Texas in two weeks, leaving us very little time to pack and say good bye to our dear friends and family.  However, we did it and arrived in Lewisville, Texas on July 30th, 2010.  Luckily I was able to find us an apartment before we got down here.  Needless to say, however, our trip didn't go as smoothly as we had hoped.  We packed everything up into an ABF trailer (which by the way is the way to pack your stuff and move it so you don't have to haul around a huge U-HAUL)....and packed our car with the necessities and said goodbye to our friends and family.  We are truly blessed to have such great friends and family who came, helped us pack, and have shown us so much love at such a bittersweet time in our lives.  As we left Salt Lake, we headed down to Aaron's parents where we stayed the night, received blessings from Aaron's dad and then headed on our way....with our hearts and bellies full. The kitties did great all the way to emery.  However, we had to give them sedatives from Emery to Albuquerque.  Unfortunately, the sedative had a reverse effect on the biggest one and he was such a big bully the whole ride over there.  When we got to my sisters, our kitties had a nice yard to play in full of sand and stayed there the night.  We had a great time with my sister and her family.  We got up dark and early, about 3 in the morning to head off to Texas, but much to our dismay, one of our kitties was missing.  We searched and searched to no avail and had to continue our journey without our beloved Nero.  This broke our hearts and we miss him very much as he has not yet been found.  We love you our sweet little negrito.

We then had to start the last leg of our journey....and the second round of sedatives, which seemed to work a bit better with Agge this time.  We got to Lewisville at around 2 in the afternoon and were welcomed with about 107 degree weather...holy hotness....We got to our apartment and set up our air mattress and kind of just relaxed all day.  Much to our surprise our air conditioner broke the first night we were here and we had to head to walmart at about 1130 at night to buy a fan.  Finally our AC got fixed but because of the extreme temperatures....our house only gets super cool at night...
We went to church our first Sunday here and really love the people.  We are attending a Spanish branch again and are looking forward to meeting some cool new people, although no one can compare to the friends we left behind. 
Monday, August 2, I started my job....coaching volleyball....man the coach is crazy.....she had practice from like 9-5 or 6 every single day.....which was really hard for me.  I got really stressed out that first week, but am extremely happy that my husband holds the preisthood and was willing and able to give me several priesthood blessings....and to top all of it off i got a sinus infection right when we got here....I'm slowly recovering and am glad that we are already two weeks into volleyball and I am getting more and more used to the demands on my time.  We are continually trying to count our blessings and remain faithful rather than doubt the ways in which Heavenly Father has directed our lives, after all.....our decision to move here was made after much prayer unto the Lord.  As a famous LDS hymn goes.....Sacrifice does bring forth the blessings of Heaven....
Tomorrow I start our teacher inservices before school starts on the 23rd.  This will be an exciting new challenge for me as I finally get to have my own classroom. 
  The town I teach in is incredibly small (one stoplight kinda small)....the people are really sweet....but I do have my work cut out for me.  The students (volleyball girls) that I have talked to have not learned spanish to the level that they should to be in Spanish two so the first semester, I believe will be a lot of review of Spanish I.  However, this should be a great opportunity for me.  I will keep you all updated (as often as I can).  Meanwhile, Aaron is continuing on the job search and continues to be a great support to me.  He truly is my angel sent from Heaven as he supports, loves, and helps me to follow my dreams, even when I question what we are doing here.  I thank Heavenly Father each day for sending me the perfect man to help me fulfill my potential. 
Oh I almost forgot.the Dallas Temple.  Last Sunday, after a very difficult week, we drove to Dallas to see the temple.  The gates were closed but we were able to park and admire the majesty of the Lord's house.  Friday after feeling awful all day long, I endured the 23 miles drive to the temple so we could do a session and feel the comfort and peace of the Spirit that resides in the temple.  We left feeling comforted and uplifted.  The Dallas temple is an extremely small temple, but nonetheless, a temple unto the Most High God.